- Smart Display wireless technology, touch-screen with stylus
- Access your PC's data and applications from anywhere in your home
- 800 x 600 resolution, long 5-hour battery life
- Includes 802.11b USB wireless adapter for your PC
- Free upgrade to Windows XP Professional
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Amazon.com Review
Take your PC with you, around the house or throughout your office, and work wherever you want, with the ViewSonic airpanel V110. This wireless monitor lets you check your email or surf the Web remotely from your Windows XP Pro-based PC (free upgrade to Windows XP Profession Edition and free USB wireless adapter and cable are included).
Don't think of the airpanel as a computer; it's a wireless accessory for your existing PC that you can write on and that provides access to all your files, applications, and settings. The design is chunky but easy to hold, with rounded corners and a clear, bright screen. Two USB ports on the top accept a mouse and keyboard, but since the airpanel is a touch screen, you probably won't need them.
In our tests of the airpanel, we found that the stylus was small but had a nice balance. The four-way cursor control was a little slow, but at least we didn't jostle the cursor accidentally; and the left and right mouse buttons were useful with the pen too. For text entry, we typed and wrote into an input panel. We tapped and dragged onscreen to control Windows itself; in fact, we could see our PC's desktop on the airpanel as if we were sitting in front of the PC screen, but without desktop wallpaper.
The 10.4-inch screen looked small initially, but when we held it in our hands or rested it on our lap, it didn't feel cramped; and it was small and light enough to carry easily from room to room. Without the usual PC components like a hard drive, CD-ROM, and so on, the Airpanel didn't get too warm to hold either.
Overall, the airpanel V110 is pricier than a normal PC monitor, but being untied from a desk is a great benefit. Mary Branscombe, Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com Product Description
The ViewSonic airpanel V110 is a 10-inch wireless, touch-screen LCD monitor that lets you use your computer from anywhere in your home. Thanks to Microsoft's Smart Display technology, you can remotely access all the data on your Windows XP-based home PC--surf the Web from the couch, check e-mail while lying in bed, download recipes in the kitchen, share digital pictures on the patio--regardless of where your PC is located. And it's truly portable, weighing only three pounds.
The V110 includes a powerful 400 MHz Intel XScale processor for added speed, power savings, and efficiency. The Microsoft(r) Windows(r) CE for Smart Displays operating system works much like your PC, so you'll automatically feel familiar with applications. Convenient directional pad and hot buttons make navigation fast and simple. Memory is a whopping 64 MB ROM and 128 MB SDRAM. The long-life lithium-ion battery lasts up to five hours. Colors are vivid and text is crisp with the bright full-color transflective display. The 800 x 600 resolution keeps your image details clear.
The V110 supports an optional docking station to keep your Smart Display fully charged and within easy reach; it also permits convenient connection of an external keyboard or mouse for added input functionality. The V110 is an ideal supplement to your current PC and monitor setup, but if you want to use an airpanel as the primary PC monitor, check out ViewSonic's model V150 with optional dock.
Included in the box are integrated wireless support and an 802.11b airsync USB wireless adapter for your home PC. Although the V110 requires your primary PC to use Windows XP Professional, it comes with a free upgrade for current users of Windows XP Home Edition.
