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Motion launches latest tablet
Motion Computing today launched its third-generation Tablet PC, the M1400, with new features such as fingerprint biometric security, a display with a wider viewing angle, integrated Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and one of the new Intel Pentium M 1.1GHz Ultra Low Voltage processors. Models start at $1,999, and are available now,... April 07, 2004

Fujitsu tablet offers outdoor display
Fujitsu Computer Systems this week launched a new Tablet PC that includes a reflective front-light screen aimed to help mobile workers who work outside see the display better. The 10.4-inch indoor/outdoor display is offered as an alternative to the 12-inch indoor-only TFT display on the slate-style Stylistic ST5000 Tablet PC.... March 26, 2004

Toshiba to launch new tablet
Toshiba recently announced the next generation of its Tablet PC devices. The Portege M200/205 series will include Intel Centrino mobile technology and a "dual axis accelerometer" that lets users manually tilt the notebook up or down for scrolling functionality. The device is available through Toshiba's Web site and costs $2,499.... November 26, 2003

Electrovaya shrinks its Tablets
Electrovaya Inc. today launched the Scribbler SC 2000 series, a Tablet PC / notebook combination that includes a new battery that aims to give up to nine hours of life, the company said. The new tablets (SC 2000, $2,299 and SC 2010, $2599) weigh only 3.1 pounds, include a 40G-byte... November 06, 2003

Tablets and sitcoms
I like Motion Computing and their Tablet PCs. Really, I do. But I had to chuckle when I saw this announcement -- Motion Computing Tablet PCs To Help Production Of Hit TV Show 'According To Jim' Go Paperless. Now if they could just make the show funny. Read the full... October 21, 2003

HP launches new Tablet PC
HP today announced a redesigned Compaq Tablet PC (the TC1100), which includes wireless LAN connectivity for 802.11a, b and g networks, as well as integrated Bluetooth for personal area network connections. The tablet starts at $1,849, and will be available in mid-November, the company said. The TC1100 works both as... October 13, 2003

Motion Computing adds keyboard to tablet
Motion Computing this week said it has a new full-sized keyboard that attaches to its line of Tablet PCs. The Hardtop Keyboard lets users take their tablets and make it look and feel more like a notebook / desktop computer, the company said. The keyboard snaps onto the front of... August 13, 2003

AirSpeak ships new tablet
AirSpeak this week announced it is shipping a new Flair tablet thin client device that now includes the Windows CE.NET operating system. Other new features on the tablet include Internet Explorer 5.5, Windows Media Player, file viewers for Office and PDF documents, the RDP 5.1 advanced terminal services client, and... August 07, 2003

Motion adds Centrino to its Tablet PC
Motion Computing today announced a new Tablet PC that includes Intel’s Centrino mobile technology. The company says the M1300 is the first tablet to the market that includes the Centrino technology. The M1300 is an update to the company’s M1200 tablet, and Motion Computing says the new model provides more... May 12, 2003

Intermec launches rugged Tablet PC
Intermec Technologies today launched the CT60, a rugged Tablet PC model. Intermec says the CT60 can “perform flawlessly” in freezing temperatures, rain and other outdoor situations. The CT60 includes fully sealed, vacuum-tested, milled aluminum casing, Intermec says, to stand up to the harsher environments that mobile workers may be facing.... March 31, 2003

Turn a tablet into a Unix workstation
StarNet Communications Corp. recently showed off its X-Win32 X server software and turned a Tablet PC into a wireless Unix workstation. At the DesignCon 2003 in Santa Clara this week, the company had an HP/Compaq Tablet PC wirelessly connected to a Sun Solaris server running electronic design applications, the company... January 31, 2003

Wyse launches tablet thin client
Wyse Technology today launched the Wyse Winterm 3820 TX, a tablet thin client device to help expand thin clients from beyond the desktop realm, the company said. The Winterm 3820 TX is based on Windows CE, and is managed by Wyse's Rapport thin-client management software, which lets IT staff manage... January 21, 2003