Home Agenda & Programmes Mastermind Keynotes One-on-Ones Hotel & Travel Partners ITxpo Brochure (PDF) Documentation Florence, Italy 10-12 March 2003 San Diego, CA, USA 23-27 March 2003 Orlando, FL, USA 19-24 October 2003 Past Symposium/ITxpo Sydney, Australia 12-15 November 2002 Cannes, France 4-7 November 2002 Tokyo, Japan 23-25 October 2002 Orlando, FL, USA 6-11 October 2002 Johannesburg, South Africa 4-7 August 2002 San Diego, CA, USA 29 April - 2 May 2002 Florence, Italy 8-10 April 2002		ITxpo 2002 New Tablet PCs Draw Crowds at ITxpo Thursday, 7 November 2002 New tablet PCs running Microsoft’s Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system were on show at Gartner ITxpo in Cannes, France this week, ahead of the formal launches by four manufacturers across Europe due on 7 November. Microsoft showed the Acer convertible unit in which the screen is permanently attached to the system unit and full QWERTY keyboard. Hewlett-Packard showed its Compaq Tablet PC TC 1000 which features separate components that can be combined for a multi-role system. Toshiba and Fujitsu Siemens will also launch Tablet PCs in Europe on 7 November. The Compaq device has four elements: a tablet PC, a keyboard with swiveling screen holder to turn the tablet into a notebook, a docking station to create a desktop machine and a cradle to take interchangeable storage - CD-ROM, DVD-RW, and 3.5 inch floppy drive). The tablet element has a 10.4-inch TFT XGA screen. The Toshiba unit has a 12-inch screen. Microsoft’s Windows XP Tablet software includes handwriting recognition, digital ink and basic graphics to support, for instance, regularization of roughly drawn geometric figures. A soft QWERTY keyboard can be displayed as another input option. Compaq’s tablet weighs 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds) and the keyboard unit adds another 300 grams (10.5 ounces). The Transmeta processor gives a claimed five hours of battery life. A range of wireless options are built into the Compaq: a network interface card, modem, and wireless LAN to 802.11b. A GPRS card inserted into the PC card slot allows the device to become a mobile phone as it has a built-in microphone slot and speakers. Microsoft featured twelve Acer machines for people to try on its Future Zone stand, regularly drew the crowds to repeated demonstrations. Jonathan Green-Armytage Gartner Staff Back to Overview Focusing the Lessons of Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2002 Mastermind Keynote: Microsoft Puts Costs High on Agenda Mastermind Keynote: The Powerful Cocktail of Real-Time Enterprise More... New Tablet PCs Draw Crowds at ITxpo New Architectures for a New World of Connected Business Choosing Mobile Applications The Powerhouse Vendors: Their Strategies and Challenges Successful CRM Management Requires High-Quality Data New Attitudes Needed to Achieve Successful Sourcing More... Gartner Says Consolidation to Continue Across the European IT Industry in 2003 Gartner Says New Economy gives way to ‘Now Economy’ and the Real Time Enterprise More...

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