skeye.pad XSL tablet PC gets FCC approval
By Darren Murph 
posted Jan 20th 2007 4:47PM
posted Jan 20th 2007 4:47PM
The oh-so-disclosing FCC has most certainly been quite an ally to us here the past few weeks, as its undercover photos and user manuals have been more than helpful in sneaking a peek at what's potentially headed our way. This time around we're seeing an interesting new tablet, and the peculiarly-named skeye.pad XSL packs a whole lot of screen and very little frame, along with a fairly decent set of innards. According to documents showcased by the Commission, the device will sport a 400MHz Intel XScale PXA255 CPU, Windows CE 4.2, 128MB of SDRAM, 128MB of Flash ROM, a spacious 8.4-inch 800 x 600 resolution LCD, rechargeable Li-ion good for "around six to eight hours," USB connectivity, optional 802.11g adapter (or an SD slot, but curiously not both), PCMCIA, and a CF card port as well. Of course, we're lucky to even get this much info on this yet-to-be-unleashed machine, so pricing and availability still remain in question, but hop on through to the read link for all the dirt out there so far.
Agreed. Are we supposed to get excited about CF and that stupid 802.11g/SD exclusion?
I'm confused.
do you think i can hoke up windows 2000 or xp on it>
WTF? Why are they using Windows CE 4.2? Why not 5.0 or even the new 6.0? Sure, 5.0 does not add much...but if its the same price to license...why not just use CE 5.0?
Well, I guess it will be faster than my ePods, but I don't see a need for it (and I happen to love tablets!). Then again, I pretty much don't want CE on anything larger than a phone.
http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS5605368997.html
Move along please. Nothing to see here.
Steve.
Tablet PCs are Windows XP Tablet Edition devices, not WinCE boxes. While we're at it, UMPC is a name for a specific set of devices based on a broad specification - and they run Windows XP, not Windows CE.
At the very least, if you MUST use these terms in confusing new ways, could you at least say Windows XP Tablet or Windows CE Tablet, Windows XP UMPC or Windows CE UMPC instead of lumping them all together. They simply aren't the same thing and they don't run the same software.
Next we'll be reading about why OQOs should be called Windows XP PDAs...
That is a color display this thing is sporting right? If so it would probably be really good as an eBook that can access data from an NAS. Any idea as to how much it'll run?