HP Compaq tablet PC with rotating/removable keyboard

A Tablet PC is a notebook or slate-shaped mobile computer, first introduced by Pen Computing in the early 90s with their PenGo Tablet Computer and popularized by Microsoft. Its touchscreen or graphics tablet/screen hybrid technology allows the user to operate the computer with a stylus or digital pen, or a fingertip, instead of a keyboard or mouse. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (764x800, 89 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tablet PC User:Janto Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (764x800, 89 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tablet PC User:Janto Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... This article is about the writing pad. ... A mobile computer is any computing device intended to frequently move location while maintaining operation. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Touchscreens are display overlays which have the ability to display and receive information on the same screen. ... A graphics tablet/screen hybrid (or tablet/LCD hybrid, Tablet LCD Monitor [1] ) is a graphics tablet that incorporates an LCD into the tablet itself, allowing the user to draw directly on the display surface. ... This article is about the machine. ... For the online music and film magazine, see Stylus Magazine. ... A 104-key PC US English QWERTY keyboard layout The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout A standard Hebrew keyboard showing both Hebrew and QWERTY. A computer keyboard is a peripheral partially modelled after the typewriter keyboard. ... A contemporary computer mouse, with the most common standard features: two buttons and a scroll wheel. ...

The form factor offers a more mobile way to interact with a computer. Tablet PCs are often used where normal notebooks are impractical or unwieldy, or do not provide the needed functionality.

Forms

Slates

Slates, which resemble writing slates, are tablet PCs without a dedicated keyboard. Keyboards can usually be attached via a wireless or USB connection. A writing slate is a piece of flat material used as a medium for writing. ... For other uses, see Wireless (disambiguation). ... Note: USB may also mean upper sideband in radio. ...

These tablet PCs typically incorporate small (8.4-14.1 inches/21–36 cm) LCD screens and have been popular for quite some time in vertical markets such as health care, education, and field work. LCD redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Slate models are often designed with a focus on pure mobility, that is, the less to carry, the better.

Rugged tablet PC models are usually in the slate form factor, because without a keyboard, there are fewer moving parts to break.

Thin-client slates

Thin-client slates consist of a touchscreen and an integrated wireless connection device. These units by design have limited processing power which is chiefly involved with Input/Output data processing such as video display, network communications, audio encoding/decoding, and input capture (touchscreen input, bar code reading, magnetic stripe reading (credit card swipe). The unit transmits data via a secured wireless connection to a remote server for processing.

Thin-client slates have the design advantages of a very lightweight form factor, more secure data (no data storage on the slate computer), long battery life (no processor to power). The Panasonic Toughbook 08 is representative of the application of thin-client computing to tablet PCs. Toughbook is the trademarked brand name owned by Matsushita Electric Industrial and marketed by their international brand name Panasonic. ...

Convertibles

Convertible notebooks have a base body with an attached keyboard. They more closely resemble modern notebooks/laptops, and are usually heavier and larger than slates.

Typically, the base of a convertible attaches to the display at a single joint called a swivel hinge or rotating hinge. The joint allows the screen to rotate around 180° and fold down on top of the keyboard to provide a flat writing surface. This design, although the most common, creates a physical point of weakness on the notebook.

Some manufacturers, however, have attempted to overcome these weak points. The Panasonic Toughbook 19, for example, is advertised as a more durable convertible notebook. One model by Acer has a sliding design in which the screen slides up from the slate-like position and locks into place to provide the laptop mode. Toughbook is the trademarked brand name owned by Matsushita Electric Industrial and marketed by their international brand name Panasonic. ... Acer (LSE: ACID) (Traditional Chinese: ) is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer. ...

Convertibles are by far the most popular form factor of tablet PCs, because for people who are unsure about the practicality of using the pen as the primary method of input, the convertibles still offer the keyboard and pointing device of traditional notebooks as a backup plan.

Hybrids

Hybrids, coined by users of the HP/Compaq TC1000 and TC1100 series (depicted to the right), share the features of the slate and convertible by using a detachable keyboard which operates in a similar fashion to a convertible when attached. TC1000 tablet PC in notebook mode standing on detachable keyboard The TC1000 is a hybrid Tablet PC designed by Compaq, before it was purchased by HP. It used the Transmeta Crusoe processor, which, by todays standards, is quite slow in day-to-day use. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

This is not to be confused with slate models that have a detachable keyboard—detachable keyboards for pure slate models do not rotate around to allow the tablet to rest on it like a convertible.

Despite a loyal following of users, the hybrid form factor has not received any recent updates after the TC1100 was discontinued.

