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Monday, January 07, 2008

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CES 2008: The Toshiba M700 Tablet PC

As promised here’s the video of the interview with Toshiba’s Kevin Roberts on the M700 Tablet PC. I’m telling you folks, I’m impressed with the design, the power, and the touch and Inking on this Tablet PC. When you look at the specs for this Tablet PC versus the price ($1699 for XP $1799 for Vista Business-and that price jump also gets you 2GB of RAM), and the fact that you can use accesories (port replicator, slice battery, pen) from the earlier M400, it is tough to argue with the value. This is going to be a winnner, all the way around.

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CES 2008: The Toshiba M700 Tablet PC Comments [15] | Digg This | del.icio.us | Citations

Monday, January 07, 2008 7:17:06 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

What a great demo thanks, I think I'm sold on one of these when they finally get released in the UK (unless Toshiba really charge over the top on the price, which they tend to do in the UK)
I was thinking about the cool looking tx2000 from HP , this isn't cool looking but seems to have better features.

scoobie

Monday, January 07, 2008 7:39:28 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Wow...I knew I should of waited for this tablet to come out. I had to upgrade a few months ago and, I wanted to stick with Toshiba, but thought that the R400 was to slow and way to expensive. I went with the Fujitsu T2010 and I'm happy, but after this review, now I'm jealous. Dang it!

VT808

Monday, January 07, 2008 7:45:53 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Check out the prices though, much more expensive that the tx2000 (in europe at least). Is it worth the money?

scoobie

Monday, January 07, 2008 9:00:24 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Any CES 2008 news if they are updating the toshiba satalite R series Tablet?

spencer

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:46:10 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Looks great, my M200 is now over three years old, but like earlier feedback above, I am concerned over UK pricing, I may try to pick up one en route through the US later.
BUT is it worth getting the Vista version with 2 Gb, or stay with the XP Tablet OS? My M200 (1 Gb RAM, XP Tablet OS) is battling a bit with Office 2007 and MS Office Accounting Professional 2008. My back-up notebook (plus for use in flights, meetings etc) is the Fujitsu U810 with XP Tablelt OS.

Roger J

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:47:41 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

@scoobie: Judging from the specs, the M700 looks on par with the TX2000, but the M700 has a few bells and whistles not included in the TX2000, such as the accelerometer and “Sleep-and-Charge” USB ports. Also, the Toshiba is a business oriented machine, while the HP is solidly consumer targeted. Thus, I would expect more crapware on the HP, which subsidizes the price. In general though, I think the TX2000 is the better deal.

Sumocat

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:00:28 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

I'm definitely sold on the M700... as soon as I have the budget for it, it's mine!

GoodThings2Life

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:26:23 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

@sumocat: Could you elaborate on why you think the TX2000 is a better deal? I am trying to decide between the two. I am coming from a TC1100 tablet and an Acer Travelmate 8100 Notebook, if that helps any.

Thanks, and very nice demo, Warner and Sierra. This is exciting to watch.

Steven

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:06:51 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Does anyone know if this is a capacitive touch screen, will it be capable of multi touch,like the iPhone, or the Dell tablet?

Thanks,
T

Tariq

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:38:55 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

One can price both the TX2000 and the M700 on their respective sites. I found about a $300-$350 difference in price.

On the other hand, there are some added features in the M700 that may matter, but this is the "better deal" aspect of the HP.

I own five Toshiba power adapters, though, so it may work out differently for me. YMMV

Cuhulin

Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:33:00 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Nice tablet, thinking of getting one to replace my r15.

John

Friday, January 11, 2008 11:44:15 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Yes, looks like a winner. I will definitely research the M700 further.

On another note:

Great interview skills Sierra. Sincerely. Sometimes it is downright painful to watch tech wannabe journalist conduct interviews (one in particular I won't mention names). Your relaxed, natural stature helps the viewer soak up the info that's being dished out. Great job!

Kimberly K

Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:29:43 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Kimberly - thank you!! That's a really nice comment. I have a background in doing demos and giving interviews, so it was really different to be the interviewER and not the interviewEE. :) I'm glad to know I pulled it off.

Sierra Modro

Monday, January 14, 2008 9:15:26 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Thanks Sierra,

1) I'm concerned that it was so easy for both of you to accidentally put finger/hand marks on the screen when you wanted only pen marks. I can see that really causing trouble. Did it seem so to you in using it?

2) For $50 extra, Toshiba adds a small start-up flash drive, just for quick starts and opening programs, etc. Do you know if the demo had that? Do you think it would help much?

3) The new Modbook tablet has about 512 levels of Wacom pressure sensitivity. Do you know how many levels the M700 has? Is there any other Wacom tablet screen that can compare with the Modbook for pressure sensitivity? Do any of them have tilt?

Mike Reilly

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:29:30 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Mike - 1) it's hard for me to say for sure about the vectoring. Since I have fingernails, I vector more than most do. Off the video, Warner used the M700 and didn't have a problem. Theoretically, the touchscreen is turned off when the pen is in range, about 0.5 inch above the screen, so it shouldn't be an issue. But I did have vectors.

2) The demo unit did not have a flash drive on it that I recall.

3) No Tablet PCs include tilt. "Penabled" is the term Wacom uses for the Tablet PC digitizers that they ship. Most (all?) ship with 256 levels of pressure sensitivity. I'm not aware of any Tablet PC that ships with 512 levels of pressure.

Hope that helps!

Sierra Modro

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