*Official* Samsung Series 7 Slate Thread

[Coyote]

Just curious what your use case is for built in GPS? What applications do you run on a slate that require GPS?

My current work around is using a bluetooth GPS program on my android phone that allows me to use the phone as a GPS device.

We are doing applications for survey takers who work in the field. Locations downloaded on the fly, GPS helps them find where to do there jobs. Pretty direct use case.

[hp79]

I might go to Seattle again tomorrow to pick up some more of these Slates to ebay. These are awesome!

PM me if anyone is interested!

[jm600rr]

Anyone that picked up the Slate from the MS retail store have any luck getting the dock included? LA store told me no and its only online promotion so just curious.

[ewoodrick]

My only negative is that there is no Crtl Alt Delete (Security) Button, so I needed to edit local security policy not to require Crtl Alt Delete to log on, only people who join it to an AD Domain will have this issue...

You CAN hit the CtlAltDel, you just need to open the accessibility window (blue icon on right) turn on the on-screen keyboard, then click CTL, then ALT, then DEL (CTL and ALT are sticky).

[bxsteez]

I don't know about the GPS anyway. I had a Vaio P back in the days when it was cool and the GPS on that was awful.

[jnjroach]

ewoodrick - yes I know, I said as much, but it not an elegant solution. Disabling the need in the Local Group Policy is an elegent solution but can be overridden by higher level Group Policies (Site, Domain or OU).

It is an oversite by Samsung, but MS removed the requirement during the Vista UMPC era...

Oh well, I love my Slate 7

[dceggert]

My only negative is that there is no Crtl Alt Delete (Security) Button, so I needed to edit local security policy not to require Crtl Alt Delete to log on, only people who join it to an AD Domain will have this issue...

This is the consumer focus of Samsung coming through as opposed to the Corporate focus of Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Motion, and Toshiba. I am not saying that a consumer focus is a bad thing but C-alt-D is not used in the wild anymore so most consumers see it as a negative to have one.

[Marciano]

A question: how does one connect the S7S to an overhead projector, assuming the latter does not have a DVI input (only VGA)? Thanks! BTW, I was crushed by the earlier poster who said the slates at the IL store were all spoken for... I guess I'll just have to wait :-(

[jnjroach]

Marciano - off the Dock, you can use the HP HDMI to VGA adapter or a USB 2.0 video card (usually using a DisplayLink video card).

Dan - at least the A04 is targeted to the enterprise with TPM included.

[ChrisRS]

@dceggert

"This is the consumer focus of Samsung coming through ..."

I agree. The general public opinion (opinion?) is that, Ctrl-ALt-Del exists solely to reboot when Windows hangs. This is an opinion, not a fact.

This opinion (not fact) is so pervasive that including a Ctrl-Alt-Del key is ridiculed by many casual users, iFans and most of the technical press/blogosphere.

I think this is less a case of consumer focus than a case of sacrificing functionality for marketability.