ViewSonic ViewPad 1000 Tablet PC - C 800 MHz - RAM 256 MB - HDD 20 GB - WLAN : 802.11b - Win XP Pro - 10.4" TFT 800 x 600 ( SVGA ) - camera

by ViewSonic

Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 8.2 pounds
• ASIN: B00006RVR8
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,090 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 28, 2010

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The ViewPad 1000 is a network-ready PC in a tablet form factor featuring built-in WAN, LAN and WiFi™ wireless connectivity. The ViewPad 1000 is ideally suited for value-added resellers and system integrators selling mobile vertical market applications. This innovative device offers mobile access to information whether you're in the office or on the road. And with its built-in digital camera, you can capture, send and receive live images from anywhere. The 10.4" high-resolution touch screen allows easy navigation. And at just 4.3 pounds, you can bring your office with you.

Features

The power of a fully functional PC in a tablet form factor

• Performance optimized for mainstream mobile computing use.
• Brings the ease of use of pen and paper to mobile computing.
• Weighs about 4 pounds.

Multiple connectivity features

• Includes built-in support for wireless, wired and dial-up networking.
• Includes wireless keyboard with integrated pointing device.
• Optional ViewPad 1000 Dock adds one-touch access to common computer peripherals, local area networks, integrated CD-ROM and AC power adapter.

Take color pictures or record videos on the go

• The integrated camera enables you to add photos and video clips to presentations, documents and e-mail.

High resolution 10.4" SVGA touch-screen display

• Delivers bright, crisp images providing a rich multimedia experience.
• Includes Pivot software, enabling you to view the screen in portrait or landscape modes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars First-gen TabletPC to avoid., February 13, 2004

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Christopher Wanko "-C" (Nutley, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViewSonic ViewPad 1000 Tablet PC - C 800 MHz - RAM 256 MB - HDD 20 GB - WLAN : 802.11b - Win XP Pro - 10.4" TFT 800 x 600 ( SVGA ) - camera (Electronics)

It's not the worst tablet to own, but it doesn't hit any of the sweet spots for a tablet other than WiFi abilities.

1) It's not convertible, so you have to buy a USB keyboard for data entry.

2) It's not using WindowsXP for Tablets, so you don't get the integration of Microsoft's specific handwriting recognition abilities.

3) The hardware is pitiful, clearly offering power-saving compromises to overcome some engineering problems. The CPU is slow, the RAM is limited, and your hard drive isn't exactly fast or large.

The best of the first-gen tablets was the Fujitsu Stylistic, but it cost twice as much. Of course, it also had twice as much ability. For tablet shoppers, the second-gen offers WindowsXP for Tablets, Office 2003 with OneNote (really leverages the tablet's strong points), better CPU selections and more mature engineering (convertibles!). Toshiba's Portege 3500 is probably the best tablet in the second generation, and that's the one you buy.

Fred

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Does not include Windows XP TabletPC edition!, December 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: ViewSonic ViewPad 1000 Tablet PC - C 800 MHz - RAM 256 MB - HDD 20 GB - WLAN : 802.11b - Win XP Pro - 10.4" TFT 800 x 600 ( SVGA ) - camera (Electronics)

Although this PC has a nice combination of features and appears to be well designed, it is just running Windows XP pro.

It does NOT come with "Windows XP Tablet PC edition", so I suspect that the ink and recognition features you might expect will be missing, or not up to the standard of a real "TabletPC".

In addition, the stylus is very thin - more like a PDA stylus and is difficult to hold.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars CPU too slow for WinXP's hefty hardware requirements, February 17, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: ViewSonic ViewPad 1000 Tablet PC - C 800 MHz - RAM 256 MB - HDD 20 GB - WLAN : 802.11b - Win XP Pro - 10.4" TFT 800 x 600 ( SVGA ) - camera (Electronics)

A 800 Mhz Celeron CPU doesn't cut it. MAYBE if they had included Windows 2000, but WinXP needs a 1.5 Ghz or higher cpu to feel snappier.

I still don't know what's the hype with the "tablet PC" idea.

I recommend a SONY VAIO P4 notebook, instead of this.