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Sunday, April 13, 2008

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Touch On The HP tx2051 Tablet PC - Wow!

- Rob Bushway

I've been playing with the HP tx2051z eval that Warner brought with him, and I have to say I'm even more impressed with it than I was at CES 2008. The touch experience, combined with the Wacom active digitizer, is really, really good.

Like the Lenovo X61 MultiView / MultiTouch Tablet PC, it does have a very thin layer on top of the screen to provide the touch experience. However, it is a much better touch experience than the X61. It is as soft and accurate as the Latitude XT. Not including the upcoming multi-touch support, the Latitude XT does have a couple of edges: Auto Mode - being able to manually turn touch on / off at will; and, the screen on the XT is also much clearer, brighter, and has a wider viewing angle than the tx2051z.

That said, the tx2051z is priced at $1700 for a 2.4 ghz machine with 4 gb of RAM - a full $799 cheaper than a 1.06 ghz Dell Latitude XT. A person interested in the tx2051z couldn't go wrong at all. In fact, it would be a very good purchase.

Warner and I are going to film a head-to-head InkShow between the XT and the tx2051z tomorrow night, and aim to publish it within the next week. So, stay tuned so you can make your own comparisons.

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4/13/2008 9:08 PM MST

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Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:15:19 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Isn't the Dell much sturdier than the tx2000 though? Is the TX2000 for the most part a TX1000 + the wacom digitizer?

drtigerlilly

Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:17:59 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

yeah, I'm sure there are other subtle differences between the two that we'll cover in the InkShow - just focusing on the screen and touch experience at this point because it really stood out to me.

Rob

Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:44:58 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Yeah the Dell XT looks more business, and the HP TX more for consumer, not that it's for consumers but just looks like that way.

Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:15:56 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

It is over 4 pounds!

JAS

Monday, April 14, 2008 12:01:32 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Best Buy in Phoenix had one on display! The sale clerk could actually locate the pen! UNBELIEVABLE!
Now for the belivable parts. The Best Buy display software totaly disabled pen and touch. The alarm device attached to the back of the display caused the

Chris

Monday, April 14, 2008 12:15:30 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Best Buy in Phoenix had one on display! The sales clerk could actually locate the pen! UNBELIEVABLE!
Now for the belivable parts.
The Best Buy display software totaly disabled pen and touch.
The alarm device attached to the back of the display caused the tablet to be jamed in slate mode. It had to be forced open.
The combination of the security device and alarm device made it nearly impossible switch between slate and notebook form.

On the plus side, the sales clerk knew it was a tablet; unjammed the display to get to the keyboard; attempted to activate teh tablet fubctions; identified the missing files and conflict with the Best Buy software; and apolozed for it being disabled.

Not great marketing, but I predict good clearance prices when no one can figure out what these are capable of.

I would like to be able to see this tablet working.
(I would also like to see a 14-inch model!)

Chris

Monday, April 14, 2008 12:56:38 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Screen clarity and finger smudginess compared to a X61?

Tony

Monday, April 14, 2008 5:18:04 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

nothing smudges as much as the x61 :P

i have a g/f w/ the tx1000 series, the tx2000 came out a few weeks after she purchased hers :(

Its a beautiful looking media machine, I don't find smudging on the tx1000, but i do find the screen to be SUPER reflective.

drtigerlilly

Monday, April 14, 2008 6:08:40 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Something that should be of note is that HP frequently releases coupons for 400 or 500 dollars off this machine, thereby actually bringing it to the 1000 dollar price point for most configurations (even higher end specs don't run too far north of 1300) which means that for the money, it's a compromise in weight, power and build quality that many consumers are willing to make.

Quantum

Monday, April 14, 2008 6:18:46 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

<<...I don't find smudging on the tx1000, but i do find the screen to be SUPER reflective...>>

tiger: You're right about the glossy finish of the screen; it makes for lots of reflections! The finish also results in lots of fingerprints, at least for me. I was experimenting with virtual keyboards one evening; when I opened the screen the next morning, I could clearly see where the keyboard had been the previous night.

Fortunately, when the screen is on, fingerprints aren't a problem... but the reflections remain...

Steve S

Monday, April 14, 2008 7:29:19 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

"That said, the tx2051z is priced at $1700 for a 2.4 ghz machine with 4 gb of RAM - a full $799 cheaper than a 1.06 ghz Dell Latitude XT." -- And that's the high-end model. The base unit starts at $900, which includes dual-touch. Plus there are currently free upgrades available, like Bluetooth and the double-layer DVD burner. Between the pricing, the features, and the availability, The HP TX2000 is the Tablet PC to watch.

Sumocat

Monday, April 14, 2008 1:43:39 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I was able to get the 2.4 GHz tx2000 for $934.00 a couple weeks ago. That made it a no-brainer.

Todd

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