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New Message New Web Pads Discussion (modified 0 times) Seajack

Anyone have any opinions about Bill Gates and his new found beliefs in Web tablets?

03-28-2001 02:37:48

New Message RE:New Web Pads Discussion (modified 0 times) dattguy

There's no "newfound beliefs" for Bill Gates and web pads. Microsoft has been working on versions of pen Windows since Windows version 3.1. The prices of hardware and the necessary technology has made the web pad or tablet PC cost prohibitive.
Technology has now not only made this affordable, but feasible.
That's just my 2¢

03-28-2001 10:57:43

New Message RE:New Web Pads Discussion (modified 0 times) edmeister

Pen computing has been around for a long time.. I saw a tablet computer with touchscreen back in 1996 made by some non-pc manufacturer at a wireless network demo at AT&T, and wanted one ever since. It was based on a 486 chip, and was a bit larger than the epods, and only monochrome.
The guy at AT&T slapped in an original WaveLAN card, and used Windows 3.11 (not CE) chat to demonstrate how wireless networking worked, and chatted with me while I was on a wired PC. He then went for a walk through his building with his tablet, all the while sending me messages in chat to let me know where he was.

03-29-2001 12:50:48

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