Intel teaser slate PC revealed as a Panasonic medical tablet

Intel's certainly taken the lid off some interesting gear at this year's IDF, but this is a little disappointing -- that cool-looking slate / tablet PC the company was teasing this afternoon is a Panasonic tablet aimed at the healthcare industry, just as we suspected. Put in that context, it's nothing special at all, really -- we've seen tons of these from various manufacturers, and Panny's been putting out similar Toughbook tablets for some time, including the Atom-based CF-U1. Guess you can't win 'em all -- but at least the guessing was fun for a while.

[Via jkOnTheRun]

[CraigJ @ Aug 19th 2008 11:53PM]

define "cool-looking"

[Flashpoint @ Aug 19th 2008 11:54PM]

There's been a mistake.

A typo.

We were suppossed to give the patient a circular inscision.

we gave him a circumscision.

do you think he'll notice?

[Jinnai @ Aug 20th 2008 12:01AM]

I'm trying to figure out why they're calling this new... I remember when this EXACT THING was announced a year or two ago...

[Zinger314 @ Aug 20th 2008 12:16AM]

I can't wait to do breast augmentation with one of these babies.

[Bleck @ Aug 20th 2008 12:21AM]

Again, more pointless junk. If you really wanted this you could already buy this.. its called the Motion C5.

[Minilap @ Aug 20th 2008 12:25AM]

Intel was trying to tease nurses not geeks.

[The Dude @ Aug 20th 2008 12:29AM]

And I'm sure that somewhere a nurse soaked her paper-scrub panties.

[Kspraydad @ Aug 20th 2008 12:31AM]

Damn.

I really WAS hoping for a Speak and Spell.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/TI_SpeakSpell_no_shadow.jpg/476px-TI_SpeakSpell_no_shadow.jpg

[SoHo @ Aug 20th 2008 1:08AM]

hmmmm...ugly device

[Minilap @ Aug 20th 2008 12:30PM]

Ugly is your comment.

[Johan S @ Aug 20th 2008 1:14AM]

This tablet is one bitter pill to swallow.



.oO(sorry, I just had to do it )

[bri85246 @ Aug 20th 2008 3:26AM]

Yea, and all there info will be coming straight from the Eugenics HQ.

Scary...

[eiki @ Aug 20th 2008 4:19PM]

how dare you, engadget, the guessing was pretty traumatic for me and made me fail!