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Monday, October 30, 2006

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PC Magazine takes a look at the Toshiba M400 Tablet PC

- Rob Bushway

PC Magazine's Cisco Cheng continues to highlight Tablet PCs, this time examining Toshiba's M400 Core Duo Tablet PC, with integrated Verizon EV-DO.

I believe that convertible tablets, with their hybrid capabilities, will continue to saturate the market. The Toshiba Portégé M400-S4032 not only addresses the demand for wider network coverage with its integration of Verizon EV-DO wireless, but thanks to its new Intel Core Duo processor, it can also hold its own in the Tablet PC arena.

I'm using a Toshiba M400 Core Duo right now and it is indeed a nice machine - integrated CD / DVD, 1400 x 1050 resolution, Core Duo, etc. That said, I'm becoming less enthralled with Toshiba units as time goes on, especially when I begin to use other Tablet PCs with much better screens. Every Toshiba I've owned has had a grainy screen, and it is becoming quite bothersome to my eyes. At least with the M200, you could remove the grainy coating. You can't remove the grainy coating on the M400.

By the way, keep on the look-out in the next week for a Hardware InkShow on Toshiba's Tecra M7.

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10/30/2006 6:21 PM MST

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Monday, October 30, 2006 7:31:51 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

You can remove the grainy coating? How??? Are there any drawbacks?

Perry

Monday, October 30, 2006 8:30:01 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

The grainy coating does come off on the m200. Start by going to the top left corner of the screen where the corners are cut. Pick at the corner with your fingernail and a plastic layer will start to lift up. it takes a bit of work to keep pulling it, but it will eventually come off - remove it with care and move slowly.

You will be left with a little bit of residue that WD-40 or some other type of cleaner will remove. The resultant screen is very bright, like a Sony. The only negative is that it creates a little bit of a glare, something the grainy coating removes.

I've removed the grainy coating from every M200 I've owned.

Rob Bushway

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 4:16:05 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Thanks! I might just do that.

Perry

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 4:52:20 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I did it. It was a bit scary, it sure puts a lot of torque on the screen if you're not careful. And even after cleaning it pretty thoroughly, I've still got some more residue from the sticky glue to clean off, but it appears quite a bit brighter and clearer already.

Thanks for the tip!

Perry

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