My Weekend with A TabletPC
One thing that happened to me last week, was that I received a TabletPC from work with which to play with as a development machine. Me and my gadget side gets excited to play with this, and after some time configuring items, I took it on my trip this weekend.
Unfortunately, I did not have a wired or wireless network with which to do things online. That did however, afford me time to get acquainted with the more tablet-like features, such as the size of teh device and its handwriting.
I used the built in Microsoft Journal to be a weekend journal and it worked better than I thought. I forgot how nice it felt to be writing in my natural handwriting, after doing a ton with the Graffiti on my Palm for the past many years. It has taken me a while to do things like double clicking and right clicking with the pen, but I manage. The battery life isnt that bad either, though if I were online, I'd notice it more.
Overall, I had a good time with it, and think that its an interesting (and bloated) platform. I wish that it would perform better in simple operations like starting programs, and starting up. But I do like the idea and think that a cross between my Palm T5 and this TabletPC would be great. I keep wondering if I would be able to do something kool like do my website, completly hand-drawn and in Flash.
I got the idea for writing about this experience after reading this article. The author makes a good point that the hardware and software need to be better executed before the TabletPC can really take off. I think its almost there, but it has some large mountains to climb.
Unfortunately, I did not have a wired or wireless network with which to do things online. That did however, afford me time to get acquainted with the more tablet-like features, such as the size of teh device and its handwriting.
I used the built in Microsoft Journal to be a weekend journal and it worked better than I thought. I forgot how nice it felt to be writing in my natural handwriting, after doing a ton with the Graffiti on my Palm for the past many years. It has taken me a while to do things like double clicking and right clicking with the pen, but I manage. The battery life isnt that bad either, though if I were online, I'd notice it more.
Overall, I had a good time with it, and think that its an interesting (and bloated) platform. I wish that it would perform better in simple operations like starting programs, and starting up. But I do like the idea and think that a cross between my Palm T5 and this TabletPC would be great. I keep wondering if I would be able to do something kool like do my website, completly hand-drawn and in Flash.
I got the idea for writing about this experience after reading this article. The author makes a good point that the hardware and software need to be better executed before the TabletPC can really take off. I think its almost there, but it has some large mountains to climb.
posted by Antoine @ 8/23/2005 03:58:00 PM
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