Preferred choice in environments where weight matters and the Tablet PC is carried around a lot – e.g. in hospitals
Competition in this field heated up with the arrival of the
Apple iPad
However there are some things the serious iPad competitors below can do while the iPad can not (yet).
The Slate Tablets PCs we are listing in this section have one major feature the iPad has not: An active digitizer to fill out forms, add annotations and ... to sign ... including the capturing of different pressure levels.
For those who are familiar with Microsoft Windows and Office applications in their daily work Windows based Tablet PC are still the best choice as business tablets - despite the hype around the iPad.
Slate Tablet PCs are used for example in health care (patient care), retail (rack management in chain stores) and in logistics (aviation safety control).
Slate Tablet PCs running on Windows
The following slate tablets are samples for most recent devices of several manufacturers. They all come with an
electro-magnetic digitizer and run on
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12 / 13" Display Category
ASUS Eee Slate B121 (12.1", min. 1.16 kg W) - alternatively the ASUS Eee Slate EP121. The latter device is more oriented for the consumer market.
Bormann FT02 (13.3", min. 1.5 kg W)
Samsung Series 7 Slate (11.6", min. weight 0.86 kgW)
Motion Computing J3500 (12.1", min. 1.63 kg W)
Paceblade Slimbook D240 (12.1", min. 1.49 kg W)
9 / 10" Display Category
Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 (10.1", min 0.75 kg N)
HP Slate 2 (8.9", min 0.69 kg N)
Lenovo P1 Idea Pad - estimated availability Q1/2012 (10.4", min. 0.8 kg N*)
* specs not confirmed yet, note that the "K1" runs on Android OS
Panasonic Toughbook CF-H2 Field (10.1", min. 1.58 kg W)
Built-In Digitizer Technology: "N" = N-trig, "W" = Wacom
While every care has been taken in the compilation of the information listed above, SOFTPRO gives no guarantee as to its currency, accuracy or completeness.
SignDoc Desktop also runs with many older slate Tablet PCs. Check information about compatibilty in the overview of our hardware partner profiles
