Xybernaut's Atigo T/HB thin-client tablet reviewed

It's not news that Tablet PCs haven't been huge sellers outside of certain vertical markets like healthcare and retail. It hasn't helped that many of them have been too heavy, too expensive and too confusing. (Is it a laptop? A desktop? A tablet? It's all three!) for most consumers,
and the general business market hasn't shown a lot of interest either. Not surprisingly, some manufacturers have begun
scaling back their units to reflect the needs of the markets where all the buying is happening, jettisoning hard drives and replacing Windows XP Tablet Edition with the lightweight XP Embedded. The latest to join this move from full-fledged PC to thin-client terminal is the Xybernaut Atigo T/HB, a "wearable" computer (it straps onto a forearm) that weighs just 1.8 pounds (including the battery) and has an 8.4" screen. PC Magazine took a hard look at it, and liked the daylight-readable screen, flexible configurations
(the unit has the ability to take up to 4GB of internal flash, and also has a CF slot for further expansion),
relatively speedy 1 GHz Crusoe processor and programmable easy-access keys. A big gripe was the lack of built-in WiFi;
for a computer that is designed to be used in mobile environments, you shouldn't have to install your own PCMCIA
wireless card. In general, though, the diminutive computer — which ships with XP Embedded but can also run on Linux —
should do well with its target market, if they're prepared to pony up over $3,000 to buy one.