http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/ Engadget Comments for MSI's 10-inch WindPad 100 advances past prototype stage, gets pictured with a dock 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/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
you mean just like Apple copied the name iPad off another manufacturer?]]>Aug 16th 2010 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu_iPAD]]>Aug 16th 2010 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/to sound magical, of course...]]>Aug 16th 2010 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
Copying it is just lame. WindPad sounds like something meant to conceal passing gas...]]>Aug 16th 2010 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Just like how Linksys owned the name iPhone before apple bought the rights off of them. I bought my parents a Linksys iPhone ... it is a direct to Skype unit.]]>Aug 16th 2010 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
Christmas 2010 is going to be tablet central, save up your pennies!]]>Aug 16th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
Nevermind that. Why the hell are they shipping Windows 7 with a 1.6 ghz processor? Would've been plenty for Android or whatnot, but not.windows.]]>Aug 16th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
That's hilarious, the only reason I clicked on this link was to post the exact same thing. Seriously, wtf is wrong with slate or tablet? "Pad" does not describe a small touchscreen computer. Ugh, am I annoyed with Apple or the thoroughly uncreative minds at other manufacturers right now? "WindPad" "BlackPad"?! What the hell is the matter with these people?]]>Aug 16th 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
There's an app for that.]]>Aug 16th 2010 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/still think win7 is the wrong way to go with a tablet, though. I experimented with the touch options on a latitude convertible, it just makes not much sense and feels glued together.
these things need something small, light and touch-centric such as windows CE 7 or android.]]>Aug 16th 2010 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Nope, don't worry Win7 will be just fine. Microsoft is not a small company, they will correct the touch issues, if the slate market picks up. In the meantime we will get good Application layers like the EXOPC UI so that apps will be just as easy to use.]]>Aug 16th 2010 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
The users will vote with their wallets!

Choice 1 - Android, good performance, great touch, limited key/mouse $299

Choice 2 - Win7, poor performance, crap touch, good key/mouse $599]]>Aug 16th 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
Choice 1 - Android not productive. Need to use more money to buy another netbook. Total weight of Android and Netbook > Windows tablet.
Cannot use MS office.

Choice 2 - Windows tablet. One device suits all purposes. Can use most software that general public need.]]>Aug 16th 2010 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Android is good for phones, but I don't see the apeal for it to be on android.]]>Aug 16th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
from a hardware standpoint MSI did some very right decisions there, it's just that as soon as you throw a special touch UI into the bag and have a full-blown win7 underneath it, you're in trouble as long as you're not using let's say a core duo processor. this is why I kinda liked the latitude convertible, it just was fast enough to do productive work with it.
A tablet belongs on the couch as long as I have my pimped XPS M1530 right beside me on the table to do some real work ;)]]>Aug 16th 2010 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/they killed EVERY software and hardware that showed at least some promise either by bad marketing or by stupid management decisions and all they can do is trailing behind google and apple when it comes to either excellent web services or desirable and innovative hardware.
don't get me wrong there, their skills in operating systems and office software are good (and vista nearly made me lose that point, too) but else than that they're just acting helpless.

the new windows mobile and CE 7 could just be too late...]]>Aug 16th 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
I agree. It's a bit on the chunky side! Looks tidy though.]]>Aug 16th 2010 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
It also seems to be fatty...

NO GO

If it was a ULV processor, it could be different. In this category my bet is with an Android slate, powred by some dual core ARM, and with all the usual stuff in it.... ]]>Aug 16th 2010 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Yea seriously if the iPad had wacom stylus support and something like oneNote (with handwritting recognition) to use it with it'd be perfect. Or a win7 device with one of those atomZ (moorsetown I think) processors without all of the extra usb's and vga's so it could be thin. I don't want to run MATLAB on my tablet, I just wana watch some YouTube and iTunes videos, and take some damn notes.]]>Aug 16th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
You hope it has enough apps to compete? What are you smoking? It's a Windows tablet. Any Windows program ever written will run on it. It has more apps than every other OS combined (mobile or otherwise).]]>Aug 16th 2010 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
Are you bragging or apologizing?]]>Aug 16th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f25ZWedsCls]]>Aug 16th 2010 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
Just like WP7, coincidence?
I think not]]>Aug 16th 2010 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Its too thick & the screen is too small.

Take a look at the ExoPC (http://kevindark.co.uk/ExoPC.aspx), it's a perfect marriage of hardware & software, compromising only where needed to meet the needs of every user.

It's taken ExoPC 10 years to get where they are now, and that is about to release their first units - hopefully mid September. The cost is affordable, its sleek, well made, and well supported by the ExoPC team.

The capacitive screen is amazingly responsive, there's no lag when writing or drawing and has 256 levels of pressure sensitivity.

It really is the best in its class.]]>Aug 16th 2010 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
It has a Broadcom Crystal HD GPU and is due for release mid September (as long as some prototypes they will receive in the next week are OK)]]>Aug 18th 2010 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/
I'm not sure why all these manufacturers are going with Windows 7 tablets.. Meego has far more potential imo.]]>Aug 16th 2010 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/The success of these devices hinges on usability, not comparability with apps written for desktop computers ten years ago. Yes, W7 has API hooks for touch, BFD. All flavors of Windows (and any other modern "big" OS) feature have variable latency as processes and tasks get juggled by the OS. If the latency exceeds 50-100 msec, users will notice and they will not like it one bit. This is why HP tried to skin a GUI over W7 on the Slate. Running a touch UI is 10X to 100X more processor intensive as tracking inputs from a mouse and keyboard.

Now you can make things faster with a faster CPU, but then battery life goes to hell and you need add a crappy little fan to get rid of the heat. Making a useable tablet is hard work, trying to squeeze W7 were it doesn't belong just makes it that much harder.]]>Aug 16th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/If it is $500+ I need a wacom pen digitizer, a decent processor (dual core atom or culv), and the ION2 chipset for 1080P HD video and lite gaming. Pixel Qi wouldn't hurt either.]]>Aug 16th 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/msis-10-inch-windpad-100-advances-past-prototype-stage-gets-pi/Aug 16th 2010 12:27PM