Gigabyte Booktop M1022 and TouchNote T1028 tablet PC make their way to US

It's been awhile since we heard anything about Gigabyte's Booktop M1022 netbook with dock or its tablet pc, the TouchNote T1028 -- but it looks like both have finally landed on US shores. If you've forgotten, the 10.1-inch Booktop M1022 boasts a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 1.3 megapixel camera, optional integrated WWAN, VGA output, an Ethernet port, ExpressCard slot, 4-in-1 multicard reader, and its got Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, and WiFi.The TouchNote features nearly identical specs, with a swivelling touchscreen panel. The M1022 and the T1028 can both be ordered now on Amazon, for $449 and $599 respectively.

[Via Portable Monkey]
Read - Amazon product page for Booktop M1022
Read - Amazon product page for TouchNote T1028

[GRAMMAR POLICE @ Jul 17th 2009 1:22PM]

BOOKTOP!? Make it stop!

[Venom16 @ Jul 17th 2009 1:32PM]

Its up to you really. Just quote the formula.

If: Booktop = Notebook + Desktop
Then:
Notebook + Desktop = NoteDesk
Notebook + Desktop = BookDesk
Notebook + Desktop = NoteTop

There you go. 3 more handy dandy buzzwords.
Copyright pending.

[Elranzer @ Jul 17th 2009 3:09PM]

But it's really a netbook, not notebook. Shouldn't the new buzzword be...

DeskNet?
NetDesk?
NetTop (oops, that one's taken!)

[jason @ Jul 17th 2009 3:35PM]

Call it a PADD and you will get every Star Trek fan to buy one. I actually do prefer tablets over netbooks for devices that tiny. I simply cannot use a regular netbook that small, too awkward. I'm not a small asian child. But I also won't pay $600 for a crappy Atom.

[hans @ Jul 17th 2009 1:25PM]

booktop?? seriousliy?? somebody please bring up a DIN norm or something...

[coyo t @ Jul 17th 2009 1:43PM]

it's the cherry on top that does it.

that and nut sprinkles.

[NoAndThen @ Jul 17th 2009 2:54PM]

coyo t: it's the cherry on top that does it.

that and nut sprinkles.


LMFAO! I assume you meant nuts AND sprinkles, but it's just too good to not mention.


I am really glad they spelled out the formula for Booktop though. Now we just need the pamphlet that goes with it explaining that the target market is: idiots.

[slamEVIL @ Jul 17th 2009 4:22PM]

@NoAndThen: you REALLY need to get your head out of the gutter :) he meant "nut sprinkles"
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_qE4F3_yGGrU/SYrruiAahVI/AAAAAAAAA10/NrzQCklwZi8/Mmmm%20sprinkles_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg

[Wolfticket @ Jul 17th 2009 1:38PM]

Bout time there are some laptops that come with decent docks.

[Galactor963 @ Jul 17th 2009 1:40PM]

What if they took the docking station, let you use it with the tablet, and put in a VGA/DVI in...

On the go, it's a tablet netbook. At home, it's a secondary external display.

Food for thought.

[Alistair loveless @ Jul 17th 2009 1:46PM]

ya know im actually curious about this. I want something chap and with a touchscreen for school you guys think this would be just awful?

[Drew @ Jul 17th 2009 2:04PM]

Awful, nah. Worth the money, hell no. $600 for a 10 inch netbook with some form of touch screen is way too expensive. You can get a refurb Dell XT for 700 and actually have decent computing power. You could get a new HP TX2Z for 750 and be running a 2.2gig processor and 4 gigs of ram with a multitouch screen.

[Elranzer @ Jul 17th 2009 3:12PM]

Hell, if you REALLY wanted a touchscreen netbook, you could always get the touch version of the Dell Latitude 2100 for $409.

[gcc @ Jul 18th 2009 1:39AM]

Got one for my g/f- she really likes it. Does handwriting fine, although just about everybody said it wouldn't. Not sure how it would stack up to the eee T91 or whatever it is.

[agasaf @ Jul 17th 2009 1:57PM]

PC industry strategy:

1. write down all possible combinations of buzzwords.
2. release or announce at least one example of a device with one of those names, all with different sizes, colors, materials and form factors.
3. watch Apple run around in circles crying in desperation with no room left for an innovating cool new product look and name.

[NoAndThen @ Jul 17th 2009 2:56PM]

???

Yeah cuz Apple usually uses terms like 'booktop'

I can hear them weeping all the way to the bank right now...

[steve @ Jul 17th 2009 2:06PM]

Booktop =/= Notebook + Desktop

A Booktop would be my coffee cup, its on top of a book right now

Notebook + Desktop = hire some professional help ;)

For the Booktop to live up to its name (as much as I think its wrong) it also needs to have

Keyboard + Mouse + Display

else its just a neatly docked brick

[Khav @ Jul 17th 2009 2:17PM]

It's nothing more than a silly name for the already well-established concept of notebook + docking station.

[Fred McDonald @ Jul 17th 2009 2:28PM]

If they'd named it the Desknote, would it kill those who's names were saved to it's hard drive?

Thank you, I'm here all week.

[Wwhat @ Jul 17th 2009 2:35PM]

600 smackers for an atom? Uhm, try a bit harder asian friends :)

[Li @ Jul 17th 2009 2:42PM]

WTF, LMAO... Booktop......

[Wwhat @ Jul 18th 2009 5:53PM]

Nicely put :D

[Walter @ Jul 17th 2009 2:42PM]

I was looking for something like this.

Anyway to find out the resolution of the external monitor it could drive?

Or should I wait for something with an Ion?

[NoAndThen @ Jul 17th 2009 2:57PM]

Great!

Nope.

Yes.

[Exile @ Jul 17th 2009 2:49PM]

I just bought a HP tx2z a week ago. That's what Gigabyte gets for stating that they had no plans for bringing this to the states.

[Casey Gambuti @ Jul 17th 2009 3:37PM]

asdf

[VenQWish @ Jul 17th 2009 3:48PM]

Bah, why don't they combine the two to make for a much better product?

- Tablet + dock

You could even use it as a secondary screen when docked. Wish it had ION though... Meh, I guess I will have to wait FOREVER to get the product I'd really want. They always deliberately chop off some feature and put it on another product, just to piss you off so it seems. (or make more money I guess, but not mine)

[Eric @ Jul 17th 2009 4:19PM]

Anyone compared this to the Asus T91? This will be faster, but I'm wondering if Gigabyte also put in as much effort on the software side as Asus.