History

• Late 1960s
  • Alan Kay of Xerox PARC proposed a notebook using pen input called Dynabook.
• 1989
  • The first commercially available tablet-type computer was the GRiDPad from GRiD Systems, released in September. Its operating system was based on MS-DOS.
• 1991
  • The Momenta Pentop was released.
  • GO Corp announced a dedicated operating system, called PenPoint OS.
  • NCR released model 3125 pen computer running MS-DOS, Penpoint or Pen Windows.^[1]
  • The Apple Newton entered development; although it ultimately became a PDA, its original concept (which called for a larger screen and greater sketching capabilities) resembled that of a tablet PC.
• 1992
  • GO Corp shipped PenPoint and IBM announced IBM 2125 pen computer (the first IBM model named "ThinkPad") in April.^[2].

• • Microsoft released Windows for Pen Computing.
• 1993
  • The first commercialized tablet computer systems available to the consumer market were the IBM ThinkPad 750P and 360P introduced in 1993^[3]
  • AT&T introduced the EO Personal Communicator combining PenPoint with wireless communications.
• 1999
  • The "QBE" Tablet PC created by Aqcess Technologies wins Comdex Best of Show.
• 2000
  • The "QBE Vivo" Tablet PC created by Aqcess Technologies ties for Comdex Best of Show.
• 2002
  • Tablet PCs were made further available with the introduction of Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition^[4].
    • Microsoft's operating system for the tablet PCs had the advantage of the standardization in the PC market with Microsoft's operating systems.
• 2002-Present
  • Recent advances in computer technology and lowering of manufacturing costs allowed for tablet PCs to become more affordable and widespread.
• Present
  • Windows Vista is released to the public. Many of the different editions include the same Tablet PC support found in Windows XP Tablet PC edition.

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System software

Microsoft

The operating system on which most tablet PCs run is Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Tablet PC Edition is a superset of Windows XP Professional, the difference being tablet functionality, including alternate text input (Tablet PC Input Panel) and basic drivers for support of tablet PC specific hardware. Requirements to install Tablet PC Edition include a tablet digitizer or touchscreen device, and hardware control buttons including a Ctrl-Alt-Delete shortcut button, scrolling buttons, and at least one user-configurable application button. An operating system (OS) is a software that manages computer resources and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ... A typical Windows XP desktop. ... This article is about Control-Alt-Delete, the keyboard shortcut. ...

Service Pack 2 for Windows XP includes Tablet PC Edition 2005 and is a free upgrade. This version brought improved handwriting recognition and improved the Input Panel, allowing it to be used in almost every application. The Input Panel was also revised to extend speech recognition services (input and correction) to other applications.

With Windows Vista, the Tablet PC functionality no longer requires a separate edition. Tablet PC support is built into all editions of Windows Vista with the exception of Home Basic. This extends the handwriting recognition, ink collection, and additional input methods to any computer running Vista even if the input device is an external digitizer, a touch screen, or even a regular mouse.

Windows applications

There are quite a lot of operating systems in use on devices marketed as tablets. Note that most tablet PC software is targeted particularly for the Microsoft Tablet PC API, and will not run on devices without Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Care should be taken when researching a tablet system or any device or software that claims to be designed for tablet PCs, as the phrase does not guarantee compatibility. API may refer to: In computing, application programming interface In petroleum industry, American Petroleum Institute In education, Academic Performance Index This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Applications developed for the tablet PC cater to the form factor and functionality available on the platform. Many forms of applications incorporate a pen-friendly user interface and/or the ability to handwrite directly in the document or interface.

A brief description of the applications included follows:

Experience Pack

• Ink Desktop: an Active Desktop control designed to run in the background and allow the user to write directly on the desktop.
• Snipping Tool: a screen capture application which allows the tablet pen to be used to select a portion of the screen and then annotate it and save as a file or send in an email.
• Ink Art: a painting application developed by Ambient Design originally as ArtRage, licensed to Microsoft for release to Tablet PC users.
• Ink Crossword: a crossword application developed to mirror the experience of a paper crossword puzzle on a tablet PC.
• Media Transfer: a synchronization utility designed to download music, pictures, and videos off of computers in the same network.

Education Pack

• Ink Flash Cards: an application designed to assist memorization by using a flash card approach, enabling the user to handwrite their own flash cards and display them back in a slideshow.
• Equation Writer: a recognition tool specializing in converting handwritten mathematical equations to a computer-generated image for pasting into other documents.
• GoBinder Lite: an organization and note-taking application developed by Agilix Labs.
• Hexic Deluxe: a game with a tablet PC specific gesture enabled for easier use with the tablet

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GNU/Linux

Running Linux on tablet PCs is as practical as on conventional notebooks. More recently, tablet PCs may also be configured with Linux pre-installed. This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ...

