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How do you even use a tablet? Do you lay it flat on your desk? (viewing angle problems) Or do you hold it in one arm and poke away at it with your other hand? (tired arms)

I guess there's a market for this? I mean... if PC tablets never took off... Mac tablets should... right?]]>Feb 10th 2009 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/

if you don't know what it is/for then you probably should steer away.]]>Feb 10th 2009 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 20th 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/You realise where you are, right?]]>Feb 10th 2009 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/
Would YOU pay an extra $1000 to have your keyboard removed?

I don't doubt there are some applications where a tablet would be useful. Every manufacturer has made tablets forever. But the "OMG tablets!" mindset just isn't there.

Cool video though.]]>Feb 10th 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/
The second gen Tablet PCs and UMPCs are almost all 'convertables' where you can rotate the screen 180 and lay it flat to use it as a slate when that's best - or back to standard laptop config when that's best.

Which means, that technically, you're right - the ModBook is a silly solution to the problem. Especially since InkWell is nowhere near as good a handwriting recognition system as Tablet PC's (and that's not an opinion - it's been tested). Alas, when your computer company won't make what you want, and won't let anyone else - this sort of thing happens. :)]]>Feb 10th 2009 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 11th 2009 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/
There's 2 kinds of tablets - convertibles (where a physical keyboard is integrated into the tablet) and slates (what you see above). Most Windows PC's are convertibles for that exact reason, people need to type; and in fact, most Windows tablets nowadays are convertibles.

I think you miss the point of a tablet though: taking notes, and usage OFF of a table. Let's see you try to type something into a regular notebook while walking down the street, holding the base of the keyboard in one hand while peck-typing with the other hand. Tablets are much faster methods of entry in such cases, and much more elegant.

The point of the ModBook is an artist's tool - there are no really good note-taking applications for OS X (really comparable to OneNote), and the handwriting recognition is horrible. The ModBook's point is for artists to draw on the screen in Photoshop, a niche computer for niche requirements.

Most people can benefit from a tablet purely because taking out a pen and using it to point at a screen of a notebook in a traditional form factor is faster, more precise, and more comfortable than a trackpad IMO. The rotation of the screen gets a tablet's screen (by the way, when people talk tablets 99% of the time they're talking about convertibles) gets the screen closer to the user, making movies and general usage more enjoyable as the screen appears to be larger and clearer - these are besides the traditional benefits of ultraportable computers, being battery life, weight, footprint, etc.

Do a bit more research for yourself, and you might be surprised by what you find.

I will admit that tablet's aren't quite for everyone, but only because tablets are low-powered computers and thus cannot meet the needs of gamers, video editors, etc.]]>Feb 11th 2009 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 12th 2009 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/It isnt a rationale want
But none the less I want one
I wonder when they will be able to do the unibody MacBook?]]>Feb 10th 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/
but win7 would be more efficient on a tablet I believe...]]>Feb 10th 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/
Coraline 3D makes me want to be dakota fanning.]]>Feb 10th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/
It's also easy to just put this in a nice recipe book holder or picture frame stand and prop it up.

For those saying that tablets never took off becuase of these two reasons - you do realize that just about ALL tablets are normal laptops that one can just turn the screen backwards .... right.]]>Feb 10th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/
If Apple released a tablet suddenly it would be cool and Apple would be an incredible innovator. Given Apples appeal to students and artists I find it hard to believe there's no market for a real mac tablet.]]>Feb 10th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/
SHAMWOW!!!]]>Feb 10th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 11th 2009 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/video-modbook-modded-in-stop-motion/Feb 10th 2009 11:06PM