Axon Logic's Haptic tablet can run a desktop's OS, has a desktop's price

Half a year ago, you'd have been forgiven for expecting that today both Windows 7 and Mac OS X would have flagship tablets representing them, in the shape of the HP Slate and the Apple iPad. Alas, one of those devices ran away to enterprise land and the other opted for a mobile OS. It's against this backdrop of disappointment that Axon's Haptic tablet enters, with confirmation that its Atom-based innards are fully compatible with Linux, Windows and Mac operating environments. With a 10.1-inch resistive touchscreen, 320GB HDD, 2GB of RAM, and a trio of USB ports, it's another of those devices you could classify as a keyboard-less netbook, but at least its OS versatility will give it a leg up. Then again, with a pre-order price of $750 and no bundled OS licenses, we suspect it might need a little more than that to succeed where so many have failed.

[NikkoTheGreeko Posted Aug 13th 2010 1:20PM]

But will it blend?

[spsfinest Posted Aug 13th 2010 2:09PM]

That processor sucks and so does the price.

[TPAYNE87 Posted Aug 13th 2010 2:20PM]

Thats one mean looking Jason penguin

[bathellfire Posted Aug 13th 2010 6:04PM]

Probably started it's life as a picture frame KIRF.

[Ducman69 Posted Aug 15th 2010 3:40AM]

It is very misleading to call these "desktop" and "mobile" OSes.

The majority of Windows7 sales today are on MOBILE laptop devices, whereas desktop implies a big stationary AC power only tower.

Windows7 was optimized specifically for example to be light enough even for netbooks, and runs like a champ even on my old 9" Dell Mini, which are about as mobile a laptop as you can get and still call it a computer.

A MUCH more accurate term is MICRO and FULL operating system. A MICRO operating system is made for cellphones and cellphone based (ARM) devices. A FULL operating system is made for computers, many of which will fit just fine in your camera bag or girlfriend's purse.