Tablet/Laptop Concept

via Yanko Design by Chris Burns







Wait! Don’t get your pants in a twist! This is actually a much more advanced design than the title would have you believe! The Koala Pad was a drawing tablet produced and distributed in the 1980’s for Apple IIe computers and Atari and all sort of super neat stuff like that. Well here’s something not only super neat, but super new! A fully-integrated tablet-in-laptop concept, for you new-agers!

I’m sure you remember the oldest drawing pad, the Koala, if you went to school when the Apple IIe was the main model. I do. I thought that drawing tablet was the greatest invention ever invented.

For some, that thought stayed strong. Inventors, illustrators, designers, and artists galore use drawing tablets every day! But they’re a little bit of a hassle. Why? Because they’re a whole other tool you’ve gotta take out.

But with this tablet/laptop concept from Victor Bivol, we’ve got total portability! Finally I can get a hot chocolate and double-chocolate brownie in the coffee shop and draw with all the other hipsters in my city.

CrunchPad Web Tablet Landing "As Soon As Possible" for Less Than $300

via Gizmodo by matt buchanan on 7/4/09



Mike Arrington's CrunchPad web tablet, already several prototypes in, is quickly bubbling to reality reports Bits: There's going to be an announcement in July or August, and it'll be available "as soon as possible."

Arrington's incorporated a separate company, called CrunchPad, and has apparently spent two-thirds of the last six months working on it with his 15-man team from Fusion Garage.

It's been iterated a bunch before, but worth saying again, that the Atom-powered touchscreen CrunchPad is strictly for internet consumption—it boots directly into the WebKit browser and there's no hard drive or keyboard, though you can plug in a keyboard if you want. It does support for Flash, so Arrington's claim that compared to netbooks, "most people will find it works as good as a netbook or better" for getting their internet on sounds pretty reasonable, given its 12-inch screen. Pointedly, it's not meant to compete with Apple's mythical tablet, whenever it graces the world.

I'd take the under $300 CrunchPad over a netbook any day, since it seems like it'll surpass them at the one thing they were supposedly designed to do—eat the internet. And it still blows my mind it took a tech blogger to actually make it happen.

Wacom Intuos4

via Car Body Design - News on 4/3/09




Wacom has launched the Intuos4, the newest generation of its high performance professional pen tablet available in four sizes. New features include 2048 pressure levels, a new tip sensor and illuminated function keys. Prices start from $229.

Wacom Intuos4 Specifications

INTUOS4 Model	SMALL	MEDIUM	LARGE	XL
Active Area (W x D)	157.5 x 98.4 mm	223.5 x 139.7 mm	325.1 x 203.2 mm	487.7 x 304.8 mm
Tablet Dimension (W x D x H)	309 x 208 x 12 mm	370 x 254 x 12 mm	474 x 320 x 14 mm	623 x 462 x 28 mm
Tablet Weight (kg)	0.7	1.0	1.8	3.5
Pressure Sensitivity Levels	2048
Resolution  (LPI - lines per inch)	5080 lpi
Maximum Report Rate (points per second)	197 pps
Pen Accuracy	±0.25 mm
ExpressKeys	6	8
ExpressKey Illuminated Displays	0	8D
Price (USD)	$229	$349	$469	$789