One early implementation of a Linux tablet was the ProGear by FrontPath. The ProGear used a Transmeta chip and a resistive digitizer. The ProGear initially came with a version of Slackware Linux, but could later be bought with Windows 98. Because these computers are general purpose IBM PC compatible machines, they can run many different operating systems. IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones since they almost exactly duplicated all the significant features of the PC, XT, or AT internal design, facilitated by various manufacturers...

Xorg now supports screen rotation and tablet input through Wacom drivers, and handwriting recognition software from both the Qt-based Qtopia and GTK+-based Internet Tablet OS provide promising free and open source systems for future development. The XOrg Foundation Open Source Public Implementation of X11 (the XOrg Server) is the official reference implementation of the X Window System. ... Qt or QT may stand for: QuickTime a multimedia technology from Apple Computer A quart, a measure of volume within traditional systems of units, equal to 2 pints A quarter, a unit of mass in Imperial units, equal to 2 stones or a quarter of a long hundredweight; one quarter... Screenshot of Qtopia Pdas Launcher Qtopia is Trolltechs application platform for Embedded Linux-based PDAs, mobile phones, web pads, and other mobile computing devices. ... GTK+, or the GIMP Toolkit, is one of the two most popular widget toolkits for the X Window System for creating graphical user interfaces. ...

Another handwriting recognition software for GNU/Linux is CellWriter; a note-taking application for GNU/Linux and FreeBSD^[5] is Xournal

However, little mature desktop-oriented software of the sort has arisen, leading many users to rely on on-screen keyboards and alternative text input methods like Dasher. Dasher running under Linux Dasher is a computer accessibility tool enabling users to enter text efficiently using a pointing device rather than a keyboard. ...

TabletKiosk currently offers a hybrid digitizer / touch device running SUSE Linux. It is the first device with these feature to support Linux.

Apple

The aftermarketer Axiotron has introduced aftermarket, heavily modified Apple MacBooks called Modbooks, a Mac OS X-based tablet computer. It uses Apple's Inkwell for handwriting and gesture recognition and bundles additional digitization software from Wacom. This article is about the Apple computer called MacBook. For the MacBook family as a whole, see MacBook family. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mac OS X (pronounced ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... Inkwell, later renamed Ink, but still mostly referred to as Inkwell by Apple is the name of the handwriting recognition technology built into Apple Computers Mac OS X. It was introduced in version 10. ... Wacom Co. ...

While Apple Inc. doesn't sanction running their operating system Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware, there are a large number of computer enthusiasts who are running hacked copies of Mac OS X on various x86 architecture PC models, among them Tablet PC computers. To get Mac OS X to talk to the digitizer on Tablet PC systems they use a free open source driver originally written to support serial tablets for which Wacom no longer supplies Mac drivers. The web site http://forums.insanelymac.com/ provides a forum for many of these "Hackintosh" enthusiasts to share information. Apple Inc. ... Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood version), one example out of a huge number of x86 implementations from Intel, AMD, and others. ... Open source software is computer software for which the human-readable source code is made available under a copyright license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that meets the Open Source Definition. ... RS-232 (also referred to as EIA RS-232C or V.24) is a standard for serial binary data interchange between a DTE (Data terminal equipment) and a DCE (Data communication equipment). ...

Tablet PC distinction

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There is dispute on the distinction between "tablet PC" and "Tablet PC". One issue with the distinction is that there was never a standard definition of what constitutes as a tablet PC.

The phrase "Tablet PC", with the specific capitalization of the T, is generally regarded as the platform as introduced by Microsoft and its partners in 2002: a complete computer, capable of running applications under its own power, with an integrated digitizer, hardware function buttons, and the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system.

Some mobile PCs utilizing other operating systems include a digitizer for user input and can still be regarded as a tablet PC in that it is capable of providing the same functionality.

Wireless displays with integrated digitizers are sometimes marketed as tablets, but are more akin to thin clients in that they do not perform any functionality themselves, but act as a terminal to a single computer. Such devices may be more accurately referred to as a "drawing tablet" rather than the less descriptive word "tablet," as the digitizer functionality of these displays is usually used as a drawing device. These devices, as well as internet appliances with a slate-like design, are not necessarily fully functional devices as the tablet PC. Thin clients with a slate-like design may be used in vertical markets such as point of sale and assembly line. A Thin client is a computer (client) in client-server architecture networks which has little or no application logic, so it has to depend primarily on the central server for processing activities. ...

