Video: Gigabyte T1028X unboxed, handled, available in good ol' USA
By Vladislav Savov 
posted Aug 11th 2009 4:07PM
posted Aug 11th 2009 4:07PM
posted Aug 11th 2009 4:07PM
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Aww, he didn't turn it on. Not to bad for a tablet... a little thick though.
Whats the difference between this and the eee t91?
It seems that the eee pc version of this has only a solid state hard drive. This thing basically has the same specs as an EEE PC 1000he!
Holy crap! I've been using a 1000he all summer and I love it to pieces! But if there's something that could allow me to take notes on it as well, then there's no competition!
Someone tell me I'm on the right train of thought. (The only downside being less battery life)
I would actually consider this if it has a digitizer. That is a deal breaker for me. I currently own an eee 901 and was looking to upgrade to the t91, but not being able to write on the screen and rest my wrist on it seems like quite the annoying thought.
Wait, it doesn't have a digitizer? Wow. That sucks. Nvm then.
Way to get my hopes up. lol
High price, touchscreen, convertible...
Sure this isn't a UMPC and not a netbook?
You might want to check out the convertible classmate tablet for $499:
http://www.ctlcorp.com/v4/p-715-ctl-2go-convertible-classmate-pc-89-laptoptablet-with-hard-drive-with-windows-xp-home.aspx
The classmate display is only 1024 x 600 and the hard drive is parallel ATA.
Damn, it's uses a POS Atom. I'll pass.
You go right ahead.
I installed a touchscreen kit ($60 U.S.) in my Asus Eeepc 900HA and although it worked pretty darn good, I just couldn't get used to the mirky / mercury look of the screen, as you can see, this one looks the same way. It made it especially hard to see even with the slightest amount of sunlight. It bothered me so much that I uninstalled it. I suppose the swivel option is what would drive the price up on this, but I think I still prefer the traditional two solid swiveling points.
Just get an HP t2z or the one before it. It was 600 a few months ago when I bought it. Touch, digitizer, no atom crap, 3GB ram, worth it compared to this.
You could get the HP Touchsmart tx2 for less than that, and w/o atom processor or awful integrated graphics.
Uh, where? The lowest price I see for that is just under 900.
I got a HP tablet and having a smaller sibling would be great to have. 1.9 kilo is pretty heavy to carry around all day. This should be about half that.
Man up.
That's about the largest netbook battery I've ever seen. Hope that thing gets some appropriately good runtime. And at that price, I'm doubting this will sell very well.
Resistive touch screens suck for taking notes. I want an active digitizer!
Ditto. Though I want one for photoshop personally.
Not bad, but I don't regret getting the T91 - it's cheaper and i got 2gb RAM for $20 extra. Now it runs Windows 7 perfectly well.