Windows 7 on Motion Computing F5 Tablet PC
By admin on Apr 25, 2010 in Media
Windows 7 on Motion Computing F5 Mk II Tablet PC – demonstrates the improvements for pen based computers on Windows 7. For demonstrations within Australia or more information, visit our website at: www.tabletpc.com.au
NikoisBack | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
the pen remembers me the thomson Thomson To7. A computer that has been launched almost 30 years ago !!
Th3King86 | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
Yeah iPad and Mac OSX sucks. Windows all the way!!!
oztabletpc | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@RMCKIE hehe… hmmm
RMCKIE | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
You’ve got 2 please give me one.
oztabletpc | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@Disthron 20 years in different forms. In the common form that you see here since about 2002. They are a well developed and refined product after 6-7 generations now…
oztabletpc | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@Disthron For sure, you can plug anything into the USB ports. As far as I can tell from their website, the Nav 9 is not a graphics tablet, just a capacitive touch screen like the iPad.
There will be consumer slates out later in the year that include the graphics tablet (aka active digitizer). They do include pressure sensitivity and proximity like the tablet in this video.
Disthron | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@oztabletpc Interesting, thanks for the heads up. I have a Netbook with Win7 starter it works fine but is apparently missing features.
I had heard of the HP slate, it also looks interesting. So how long have tablet/slate PCs been around for?
Disthron | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@oztabletpc Well, if I was going to get a slate PC it would be as a consumer. However I had heard that you could use the Nav 9 as a graphics tablet, with a pen, for drawing if you wished, is that not true?
Also, can’t you plug in a keyboard and mouse, using the USB ports, if you wish?
oztabletpc | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@oztabletpc Also, if you do go down that path, make sure you don’t get Windows 7 starter – it doesn’t have the neccessary Tablet PC features.
Later in the year, there are some awesome consumer slate Tablets coming out with both an active digitizer and a touch screen. The HP slate is one of them, and there are some others that I can’t tell you about yet… So I think it is a good idea to wait for a slate!
oztabletpc | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@Disthron Thats great, but beware that the Nav 9 is a touch screen only. Windows really becomes superior with both an active digitizer pen and a touch screen.
In fact any tablet with an active digitzer is worth far more than 150,000 blown up iPhone apps (most of which are just repackaged web pages). A Tablet with an active digitizer like this one makes an awesome note taking, web browsing and content creation machine. iPad and for that matter Nav 9 are consumption machines.
Disthron | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@oztabletpc It’s just that everyone is going ape scat over this iPad thing. I found a product called the Nav 9 Slate PC witch seems to have a LOT more features for only $100 more.
oztabletpc | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@ntr2489 This tablet does not include a touchscreen. It has a Wacom Active digitizer and it uses a pen. It is pressure and proximity sensitive and designed for handwriting input, sketching and drawing.
There are plenty of other Windows Tablet PCs that do have touch screens, and some that have both digitiser and touch.
oztabletpc | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@Disthron Probably not. This is a rugged field tablet PC. It has a laptop style core 2 duo processor and could be used to replace a laptop or a desktop. I use it as my main computer with Office 2010.
So it is not really comparable to a device like the iPad (which i will have here soon to show you). iPad is really an entertainment machine – I think of it as a a non-gamers ps3 or Xbox. The Motion F5 is a work horse for working anywhere!
Disthron | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
If some one was looking for an alternative to the iPad, would you recommend something like this?
ntr2489 | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
What kind of touchscreen is that ? Can i use fingers or it only work with pen?
handsbare | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
Thanks.
oztabletpc | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@djrazvanel yes, that’s what the video is all about. Windows Vista had it too, and so did Windows XP. It’s been around nearly 10 years.
djrazvanel | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
win 7 has his own program to make your handwritting recognized….;)
oztabletpc | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@GeminiAzules Yes, there was a free Microsoft Powertoy that allowed you to do that for Windows XP Tablet Edition. I’m not sure if it works on windows 7, but I would assume that you could run it under XP mode if all else fails. There would also be plenty of font creation software that would allow you to do that too.
GeminiAzules | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
are you able to create a personal font using your own handwriting?
GeminiAzules | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
are you able to create a personal font using your own handwriting?
Olli120 | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
Even though i like apple… i would prefer this over an ipad anytime, at least because it has an full sized OS (:
chino0moreno | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@oztabletpc nice! soi won’t need my intuos 4 now
sakeeb82 | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
Thanks for the info.
Really needed to know Ciao….
oztabletpc | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
USB port via accessary. Photoshop works fine. The tablet is Wacom, so pressure sensitivity works in photoshop too.