Tablets vs. traditional notebooks

The advantages and disadvantages of tablet PCs are highly subjective measures. What appeals to one user may be exactly what disappoints another. The following are commonly cited opinions of the tablet PC platform:

Advantages

• More natural form of input — sketching and handwriting are a much more familiar form of input than a keyboard and mouse, especially for people who are new to computers.
• Gesture recognition — gestures (moving the stylus in special patterns over the screen) are powerful ways to increase efficiency. Many applications, or the operating system itself, can be programmed to respond in different ways to certain gestures created by the pen.
• Note-taking — taking handwritten notes and drawing diagrams at a class or conference increases productivity and retention of information. The notes can also be searched automatically if handwriting recognition is implemented.
• Accessibility — those who are physically unable to type can utilize the additional features of a tablet PC to be able to interact with the electronic world.
• Digital art — tablets are often necessary for professional digital artist work. For many, mouse movement is too jerky to be used as a precision tool.
• Portability — slate tablets and hybrids without keyboards are very slim and light compared to typical laptops and can easily be tucked under the arm like a book.
• Horizontal orientation — most tablet PCs do not interrupt line of sight since they lie flat on the table or in one's arms. This allows for better interaction in business meetings and conferences and also makes it easy for digital artists who wish to draw on a horizontal medium.

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Disadvantages

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• Higher cost — convertible tablet PCs cost roughly $300 more than their non-tablet counterparts as of 2005. This premium is expected to fall to as low as $75 by 2007.^[6] However, some models are intentionally priced at the same point or lower than equivalent notebooks without tablet functionality.
• Screen size — the size of tablet PC screens currently peaks at 14.1 inches. However, some models make up for this with very high resolution (a higher pixel density per unit area).
• Input speed — maximum handwriting speed can be significantly slower than maximum typing speed, which can be as high as 50-150 WPM.
• Screen damage risk - Because Tablet PC's are handled more than conventional laptops yet built on the frames of conventional notebooks, and because their screens also serve as input devices, many Tablet PC's run a higher risk of screen damage. PDAs carry some of the same risk.
• No built in optical drive (some Tablet PCs) — due to need for low mass

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Designing around disadvantages

Manufacturers can design additional durability into the displays of tablets to effectively reduce screen damage risk, hinge failure, and screen size limitations. As an example, Panasonic Computer Solutions Company designed the Toughbook 19 specifically to overcome the screen damage issue potential. The use of scissor shock absorbers mounted to the screen, flexible connectors for data cables, molded magnesium alloy screen casing, durable and replaceable screen overlayments, and purpose built convertible hinges impact reliability. However, handheld models of computer such as the OQO Model 2 have a retractable keyboard that slides out sideways as a measure against having weak hinges and that the clamps for the sideway retracting keyboard are stronger if you put it into proportion to the robustness. Panasonic (パナソニック Panasonikku) is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. ... Panasonic Toughbook in use by U.S. Navy Toughbook is the trademarked brand name owned by Matsushita Electric Industrial and marketed by their international brand name Panasonic. ... The OQO Model 2 is a pocket computer with Windows Vista and an x86 processor. ...

Popular models

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Major tablet PC Manufacturers include Acer, Asus, Bosanova,Fujitsu, Gateway, Inc., Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Lenovo Group, LG Electronics, NEC, Panasonic and Toshiba. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Acer (LSE: ACID) (Traditional Chinese: ) is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer. ... ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (Asus) (TSE: 2357) (traditional Chinese: ) is a Taiwan-based company that produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, notebook computers, servers, networking products, mobile phones, computer cases, computer components and computer cooling systems. ... For the district in Saga, Japan, see Fujitsu, Saga. ... Gateway, Inc. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ... Lenovo Group Limited (Simplified Chinese:联想集团有限公司;Traditional Chinese:聯想集團有限公司;Pinyin:LiánxiÇŽng Jítuán YÇ’uxiàn GōngsÄ«. SEHK: 0992,OTCBB: LNVGY) is today the fourth largest personal computer manufacturer in the world, after Hewlett-Packard and Dell of the US, and Acer of Taiwan. ... LG Electronics (KRXS: 066570, LSE:LGLD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest electronics companies. ... For other uses, see NEC (disambiguation). ... Panasonic (パナソニック Panasonikku) is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. ... Toshiba Corporations headquarters (Center) in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation sales by division for year ending March 31, 2005 Toshiba Corporation ) (TYO: 6502 ) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ...

