Intel teases with a new tablet at IDF, shows off the best of the rest

Apparently Intel is on a bit of a roll already at this year's IDF. After showcasing and talking up a number of new products, including (but not limited to) the lap-destroying mobile Quad Core Extreme CPUs (as featured in Lenovo's vicious W700), new switchable graphics solutions that allow on-the-fly toggling between integrated and discrete graphics, and even more talk about forthcoming WiMAX options. What really got everyone's eye, however, was a slide they teased with at the end of Mobility Group VP / GM Dadi Perlmutter's presentation of a mystery touchscreen tablet with the ominous question "What is this?" and a promise to reveal the goods tomorrow morning. Call us dangerously psychotic, but it looks like a clunky medical accessory to us. Paging Dr. Design to Intel's R&D lab, STAT.

[Johan S @ Aug 19th 2008 7:58PM]

Cool ... a portable mirror? Finally.

Or .. OLPC ? With a massive handle obviously a product for kids.

I hope it has GSM.

[kevinm @ Aug 19th 2008 8:01PM]

Yeah Intel is not fooling me, that's the concept medical device that they've been showing off in some early videos.

[The Dude @ Aug 19th 2008 8:03PM]

Just what I've always wanted. A Fisher Price tablet pc. Thanks, Intel.

[Knives_Out @ Aug 19th 2008 11:30PM]

haha. yea it looks like a toy.

[eiki @ Aug 19th 2008 8:11PM]

yes, an intel KiddyTablet that they can draw Ronald McDonald on

[cyuzna @ Aug 19th 2008 8:25PM]

Definitely a medical tablet from the Digital Health group.

[Craig @ Aug 19th 2008 8:54PM]

Another tablet PC designed for the healthcare industry?

[Jason Randazza @ Aug 19th 2008 8:47PM]

Looks like a See and Spell. I've been waiting for this update.

[Jason Randazza @ Aug 19th 2008 8:49PM]

Speak and Spell, rather. See and Spell was something totally different. Joke ruined!

[allenvanhellen @ Aug 19th 2008 9:30PM]

Ugly?

[XGM @ Aug 19th 2008 9:32PM]

OLPC 2 - Not for poor kids edition

[TheStupidOne @ Aug 19th 2008 9:38PM]

After working hard on killing off the OLPC and working on doing so to the Kindle Intel copies the fruits of their labor.

[linuxamp @ Aug 19th 2008 9:45PM]

What is this? Find out tomorrow if you care.

[Tejas @ Aug 19th 2008 10:42PM]

I think it is, more appropriately: "What the f*#@ is this?!?!?!"

Intel's probably gonna use this forum to see is someone can come up with some kinda idea for an application that they can use this dumb thing for! ;-)

[kingstu @ Aug 26th 2008 6:58PM]

It is a MCA mobile clinical assistant.

[Cary Brown @ Aug 19th 2008 11:49PM]

This looks a lot like the C5 and F5 models from Motion Computing made primarily for healthcare workers.

[qrius @ Aug 19th 2008 11:48PM]

doesn't that look like the original imac laptop?

[Scyne @ Aug 20th 2008 12:00AM]

It looks like the Intel Web tablet finally is coming out.

Drastic overhaul from the prototype model I got my hands on like 5 years ago...

Let me show you all a comparison cameraphone pic.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/hidekiscyne/1219204623.jpg