Like the Thing to the
Adamo XPS' Mister Fantastic, Dell's Latitude XT2 XFR tablet would rather impress someone by smashing things than sliding effortlessly into a bag (or envelop as it were), but we're guessing there's plenty of folks that are more than happy to have things that way. Somewhat curiously, however, Dell isn't doing much talking about this one itself on this seemingly convenient day, but the FCC thankfully is, thanks to a roundabout filing from Novatel. That latter detail of course means that this one will have plenty of wireless options (including 3G), but it otherwise looks to basically be a beefed-up version of Dell's existing
Latitude XT2 -- and, incidentally, Dell's first rugged tablet.
posted Oct 23rd 2009 4:11AM
it has a lot of useless spaces.. bad bad..
That's the rugged... If it's glass right to the edge, how big a drop do you think it could take?
You do realize its a rugged notebook. Made to withstand major drops, water damage, even a car running over it... Its geared towards the police, EMS, military, construction sites etc. Its not made to look nice when your at your local coffee house.
Taking a break from spamming eh?
I agree. It looks jurassic. =(
I like it. Its not a FANCY SVELTE laptop, its a rugged one. with people would realise that. Its designed to go where most would choke
there's a dell tablet in the office. its been working out fine. but this one looks primitive...
Is:
There a lead shield so that it'll withstand radiation?
The casing fireproof?
The casing waterproof?
There enough protection that a drop from a 3-story building won't hurt it?
Wouldn't the Adamo be more Invisible Woman?
Should be "(or envelopE as it were)". Man, Engadget's writing is really starting to go downhill. The writers are starting to sound more like a good chunk of the commenters, unable to properly distinguish between "their/there/they're", "then/than", etc. And these people write for their career (or at the very least their job). Sigh.
With that touchpad next to the screen, it really makes me wonder if the screen itself is touch- or pen-sensitive....
I have a standard latitude XT and I love it, but I do fear one day it might get dropped when the screen is converted and kerpwn itself. Being that it's cost made a Macbook pro look like an Emachines laptop sort of makes me uncomfortable at the thought of shelling out to fix it.
However, if your in a military/civil service sort of field, something like this would be great. While I prefer the sleek looks of the XT in my meetings and lunches, I would have loved to have something like this a few years ago when I was slumming it in the Army.
Vista?
VISTA?????
RAEG!!!!!