http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/ 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/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
it didn't look too bad to me, the larger windows 7 square buttons certainly help, and they can be adjusted to be wider.]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Well, being resistive, I am assuming it will be friendly to a stylus. I had a Sony UMPC with a ~4" screen running XP and with a stylus it was fine. This pixel density should be far less than Sony's]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/I'm not totally sure why you were down ranked..

I've used Windows 7 on a tablet.. and even with a stylus.. its not the most awesome experience without some form of modified interface.

Sure everyone's got their own personal opinion, but given I actually needed to get work done on this thing (the tablet/laptop convertible thing), I was glad it also had a physical keyboard for input.

This also wasn't a one-off either, I've used it for extended periods of time, always trying it as a tablet (lets face it.. they look sexy) and while windows 7 does have some decent improvements..

It needs some work done
]]>Feb 8th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
Even the tiniest UI elements in Windows 7 are not smaller than some of the buttons we've seen on the Apple iPad.

I'm using it every day on a 12" multitouch Tablet PC device with a higher resolution - no problems at all.

Windows 7 on a 9" slate works great. Definitely.]]>Feb 8th 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
I'm sure it will have it's place, but I'd rather see an OS designed for the form factor. I'm hoping Chrome OS will be a good option in the near future, hopefully Google is thinking finger-friendly!]]>Feb 8th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
I'm starting to see the impetus behind some of the Windows 7 UI (i.e. Preview Pane, Big taskbar buttons). Out of the box, Windows 7 could be a good tablet OS contender.]]>Feb 8th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
Because on my moms laptop they measure about .75X.75 inches!
She has a 1280x800 screen.]]>Feb 8th 2010 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Joanna should have higher rank as an editor. Her post are always more eye catching.]]>Feb 8th 2010 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
Finally a background in JOURNALISM.

make her editor. now.

and not just because I'm so female-subordinate.

(yes, right away, mommie.)]]>Feb 9th 2010 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
Win7 is very touch friendly. Almost disappointingly so, since I was one of those who just assumed a ground-up UI paradigm overhaul would be necessary for a good touch experience. I still wouldn't mind seeing what people come up with, though.]]>Feb 9th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/I agree. UNR works great on my daughters Asus EEE. If I replace her netbook I may convert her current one into my own little table with UNR and touchscreen. UNR is an amazingly simple little UI.]]>Feb 8th 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
I haven't decided if I want a more Mobile OS (Such as Android and iPhone) or a full blown Windows OS on a tablet type device...I'm leaning more towards Android though, since games and such will be designed specifically for a keyboard/mouse-less device..]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Just depends on what you want to do. If you want to just do casual browsing, games, note taking then android would be perfect.

Personally, I'm in the same boat but leaning towards the full OS only because I would like something like this to replace my laptop for when I'm out and about and need domain access, management consoles, etc.

In the end, its just personal preference. By the end of the year, there will be something for everyone.]]>Feb 8th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/the on screen keyboard will be a bitch, no?]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/not really. I have a touchsmart-tx2 and thats thick! I would totally be happy with this.
about the onscreen keyboard - I really like the windows 7 OSK - I use it a lot - I really don't use the stylus at all, except when my 2 year old wants to doodle in MS paint (and even there, sometimes she finger paints!)

I think there is a market for different kinds of products and from my point of view - there is definitely a market for this form factor Windows 7 tablet.
It will probably hang out by my remote in the living room. check mail, surf, but occasionally work on the powerpoint presentation that needs to be done by the morning, or hook my Android\WinMo\iPhone and update\upgrade\jailbreak\adb it.
that will be the one I hook up to my LCD TV to show the wife new pics on facebook or picasa
these are things I do with a TX2 and this could replace it.
now do I need a tablet to do all this - probably not - but I like the form factor, the size and I really like reading my tech blogs in portrait format.
my 2c]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
I think that some kind of 'swype' style keyboard (a small one, about the size of the one on smartphones) would enable you to type much faster than the full size keyboard. It's just an idea, but I would like to see it implemented... ]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/I wonder if sony could take their Vaio X series and make a tablet version, that would be sexy.]]>Feb 8th 2010 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
The problem has always been lack of tactile feedback though.]]>Feb 8th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/its deffinatly packin]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/I will wait for a proper Tablet like the LE1700, that was a Tablet.]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
The only two things I need to know are: battery life and price.]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
http://www.exopc.com/en/exopc-slate-comparison.php]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/As far as I'm concerned, this is a spiritual descendant of the OQO. I really, really wanted one of the 02+ with OLED screen, but alas, I didn't have the thousands to get one of the few demo models that made it to ebay.
This is basically exactly what I need; more portable than a comparable netbook, but full OS functionality. I haven't decided if I'll go with Linux on it, though.]]>Feb 8th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/These Win7 tablets will allow for you to dual-boot! ;)]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Needs capacitive screen with decent capacitive stylus.
Windows 7 looks nice, I love it, just not the touch screen.
Hate resistive screens, even a "low pressure" one.]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
ideal tablet specs for me:
about 64 GB space to carry my media
GPS, bluetooth capabilities, productivity tools, easy to type, light weight and ofcourse the right price. wake me up when you have right device for me :)]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
And with a screen size like that I really doubt how effective finger usage would be on those tiny icons. You can see the guy using it has to be careful where he touches.