Popular models include:

Slate

• PaceBlade SlimBook 200
• Fujitsu Stylistic ST5010, ST5111, ST5112
• Electrovaya Scribbler SC4000 series (older: SC2000, SC3000, SC3100)
• MobileDemand xTablet T8600 Rugged Tablet PC
• Motion M1200, M1300, M1400, LE-Series, C5, LS800, LE 1700 and C5 which is targeted towards the healthcare industry
• JLT8404 Field Tablet PC
• Panasonic Toughbook 08
• TabletKiosk Sahara i400 series
• Samsung Q1 (Q1 Ultra)
• Nokia 770, N800, and N810
• SonyEricsson P990
• Xplore Technologies
• COWON Q5W
• Axiotron Modbook

Press photo of the Nokia 770. ... The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet is a wireless Internet appliance from Nokia, originally announced at the Las Vegas CES 2007 Summit in January 2007. ... The Nokia N810 is a Internet appliance from Nokia, announced on 17 October 2007, the Nokia N810 and the Nokia N800 will be in production at the same time. ...

Convertible

• Acer TravelMate C100/C300/C310
• Asus R1F
• Asus R1E
• Averatec C3500 Series
• Dialogue Flybook V5
• Dell Latitude XT
• Fujitsu LifeBook P1610(Slim, Ultra-portable, Small)/T4020, /T4210, /T4220 /T2010 (Latest)
• Gateway C-140X (aka S-7235/E-295C)
• Gateway C-120X (aka S-7125C/E-155C)
• HP Compaq TC4200/TC4400
• HP Compaq 2710p
• HP Pavilion tx1000 Entertainment PC
• HP Pavilion tx2000
• Lenovo ThinkPad X41
• Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet (known popularly as "X60t")
• Lenovo ThinkPad X61 Tablet
• LG XNote C1
• LG LT-20-47CE
• Panasonic Toughbook 19
• Toshiba Portégé 3500/3505
• Toshiba Portégé M200
• Toshiba Portégé M400/405/700
• Toshiba Portégé R400/405
• Toshiba Satellite R10/R15/R20/R25
• Toshiba Tecra M4/M7

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Hybrid

• Compaq TC1000
• HP Compaq TC1100
• Tatung Tangy

TC1000 tablet PC in notebook mode standing on detachable keyboard The TC1000 is a hybrid Tablet PC designed by Compaq, before it was purchased by HP. It used the Transmeta Crusoe processor, which made it pretty sluggish in day-to-day use. ... TC1100 in slate mode with the keyboard removed TC1100 unfolded with keyboard attached The HP Compaq TC1100 is a tablet PC and was the follow up to the Compaq TC1000, this version had either an Intel Celeron or an Intel Pentium M chip set and it could go up to...

See also (programs)

Electronics Portal

• Microsoft Office OneNote
• Einstein Technologies Tablet Enhancements for Outlook
• GO Corporation
• Agilix GoBinder
• EverNote
• IHMC CmapTools - a free concept mapping application
• Xournal - a linux notetaking application
• Ergo by Invu.net - a search, clustering, visualization and annotation application from YourErgo
• OnSite Companion Construction Software for Tablet PC

Image File history File links Nuvola_apps_ksim. ... Microsoft Office OneNote is a tool for note-taking, information gathering, and multi-user collaboration by Microsoft. ... GO Corporation was founded in 1987 to create software for mobile computers and personal digital assistants. ... GoBinder is a Windows based mobile content organizer for students. ... Free competitor to Microsoft OneNote on Windows platforms. ... Concept mapping is a technique to visualize the relations between concepts. ... Xournal is an application similar to Microsoft Journal, jarnal and gournal, written for Linux. ...

References

External links

• Jeff Han Talks About Touch-Driven Computer Screens at HowStuffWorks
• Annotated bibliography of references to handwriting recognition and pen computing

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Information

• How does Tablet PC's digitizer work?
• MobilePCWiki - Tablet PC, UMPC wiki

Tablet PCs in education

• College of Engineering announces alliance with Fujitsu and Microsoft — News article from Virginia Tech
• UW Classroom Presenter — Software designed at the University of Washington to provide a unique presentation environment utilizing the technology of Tablet PCs.
• Ubiquitous Presenter — Outgrowth of University of Washington's Classroom Presenter (CP), a program that uses Tablet PC ink to allow instructors to annotate pre-prepared slides and students to create submissions for in-class activities.
• Microsoft Center for Research on Pen-Centric Computing
• Open Slate Project — Hardware, software, and course content built using open-source principles.

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Tablet PCs in construction

• Tablet PC Site Progress Management/Workflow Management software for construction
• Lily Homes, using Tablet PCs to manage home building
• McDonald Jones Homes using Tablet PCs in the field for workflow management and Email
• Fujitsu PC Australia construction industry case study

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