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    News - OpenPeak tries its hand at tablets, launches the OpenTablet 7

    Latest iPad challenger arrives in the form of a 7in, Intel Moorestown-powered tablet that promises to compliment the home PC.
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    Re: News - OpenPeak tries its hand at tablets, launches the OpenTablet 7

    Ah well would you look at that, a tablet that isn't just a touch screen laptop, or a locked down oversized iPhone. But is it enough?
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    Re: News - OpenPeak tries its hand at tablets, launches the OpenTablet 7

    ...and unlike apple's offering - it supports flash too ... in fact all apps on it are flash.

    They don't mention web browsing though oddly.
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    Re: News - OpenPeak tries its hand at tablets, launches the OpenTablet 7

    Looks sexy, but what worries me is
    it claims to act as "the ultimate control panel" for the digital home.
    Makes it sound like a mere fancy remote control does it not?

    Again, I personally will wait a good 12 months till the platform matures, and because I'm broke
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    Re: News - OpenPeak tries its hand at tablets, launches the OpenTablet 7

    If it's an Atom x86 platform, can we not just hack Win 7 onto it?

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    Re: News - OpenPeak tries its hand at tablets, launches the OpenTablet 7

    It's interesting, these products that are appearing now have obviously been in development for some time.

    Would they have had the press attention they are getting if it wasn't for the iPad?
    Did the developers get the idea of building their version on the back of all the Apple rumours?
    Have tablet/slate systems really come of age?

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    Re: News - OpenPeak tries its hand at tablets, launches the OpenTablet 7

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    Would they have had the press attention they are getting if it wasn't for the iPad? ... Have tablet/slate systems really come of age?
    No, and yes (respectively). IMO.

    • No in that the iPad could itself arguably be a called a piggy-back of tablets before it. Windows 7 - not just iPad - has been successful in getting touch more into the mainstream.
    • Yes in that we're able to run capable (I'm thinking 720p) devices that can run for 8-10 hours (see video on page).


    The questions I have on this product, which I have not found answers for yet are:
    • How well does the alarm clock work, or worded another way: how good are the speakers? My proposed usage would be by the bed-side.
    • Can it VPN into a server/workstation?
    • Slightly different to above, can it function as a mirrored display, meaning I didn't have to save up for an OrigenAE T12 to compliment my projector.
    • Can it do Windows SideShow? (Important.)


    I appreciate all these 4 things - to varying degrees - involve my Windows computers, and this device runs Linux. It all depends what apps OpenPeak has built/commissioned for the device.

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