HP Elitepad 900

[Mitlov]

Here's my guess regarding the choice of 16:10: HP probably figured that Metro apps won't be used very often -- if at all -- in business environments, so they decided to favour "readability in portrait orientation" over "full Metro compatibility". That doesn't explain, however, why they didn't use a higher 16:10 resolution like 1440x900. Maybe that would put an excessive burden on the CPU...? Or perhaps on the battery...?

My understanding is it's a cost issue. Despite the "elite-" name, the ElitePad is going to be priced VERY aggressively, like the Folio 13, and a 1440x900 screen wasn't compatible with that pricing strategy.

[bloodycape]

I am pretty sure the upcoming Atom CPU and GPU combo can support 1440x900 res. I am pretty sure there were Pentium M devices at around 1440x900 res, and I am sure the upcoming Atom CPU/GPU comb is better. On the other hand I can't say much on how it may affect battery life.

[e-schreiber]

My understanding is it's a cost issue. Despite the "elite-" name, the ElitePad is going to be priced VERY aggressively, like the Folio 13, and a 1440x900 screen wasn't compatible with that pricing strategy.

Pricing might have been an issue too. In this video they say the ElitePad will sell for $699. So maybe target price, popularity of 16:10 and battery life were the 3 defining factors. The TPT2 is my favourite so far, but the 2 Ativs by Samsung come in close 2nd and 3rd. HP did a few good things on the ElitePad (serviceability, jackets and price), but the lack of a silo and pointing mechanism on the keyboard-folio make the ElitePad unsuited for me.

I'm curious to hear from the early-adopters about the quality of the N-trig 4.0 digitizer.

[dceggert]

One thing for sure, this fall and first quarter 2013 are going to be VERY INTERESTING as far as what is available.

We need to start a decoder ring of devices because keeping everything straight is going to be a nightmare real soon!

Any ideas on how to do this so we can all add to it? Sorta like a TabletPC-wiki of sorts...

[Rick]

I have 2 questions:

1) Which tablet is that in your avatar? It doesn't look like the ElitePad... (!?)
2) Why no silo? Not even on the simple jacket?

My Avatar is an Elitepad drawing with a Smart Jacket.

The Elitepad is 9.2mm and the pen is thicker than the Elitepad and jacket, so a silo was not practical

The Productivity Jacket, (keyboard case) has a pen holder.

Rick

[e-schreiber]

We need to start a decoder ring of devices because keeping everything straight is going to be a nightmare real soon!

The closest thing we have to that is this thread:
List of Windows 8 and RT tablets and convertibles with stylus

The member who started it said he would update the table if we fed him with new info. So crowd-sourcing can make it remarkably informative.

[Steve B]

Is the pen on this a Ntrig or Wacom, btw?

[e-schreiber]

Is the pen on this a Ntrig or Wacom, btw?

Here's the Pen in the ThinkPad Tablet 2, which some sites have reported as Wacom:





Here's the Pen on the ElitePad, which (I think) has been reported as N-trig:

[Bronsky]

Here's the Pen on the ElitePad, which (I think) has been reported as N-trig:

The "hands on" article said that they couldn't use the pen because it was a wooden mock-up so no idea how accurate that is. Reading: its FUNdamental.

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