Jim:
What are "tablets" and who offers it / them? If you have a website please post or advise. Thanx.
Doug Kues
Doug, I have been waiting on the new tablets for over six months, I have been wanting to do some programming on them. I believe the tablets may be perfect for realtors and appraisers.
There ar two sizes, a smaller one and the one I am most interested in is about the size of a letter sized paper. 9 x 11 inches. There are different manufactuors and different models.
I saw one demoed by Acer that was like a notebook, except the screen could swivel around and lay flat on top of the keyboard.
I prefer the Viewsonic model, the same size, and it weighs 3.4 lbs. It can viewed in the portrait or landscape mode. It has an adapter for a keyboard but it is not needed. It has handwriting recognition so you can walk through the house making and saving notes in your file, it has a built in camera to take photos, how good they will be I don't know yet. It had a built in mike and speakers, and voice recognition, so in theory at least you can walk through the house and tell your computer what to enter and where. That would speed my inspection up by 50%. If Toolbox and Apex will intergrate with it, I can do my sketch by saying front measuement 44 feet 6 inches east, 25 feet south, etc. That means with a disto and this I wouldn't have to touch the computer. But there is more, wireless connection, etc.
Two URLs are
http://www.planetpdamag.com/enews/062502c.htm
or
http://www.tabletpcdeveloper.com/default.aspx
Also a search using tablet pc will bing up some good sites.
Jim