Intel's UrbanMax concept device demonstrated on video
By Darren Murph 
posted August 20th 2008 7:51PM
posted August 20th 2008 7:51PM
posted August 20th 2008 7:51PM
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Nice to see they're running the Origami Experience 2.0 :^) I love it.
I'd love to see this as a real computer for everyone one day. It's practically a super tablet.
If you run OSX on this, make it white, and add a webcam, then its a viable design for the supposedly upcoming mac tablet....
You may as well spit in Jonathan Ive's face for even THINKING something like that...Possibly conceptually, but that's it.
Problem is, is that OS X wasn't exactly designed for touch input, like Vista was. And unless Apple makes it, then you'll have to wait, which is why Apple's restriction really sucks.
If this were white, and had a webcam and OSX, it would be the supposedly up coming Mac tablet...The design is clever enough to be apple.... who agrees?
Pretty design, but useless in practice. The TC1100 from Compaq was an awful POS to work on, primarily because of the awkward ratio of keyboard to monitor space. I am also not feeling the "optical mouse". I'm all for creating an 11" widescreen tablet (I think that is the perfect size BTW), but why not just make it the same size as the Sony TX series and be done with it. And, you can have an integrated DVD/Blu ray drive!
Oh God, good to know someone else remembers that monstrosity. Intel, if you have half a brain between all your R&D people, you'll take a look at the TC1100 and DON'T DO WHAT IT DOES.
Actually, it looks a lot like the Compaq TC1000 I bought 5 or 6 years ago when the Tablet PC was going to replace the laptop in 5-6 years (TC1000? Currently in its case. This post? From a laptop.)
Nice design but all in all any production model will be merely a convertible notebook for the upper class with those kind of hinges and optical trackpad.
As for OEMs adopting such a design, Acer already had something like it with the Travelmate C200 series.
"Intel's uniquely designed UrbanMax concept"
Not much unique about it. IBM did something very similar a LONG while back in the Thinkpad line.
What's the big deal? It's just an oversized HTC Shift.
Is this fingers small? or does 11 inche tablet look like a 20 inche tablet
"It's XP, errrr, Vista mode"
Classic
doob nailed it much more eloquently that I could.
Touch for computers = hype due to the success it has with the iPhone but in terms of real word functionality it will be a nightmare for anything other than very basic and infrequent operations.
If apple comes out with something similar it will also suck unless of course they design it much better which is very likely. ;)
That is one joke of a touch pad thingy.
I bet I could break it in 10 seconds.
Do want...
there has been a lack of truly portable tablet (slate) pc's as of yet. I would love to have one of these to replace mt aged tc1100.
I see an RCA EZ205A Small Wonder camcorder reflected in the screen of that computer. Good choice. It has a nice resolution.