http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/ Engadget Comments for Motion's J3400 rugged tablet PC dissected, loved up on video http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/
I can think of so many different ways that HP or Dell or Microsoft could advertise tablets. A good start would be focusing on education or art uses for them with a big marketing campaign. I mean, I know so many people who have been amazed as soon as they've seen that I can write on the screen because they had no idea it was possible. I know after using one, I wish I had one when I was in college.]]>Mar 16th 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/
Obviously, price is an issue for everyone during the economy right now, but that's not how I meant it.]]>Mar 16th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/

also they're usually very ugly looking, it's sad that a tool for artists has to look so primitive.]]>Mar 16th 2009 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/
And as for uglyness, look at the Lenovo x200t, the HP 2730p, the Dell XT2, or hell even the one referred to in this article for ones that look nicer.]]>Mar 16th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/erm... on my laptop (the latitude E6400), the slowest c2d available clocks at 2.26GHz, and the fastest clocks at 2.93GHz, and this is in a laptop that's meant to be relatively portable. Remember: Laptops != Tablet PCs.]]>Mar 16th 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/This one is meant to be rugged.]]>Mar 16th 2009 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/
I stand corrected on that, but I still maintain that if you're doing something that needs a faster than 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo (which is available on tablets) then you're making a mistake by doing it on a laptop and not a desktop.]]>Mar 16th 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/
An on Power, I'm running a 2.16 Core duo with 4 gigs of ram and a 320 gig 7200 rpm drive. Graphics card isn't great, but it runs photoshop well enough and I'm not actually gaming on this thing.]]>Mar 16th 2009 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/
lol.]]>Mar 16th 2009 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/
Seriously, outline your review instead of mentioning the darn pads on the back 100 times.

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Tablets are not going to be mainstream until the following:

1) Windows 7

2) Voice recognition standardization

3) Power (We already have SSD's, but we need more power)]]>Mar 16th 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/
And about your list, I have 1 thing to correct, it should be

1) Marketing

since you have to realize that Tablet means pen, not touch. Ergo:

a) Tablet functionality is wonderful in Vista, the handwriting recognition just works. Windows 7 will improve a bit but not to the revolutionary degree that was XP -> Vista.
b) If you want voice recognition, get Dragon Naturallyspeaking whatever. i) OneNote already has voice-recording capability and ii) the point of a tablet is, again, pen. If you're so dead-set on voice you could get it on a Mac for chrissakes. I personally don't use voice on my tablet.
c) These are powerful enough for office and other industry applications and for notetaking for us students - that's all the power they need. These aren't photoshop machines since the screens are often too grainy for color work. If that's what you want, get a Cintiq - it'll much better fit your needs, even on the go (with the 12" cintiq at least).]]>Mar 16th 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 16th 2009 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/Mar 17th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/motions-j3400-rugged-tablet-pc-dissected-loved-up-on-video/
But I think the above comment about them being weaker for heat reasons is incorrect. the reason why the specs are lower is because they have to compensate for the cost of the screen. these screens are active digitizers. if you look up the price for a wacom tablet, you can see the technology is not cheap. but they want to sell the tablets at near regular notebook prices so they cut on minor features. they're not slow anymore though. mine is spec'ed out and my friends love the look of the machine. it's compact, it runs great and has a bunch of features.

the only negative is that it runs hot. really hot. you could probably burn yourself if you hold your hand over the vent.]]>Mar 17th 2009 5:05PM