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54 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Expensive, but worth it.,
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This review is from: ViewSonic airpanel V110 10" Smart Display (Electronics)
I actually own one of these devices, and from reading other reviews of the V110 and V150, I get the impression that some reviewers haven't really used one, let alone own one. I'd like to set the record straight and then give you my impressions of this useful gizmo.* The AirPanel is *not* just a "table PC with some extra software and a USB transmitter": It's a totally different animal: (A WinCE / RDP Client: I think of it as a PocketPC with a big display) * These babies can connect to any XP Pro or Windows 2003 Server box in your house - Mine is configured to hit any of 3 machines in my home. The boxes in question are part of a hybrid wired/wireless 802.11b network. * Mira devices are basically RDP clients (the "terminal server-like" technology behind "Remote Assistance Connection" on your XP machine). If your OS cannot accept incoming RDP sessions (like XP and Windows 2003 can), you can't use Mira with it. "Bad Design" as some people have claimed? No, just a fact of life. * Windows XP is not a server: If you use your Mira device against it, the local console will lock itself down: The AirPanel wasn't meant to be a way to "multiplex" a single desktop so that two people can use the same computer at the same time. However, I can connect to Windows 2003 without the console locking... I also read that MSFT is working on a change to XP so that you *can* use the box itself and the AirPanel connected to it at the same time. This'll be really cool. * AirPanels/Mira devices work well on a wireless network. I had my device up and running against my existing SMC access point in less than 3 minutes. They in no way "interfere" with the existing network infrastructure or wireless signal. I've found my V110 to be a very nice addition to the home -- It was frighteningly easy to get up and running, and took no time to learn how to drive. I found my wife using it to shop from the couch hours after it was first plugged in. It renders screen images very quickly, with little of the lag you expect from a terminal-server like technology. When using the internal speaker (there's only 1), the sound is a bit tinny: However, it's not difficult to use a music player on your remote PC to play tunes (versus the local Windows Media Player built into the AirPanel), and therefore utilize your PC's sound rig. It is rock-solid when it comes to basic activities (surfing, mail, etc.). I can also turn the thing on and be working in about 2 seconds (really!); There's no "suspend mode" or anything that causes a wait when you want to start up or shut down. I LIKE that. Finally, the AirPanel doesn't get warm when used for a long time: Anyone who's sat on a couch with a laptop for a couple hours has experienced "the leg sweats" from the machine warming up over time. No problem with the V110. In my opinion, the handwriting recognition needs work - I found that most of the "stylus strokes" that I learned to do things on a PocketPC don't work here, and it's somewhat frustrating to have to change up my "input style" depending on what device I use: Input technique should be standard across all CE-based devices, in my opinion. ... I almost didn't buy it ... Now I'm glad I did. ...Pick one up. You won't regret it.
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Does the job, needs better radio,
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This review is from: ViewSonic airpanel V110 10" Smart Display (Electronics)
I use my AirPanel frequently around the house - for instance, when I need to look up something quickly while reading in bed, it is nice to have the AirPanel right there. Not having to manage yet another set of software, Favorites list, etc. is a huge plus. The handwriting recognition works much better than I thought it would - it understands cursive handwriting quite well, and there is an on screen keyboard to enter in the more difficult words (like web addresses). The touchscreen is flawless. The only major knock is it's poor wireless ethernet (802.11) radio. Compared to my laptop, the AirPanel has significantly worse signal sensitivity, requiring that your 802.11 network have strong signals wherever you want to go. I'm in the process of upgrading my house 802.11 network so that I can use the AirPanel in more places. I agree with another reviewer here - this set of reviews should be purged of people who don't own the product and are espousing an opinion on the merits of a product they see no use for. If you can't see how this product is useful, then don't buy it, and please spare us your opinions. The rest of use are very happy with the product concept and do use the product frequently.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing........Truely a Jetsons device,
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This review is from: ViewSonic airpanel V110 10" Smart Display (Electronics)
I picked one up a few days ago and had it up and running in under 5 minutes. I just pointed it to my existing 802.11b network and specified my main computer name that was running XP pro. It's very light, compact, great display, no heat and range is comparable to any other 802.11b device on the network. Other reviewers wrote that the price is high and that they would rather get a laptop, well yes I agree. BUT, I already have 2 laptops and 2 desktops on my network and the problem with the laptop solution is that it's bigger, heavier and I hate having my stuff on multiple PC's. With the Airpanel I'm using everything on my main PC and that's a huge benefit. Battery life is great 4-5 hours from a 3 hour charge and the touch screen and virtual keyboard eliminate the need for a keyboard or mouse unless you are using Word or Excel and need to type a lot. Overall I think it's well worth the cash and my wife is even impressed and agrees that it's worth the money. That's a big win for a gadget junky like myself. I got mine at CompUSA since the price is pretty much the same anywhere you go but I also got a full protection plan for 2 years for $.... This way I don't mine my 2 year old playing with it and if her breaks it in the next 2 years, guess what I get the newest version on this unit at no cost. What a deal...........
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