Intel recently began showing off its Learning Series, PCs designed specifically for educational purposes. The series includes the Clamshell Classmate PC and the Convertible Classmate PC, both of which were created with students, parents, teachers, and schools in mind. Mike McDonald spoke with Intel's Holly Bourne about the machines at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas earlier this month. She was kind enough to demonstrate them:
Microsoft announced version 2 of its Origami Experience software, the software designed to make it easier to use Windows on Ultra Mobile PCs.
The year 2006 brought the computer world a new form factor, this was the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC).
The LG C1 Tablet PC has not hit the market yet, but its design and Samsung LCD screen have gadget bloggers drooling into their Star Wars cereal bowls.
Online video reaches into all kinds of interest areas, especially those related to technology, and tablet PCs are no exception.
Microsoft has announced pricing and features for the Windows Vista operating system, including which versions will be suitable for Tablet PC users.
The Israeli company has a plan to capitalize on the US "No Child Left Behind" initiative by developing tablet PCs for a market that could scale up to 55 million kids in five years.
Bill Gates was a long-time advocate of the tablet form-factor, and those devices have evolved in functionality and construction; all they lack is a mass audience.
A tablet PC is a light weight slate shaped hand-held computer or a slim note book PC. The idea is to replace the traditional pen and notebook with a tablet PC and stylus or digital pen.
There are specific operating systems that can be run on a tablet PC. Even certain old programs can work on a new tablet PC.