http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Same here.
This looks like what the Apple Tablet will look like. Simple, not too much going on on the outside, but strong enough on the inside. Of course, with a hefty price tag.

I'm still not convinced about these tablets. I'll be getting a good 'ole gaming laptop with Win7 for college... no exceptions.]]>Jan 14th 2010 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
Tablets could be cool, but only with a dedicated interface.]]>Jan 14th 2010 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
OP, +1 to you sir. Also, I'd like to think that it will have some other feature differences (for better or worse) if it's ever produced, but who knows.]]>Jan 15th 2010 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
Apple should call it iSlave instead.]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
Keyboards on phones work because the phone is small and you can use thumbs. A 10 inch screen is way too big for thumbs and typing with all your fingers on such a small screen sucks too because you block the screen when you're typing.

These are good toys, not useful computers.]]>Jan 15th 2010 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
I'm seriously thinking about pulling the trigger on this, except that it doesn't say which version of Win7 it uses, and $800 for a brand I don't know is a bit steep. Plus, I really need a stylus.]]>Jan 15th 2010 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/More details to go: http://bit.ly/digitalrise-x9-details

iSlate will be around 1grand, for sure this one will look like cheap again.]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/*barf*]]>Jan 14th 2010 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
Mockup FAIL]]>Jan 14th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
Could be XP mode, could be uxtheme.dll patch + custom VS, could be Windowblinds. You never know...]]>Jan 14th 2010 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/It looks like greenbrowser:
http://www.morequick.com/indexen.htm]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
ditto, it seems to have pretty much the same specs..
I wodner how their prices will match?]]>Jan 14th 2010 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/what are you talking about? Apple will obviously go with an ARM system with a more powerful version of the iPhone's OS
all these companies sticking Atoms and Windows where they don't belong will find that they need to rethink their strategy, ARM is definitely going to win this fight]]>Jan 14th 2010 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.umpcportal.com/2010/01/a-warning-about-smart-device-battery-life/). In the real world (if and when the ARM tablets come out) I am sure they will have about the same battery life.

And, all things being equal, I would personally rather have a full-fat OS like OSX/Windows 7 on a tablet over the skinny iPhone OS/Android/WM any day.]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/"all these companies sticking Atoms and Windows where they don't belong will find that they need to rethink their strategy, ARM is definitely going to win this fight"

I think all the sales numbers of sub-laptop sales in the last 2 years beg to differ.
But don't let me stop you from comparing a currently non-existent device's computing power to existing tech that is already in it's second generation.]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
Oh God another adbot.]]>Jan 14th 2010 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/because the tablets they have now are laptops with a fold down touch screen to many people that's not a real tablet. Personally I want the new apple tablet because I use iPod touch for email and inet on the go. If the iSlate is " a big iPod only better ", well that's what I'm looking for. I would probably by a new iPod if they came out with one 2 times the current size]]>Jan 14th 2010 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
You'd certainly think so. Less chasis to house the screen, no need for fancy hinge, no keyboard, no trackpad, and yet you pay more.

Simple answer is, you're paying for the niche, the current trend.]]>Jan 15th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 14th 2010 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/yeah... I'm not paying that much for either.]]>Jan 15th 2010 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Agreed. I don't see the market for a 10" slate at this time. The slate market is mobile, 3-7". Eventually, a slate UI could evolve to replace the keyboard/mouse/touchpad, but it'll happen as people adopt mobile slates and adapt to the absence of conventional keyboard and mouse. If I don't need the slate UI for mobility, I want to leverage my existing skills. I want one-handed, rapid touch typing, and multi-touch tablets offer this possibility, but the standard hasn't emerged yet. A desktop/laptop slate is not attractive until it does.
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Both are nearly perfect form factors (although the X70 would be improved by adding an optical mouse).

As much as I like gadgets, I don't think this 10" slate can find a place for itself in my book bag (and it definitely wont fit a suit pocket... unless it is a clown suit, of course... (to go with the clown pants).]]>Jan 15th 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
swastyka's isn't the Nazi one. All further posts on your part here will be considered trolling (as if it wasn't obvious already).]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/Jan 15th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
Technically it's a triskelion, not a swastika, but specifically it's the flag of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, (AWB), a South African white supremacist paramilitary group led by Eugène Terre'Blanche.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion#Political_Extremists

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"The AWB flag is composed of three black sevens (forming a triskelion) in a white circle upon a red background. It has a strong resemblance to the Nazi flag, likely due to the historic admiration for Nazism among the far right in South Africa." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaner_Weerstandsbeweging

So really, HighRanked has a point.]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/
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