Rob Bushway of GottaBeMobile, just unpacked his Dell Latitude XT (aka the Dell Tablet PC) and share his first impressions.
From his blog post:
- I love the crisp look of the tablet: black, silver, and a nice charcoal finish. It is very professional looking and well designed.
- It is thicker and heavier than I imagined. The screen feels thicker than the Lenovo X61, but I put the screens side by side and they are exactly the same thickness. Go figure.
- Even though it feels thicker than I imagined, it fits quite nicely in the Tom Bihn Ristretto Messenger bag. The Lenovo X61 would not fit in there without some major pushing. So, I'm really stoked that the Ristretto and the XT are a good match.
- It rotates back and forth into landscape / portrait much quicker than other tablets I've used.
- The DLV screen is very bright and crisp.
- The pen came with 6 tips: 3 blue and 3 black. The blue tip felt like writing on a matte / paper like finish, and was not as fluid as I like. I switched to the black tip, and it felt much more comfortable to write on.
- The keyboard feels very, very nice to type on. I really like the track stick in the center of this keyboard. It is almost flush with the keys, so as to not interfere with typing. Other tablets I've used, like the 2710p, has a track stick that gets in the way of typing it sticks up so high.
Dell's entry into the Tablet PC market has been eagerly awaited and there was a lot of hype/viral marketing around its introduction.
Remember the Pinata commercial?
Unfortunately, the pricing on it takes away a lot of the unit's approachability.
I want to see if the Latitude XT is worth the price tag.
I look forward to reading more of Rob's experiences.
[found via Craig Pringle]