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EviGroup Paddle is up for sale starting 732$

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:01:54 +0000

We’ve presented a while ago the EviGoup Paddle (called then simply “Pad’), a netbook slate running Windows 7, nothing too special. Most small manufacturers choose netbook hardware which is then ‘adjusted’ to a slate format. The Evigroup Paddle has one major inconvenient: it’s expensive, very expensive, even compared to the iPad, with prices ranging from $732 to $854. That’s a lot to ask from a device that’s no different than a netbook without a keyboard and a capacitive touchscreen slapped over the 10 inch screen with low resolution, 1024 x 600 pixels. But there’s an advantage to that: the Windows [...]

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eviGroup Pad

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:49:58 +0000

If you think about IT companies from France, the only ones coming to my mind are Lacie and Alcatel, but there are a handful of companies out there trying to get in front. One of them is eviGruoup, which recently announced they’re working on a touch tablet based on a netbook configuration with Windows 7 OS. The main specifications include a 10.2 inch 1024 x 600 pixels resistive screen (not so interesting, would have preferred capacitive), WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G (that’s very good), an 1.6 GHz Atom CPU helped by 1 GB RAM and a 160 GB internal hard drive to [...]

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Wacom Bamboo multi touch tablet pad

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:42:30 +0000

Wacom is a producer well known for its graphic tablets, used by artists to work with graphic design/CAM/CAD programs. But Wacom, as any other producer in those times is trying to diversify its products, the latest result being the Wacom Bamboo Touch multitouch USB pad, a product that can be described as a hand operated touch pad (similar to that found on laptops) that has a greater input area and that can support multi touch gestures. Wacom Bamboo it’s a very easy to use product: just plug it into an USB port and you’re set to go. Install the included [...]

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