TabletKiosk rises from the ashes, pops Atom CPUs into hideous new UMPC / tablet line

Sheesh -- whatever happened to TabletKiosk, anyway? Aside from one random slate PC tailored for the medical industry, we haven't seen anything meaningful from these guys since 2008. And yes, that includes the present day. Oh sure, the company's newest trifecta of machines -- which includes the 7-inch eo a7330D, 7-inch eo TufTab a7230XD and 12.1-inch Sahara NetSlate a230T -- may use the incredibly mighty Atom CPU now, but that doesn't change the fact that they're all uglier than sin itself. In fairness, all three are designed more for the enterprise market than for fashion conscious consumers, but still, we're struggling to see any design improvements here compared to the wares this outfit was pushing way back in 2007. If you truly believe that beauty's on the inside, hit the read link for all the dirt.

[Via HotHardware]

[buri100 Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:16PM]

FIRST

[One Love Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:28PM]

I must admit I've done "FIRST" in the past, but i can't understand the nerve of you whipper-snappers today.

[Maccadude33 Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:28PM]

To fail that is. You and that tablet design both.

[Average White Boy Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:54PM]

I'm fairly certain the Apple tablet will not look like those monstrosities. But chances are both of these will survive a drop that will surely end the service life of an Apple tablet. Either of these would be more suited to teenagers use in schools.

I'm sure some company will have to start designing thick silicone skins for the Apple tablet and I'd be the first to buy one or two.

[fernando Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:21PM]

eo TufTab a7230XD is an awesome model name. just sayin'

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:25PM]

Bezels needs to be bigger, especially on the XP one,

Then again only apple can get away with a giant bezel http://guccigfashionblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/apple-imac-aluminum.jpg

[gerrrg Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:31PM]

http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/200909/MOD-567690_NetSlate.jpg

But other than the uglier than hell logo, what's wrong with the 12.1" tablet? Of course, that $1795 price tag is more than double what I would pay for a tablet.

[jimmyrock88 Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:33PM]

I wouldn't mind the "ugliness" of this...i mean everyone puts cover on their electronic devices nowadays so cant see anything except the screen anyway....although hardware/software specs has to be good

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 12:33AM]

What are you, fashion critics now? These look rugged and are targetting a completely different market. The Panasonic Toughbook is no eye candy either, but are quite successful and have a specialised purpose.

Slow news day, eh.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 2:12AM]

Wow nice editorial staff - if it doesn;t have the Apple logo I guess it must be ugly and a piece of **** While not the best looking systems on the market, the feature set is solid, Wacom dual mode sunlight readable screen, 3G, scanner, RFID, hot swapable batteries - I'd say these are actual useful tools as opposed to being a tool and only praying to the church of shinny, locked down, overpriced fruit....

[1 Posted Sep 24th 2009 3:22AM]

You can just see the "We don't know what we are talking about, so lets just make up some condescending shit" in this 'article'

[Marked Posted Sep 24th 2009 1:16PM]

I will agree the article is a little one-sided, but when your freakin bezzel on a tablet has more surface area than the actual screen, I don't care what kind of hardware the thing has, something is wrong. End of story.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 4:54PM]

I think that the price is more prohibitive than the rugged looks. Some people like the MilSpec look