31
Jan

Lenovo ThinkPad X60 12-inch Tablet PC for $851

Dealnews.com has a pretty fantastic deal on a Lenovo X60 Tablet. $851, shipped! It looks like similar units usually retail for around $1500, so this is definitely a good deal.

Here are the relevent specs:

Intel Core Duo L2400 1.66GHz dual-core processor 12.1″ 1024×768 LCD 1GB RAM [...]

04
Dec

Asus Eee PC Sighting on Campus

This isn’t a tablet, nor does it have a rotating screen, but the Asus Eee PC is obviously a device a student could appreciate. At around $400 and light as a hardback book, it’s a handy tool for typing papers and reading around campus (like a Kindle with a keyboard). I didn’t realize how [...]

28
Nov

Introducing the QuadPad 1

Here’s a slate-based Tablet PC many of you probably won’t have seen before and for good reason. A product of Quaduro Systems, a small company based in the UK, the QuadPad 1 is a Tablet PC that has had its previous marketing focus directed towards the automative and logistic industry. However, confident that the QuadPad [...]

04
Oct

Out with the old (sob!) and in with the new

Well it couldn’t have happened at a worse time i.e. a few days before the start of my new term, but recurring battery problems have finally caused me to lose faith in my trusty old Acer C300 and as a consequence I’ve sent her packing to the Tablet PC retirement home (well actually I’ve passed [...]

26
Sep

Old Vs New

The X61 vs Everything Else - Part 2 (better late than never)

It’s a fact that students are not the most wealthy people. It’s a combination of being busy studying and being lazy. It’s these facts that make it difficult for most students to afford desirable pieces of tech like tablet PCs.

You may have realized that [...]

21
Jul

Old VS New

The X61 vs Everthing Else - Part 2 (better late than never)

It’s a fact that students are not the most wealthy people. It’s a combination of being busy studying and being lazy. It’s these facts that make it difficult for most students to afford desireable pieces of tech like tablet PCs.

You may have realised that [...]

25
Jun

Nokia 770 Internet Tablet for $134.99

Woot.com is currently offering the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet for $134.99.

Here are the quick specs:

High-resolution (800×480) touch screen with up to 65,536 colors

Memory: Flash 128MB

Memory card: 64MB RS-MMC (Reduced Size – MultiMediaCard)

Option for extended virtual memory (RS-MMC up to [...]

03
Jun

More Discounts from Lenovo (this time for Father’s Day)

Save up to $420 instantly plus discounted upgrades on select ThinkPad notebooks this Father’s Day

Lucky for us, that includes the Thinkpad X Series tablets! That brings the X60/61’s down to a starting price of $1,400-$1,600. Nice! The UltraBase dock is also half price if you were planning on grabbing that.

Before you Google when Father’s Day [...]

15
May

Looking for a Tablet? Lenovo’s 25% Off ’till Memorial Day

Thanks to a heads up from Kevin at jkOnTheRun, Lenovo’s offering an astounding 25% off the X60 Tablet plus free shipping and handling to the US (save Alaska and Hawaii…sorry guys).

At the low end, you can grab an Intel Core Duo 1.67GHz, 1GB RAM, 60GB SATA Hard Drive, 12.1″ XGA screen, Windows Vista Business, with [...]

15
May

A Tablet PC Substitute?

Check out this really cool tablet PC substitute pictured on the left (Adesso’s CyberPad).  It doubles as a notepad to write down your lecture notes, any notes for that matter, and can be plugged into a USB port on your laptop/desktop PC to serve as an inking surface.  I use Aipek’s HyperPen 1200U with an [...]

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