"Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL) today announces t

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"Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL) today announces the launch of the Scribbler(TM) SC1000, an advanced Tablet PC, sleek, light and attractively designed with a large 12.1" screen and powered by Electrovaya's Lithium Ion SuperPolymer(R) battery."

Great news and finally an official announcement. I'm sure many users will be happy that Electrovaya stuck with their marvelous battery technology.

"The Scribbler's(TM) long battery life and attractive design make it ideal for higher education users who have quickly become some of the earliest adopters of Tablet PCs. We are pleased to make Electrovaya products available to higher ed students, faculty, staff, and departments via 3,000+ college store resellers," said Jonathan Bibo, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for NACSCORP (the leading distributor to the US college store market)."

Again, wonderful news for students. I wonder what sort of educational and/or volume discounts will be available.

"Scribbler(TM) SC1000 series is the next step in the Tablet PC revolution. The wireless enabled Tablet PC comes with a high speed Transmeta Crusoe processor, 640MB of RAM (expandable), 40GB hard drive, firewire, built in Wi-Fi, a 12.1" screen, wireless keyboard and weights less than 3.3 lbs."

Great weight, nice overall specs, but this is also the part that left a lot of people scratching their heads. The Crusoe? Why?! Why not use a Centrino design or wait for the Astro to come out? In any event, here's generation 2 from Electrovaya.

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[JackBoCracken]

Well, it's a lot less ugly. That's always good.

[Bishop]

Joins PaceBook in the 12 inch/Crusoe category. Still leaves Motion as the only 12 inch/Pentium/Centrino/Intel slate.

[adelesun2]

Don't be confused. The "New" tablet is actually Amtek's 1G Tablet PC if you look at the Spec.

This time, Electrovaya never mention "Battery life" because it is the same or even less than other companies' tablet pc. I would suggest that any interested reader should ask Electrovaya for a sample to play around and report their run-time. Their tablet sample is easy to get.

Another hint, Electrovaya names its "New Model" as SC1000 for the purpose of fooling people in believing the whole product/service is similar to HP's TC1000. I am wondering why HP does not have some legal action against Electrovaya's move.

[Bishop]

HP should have done something more unique than 2 letters and a whole number.