Am I the only person that doesn't want a full OS on a tablet here? Give me Apple's specially designed OS any day. Albeit with a little more functionality. ]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
Based off the feedback from everyone outside of Apple fanatics ... yes, you are the only one who wants a gimped experience at a premium price.]]>Feb 8th 2010 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
Hardly.

Can I introduce you to
OpenGeee
Moblin 
Midinux
Linux4One
Leeenux Linux
Kuki Linux
Firefly Linux
Eeedora
Eeebuntu 
Easypeasy 
CrunchBang Linux 

Don't try jumping on the anti- Apple bandwagon using a false argument.
People have been asking for a stripped down OS on netbooks since the original Eee PC came out. Or did you just conveniently forget that?
]]>Feb 8th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
I don't want to start a flame war, but its important to remember the original cost of a UMPC was rather high. The now defunct OQO(also the Sony VAIO UX) started at $1,600. A side from having a 5" screen and a slider keyboard it was everything the ExoPC is.

Battery life is a legitimate concern no matter what kind of fan boy you may or may not be. Which is not unlike MPG on car where you need to basically cut the number in half to represent realistic usage. Two hours of real battery life makes me wonder how bulky the power cables are.]]>Feb 8th 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Many linux distributions made for netbooks are not stripped down they are optimized. They are full OSes but they take out a lot of things say a desktop could do that a netbook never can, like a RAID driver. Most of the programs you want are still there, and it has full functionality.]]>Feb 8th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
I'm sitting here with my iPod Touch and I'm sitting here with my 10 inch Dell netbook. I'm trying to figure out where these "tiny" icons are that everyone keeps going on about. Could you tell me which icons in windows, on a 10 inch screen, would be smaller than say the bookmark button in Safari for iPhone/iPod Touch?

It seems you've all convinced yourselves of certain myths and if you keep repeating them it makes it true.]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/I thought it was pretty obvious... but I'm specifically talking about those tiny little buttons when he loads Microsoft Word. And while I'm on that subject, how about the icons on the taskbar?
I'm sure Windows 7 would be fine on a large touchscreen surface(although what would be the point) but on an 8.9 inch screen? Come on man, even the Japanese will their dinky little Nintendo DS fingers would have trouble. ]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
There's reality, and there's perception. Forget the screen size, that's irrelevant...but people seem to keep making it the issue. What is important is real world measurements...these don't change no matter what the resolution or screen size. In other words, how big is the tip of your finger? When you change resolutions does it change too? If not, this is a non issue cooked up in peoples heads.

Again, in real world measurements, as in mm across the screen (not pixels) how small is "tiny"? I'm sure you all find it easy hitting the "tiny" icons in mobile Safari. I know I find it easy, and those things in real terms are less than 5mm wide. For another example, go into your Wifi settings on an iPhone/Touch. To see more details about your connection you have to hit a round blue icon thats no more than 2mm in diameter...no one complains. But having to hit an icon that's probably 10 times as big on a Windows system is suddenly an effort in impossibility? C'mon guys...you surf the web every day on your iPhones and you are about to hit text in specific areas to follow links. This is a non issue.]]>Feb 9th 2010 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/
But I think a Pinetrail might just make it little more bearable.
I don't think Wintel (Intel/x86 + Windows) MIDs will work until the new 32nm Intel Medfield (with improved IGP, integrated VA DSPs (Blu-Ray 1080p) and on-die (SATA, not PATA) controllers) is released.]]>Feb 8th 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/exopc-shows-its-touchscreen-stuff-on-video/Feb 8th 2010 2:43PM