MSI to Release Its Own Tablet, Does Multitasking

[micky_lund]

wow....who really needs 1080 on a 10" screen?

 

[pocketdrummer]

[citation][nom]micky_lund[/nom]wow....who really needs 1080 on a 10" screen?[/citation]
Me.

I still can't think of much to do with such a device. If it has a REAL keyboard that slid out or something, that would help. But, I would still rather have an ultra-portable laptop than this.

Other companies need to work on their product names. iM sick of Apple's iStuff being quoted for everything. Your Zune isn't an iPod, it's an mp3 player... or a media player if you will (so is the iPod, in fact).

 

[apache_lives]

[citation][nom]tenor77[/nom]multi-tasking?Real OS?1080?Win[/citation]

MSI? FAIL

 

[back_by_demand]

Name?

The msiPad

 

[huron]

The concept of what all these companies are aiming at is good. I'm just hoping someone can actually deliver and I'm rooting for MSI on this.

Sometimes I wonder if we haven't quite figured out what the consumer market actually is looking for in one of these devices, aim for a whole host of ideas, but miss on some of the big ones.

Oh well...looking forward to an interesting year in gadgets. I would love a respectable table.

 

[huron]

errr...tablet - sucks that you can't edit it

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]huron[/nom]The concept of what all these companies are aiming at is good. I'm just hoping someone can actually deliver and I'm rooting for MSI on this.Sometimes I wonder if we haven't quite figured out what the consumer market actually is looking for in one of these devices, aim for a whole host of ideas, but miss on some of the big ones.[/citation]
That's the reason why it needs a proper OS that can install and do anything, so it is able to do whatever you want it to. If you want to use it as an expensive Kindle then go right ahead, but other people will want to be able to put MS Office on it and create documents instead of just viewing them, or plug in a USB DVD writer, or a printer, or a webcam.
My personal opinion of why tablets have failed on the PC platform before now is the stupid twisting and hinged screen just to accomodate a keyboard and the lumpy body. Now the form factor is sorted out to the point they are desirable, reducing the capabilities of the device is simply criminal and blatant profiteering.
But thanks to Apple, they will create the desire for tablets, people will now want to own one even if they don't know why and if an astute PC company like MSI or HP can release a Tablet with similar form factor but for the same price allow users to do everything their home PC can do then Apple will have shot itself in the foot and the PC devices will finally take off.

The big nail in the iPad coffin will be when Sony release a Windows 7 tablet. ViaoTab. You heard it here first.

 

[anamaniac]

Is 1920x1080 resolution directly on screen, or it is thorugh a peripheal device (hdmi connected monitor etc.).
It makes a big difference to me, because having 1920x1080 on a 10" screen would really kick some ass.

Asus, offer me up a good tablet running Win7, 2GB of RAM, 64GB flash storage with two microSD slots, a miniDP port, and a 1.4GHz C2D ULV, and I'm sold. =D
Also hoping that the touch screen is nice and sensitive, because I want to draw or write with my finger (just randomly drawing penis' all day at work in MS paint for fun if I get bored).
No 1GHz ARM or 1.6GHz Atom for me please.

Damn, I've been waiting to buy a tablet PC for too long now.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]micky_lund[/nom]wow....who really needs 1080 on a 10" screen?[/citation]
But if you can output the display to a big TV, well, everybody?

 

[killerclick]

Android? Meh, I don't want MSI or anyone else choosing an OS for me.
Also, that glossy screen is horrible

 

[tsnorquist]

"Master Obi-Wan, not victory. The shroud of the dark side has fallen. Begun, the Tablet War has!"

 

[Regulas]

Give it a year and they will be all over the place and cheaper or they will not be at all if it has an epic fail. AS soon as I saw the Ipad I said, not for me, if I want one I will wait for a Android (Linux) version by another vendor. MSI is the first of many or none.

 

[Regulas]

[citation][nom]tsnorquist[/nom]"Master Obi-Wan, not victory. The shroud of the dark side has fallen. Begun, the Tablet War has!"[/citation]
Ha ha, LOL thanks for laugh, I needed it. The cartoon rocks.

 

[sliem]

There you go, take that Apple!
Name should be MSIPad, pronounced "miss pat"

 

[darkstar107]

This one will blow the iPad outta the water.

 

[IXfearlessXI]

Good job MSI. Doing lot better than apple instead of just making a bigger iphone and calling it a tablet.

 

[boredreader]

As long as it is used more like an OS I'm all for it. I have an iPhone and the iPhone OS is nothing more than a launchpad to me and its quite boring. I have not use an Android OS myself but from playing with others, I think if MSI makes this tablet look and feel more like an actual OS then it'll be something.

 

[fulle]

Tablet PCs weren't just invented this year. I don't get all the fuss. We've been able to get Windows 7 based tablet laptops (with a swiveling touch screen and keyboard) for months now. Course, one at a $600 price point would be pretty sluggish, trying to run a real OS with cheap hardware, but it'd be far superior in most other aspects.

At CES there were plenty of companies showing off similar tablets. I remember looking at a similar device from HTC. And, nobody gave a damn. Yet, for some reason when Apple makes any device, no matter how inferior, people give the POS coverage, and the poorly informed general public actually buys the garbage. Its starting to get really annoying.

 

[WheelsOfConfusion]

[citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]i hopw asus or acer allows you to put a version of windows or linux on there tablets. these mobile OS are going to be too restrictive[/citation]
That means essentially making a regular x86 laptop/netbook without a keyboard, so the battery life will suffer. The HP tablet is going this route, though. It's these kinds of trade-offs that OEMs are still fiddling with.

 

[HolyCrusader]

I don't think I'll hold my breath until a tablet comes down the line that supports a real OS - like Linux or Windows. I've dealt with oddball OS's before (Palm) and I know from personal experience how hard it can be to find software support for it.

 

[HariSeldon]

Does it have a ips and capacitive multitouch screen? if not, fail.

 

[enyceckk101]

awesome, it has a webcam also !

epic win

 

[wiyosaya]

1080P on that small of a screen? Pure marketing hype. Who cares of it can do 1080P if you cannot read it. IMHO, 1080P is way too high of a resolution for such a small screen. You will need a magnifying glass to make the screen legible.

 

[bamslang]

[citation][nom]mousey[/nom]"Apple's lower-priced iPad models" ... What? The cheapest iPad is $499, the most expensive is over $800. They just said that the MSI thing would be around $500 so what are they talking about?[/citation]

Author doesn't mean that the iPad is cheaper than the MSI, he means that the MSI is priced at the same price as the low-end (ie lower-priced) iPad.

 

[Regulas]

[citation][nom]HolyCrusader[/nom]I don't think I'll hold my breath until a tablet comes down the line that supports a real OS - like Linux or Windows. I've dealt with oddball OS's before (Palm) and I know from personal experience how hard it can be to find software support for it.[/citation]
I disagree, being a smallish touch screen the standard OS's are just not designed for it. They are designed to be used with a keyboard and mouse. The simplified interface for these tablet PCs is a better interface.
I do agree with the need for USB and SD card slot interfaces.