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3.2 KiB
HTML
175 lines
3.2 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<HTML
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><TITLE
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>Introduction</TITLE
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><META
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="Linux on the Road"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Tablet PCs / Pen PCs"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4c1-tablet-intro.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Tablet PCs / Pen PCs"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4c1-tablet-intro.html"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="Display"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4c1-tablet-display.html"></HEAD
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CLASS="sect1"
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TEXT="#000000"
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VLINK="#840084"
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><DIV
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SUMMARY="Header navigation table"
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>Linux on the Road: </TH
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WIDTH="10%"
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>Prev</A
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WIDTH="80%"
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ALIGN="center"
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>Chapter 9. Tablet PCs / Pen PCs</TD
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WIDTH="10%"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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NAME="AEN1536"
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>9.1. Introduction</H1
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> Tablet PCs are a special kind of notebooks. Usually without keyboard
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(or equipped with an external and remote keyboard), they feature a touchscreen
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(therefore they were also named Pen PCs) and access to wireless LAN.
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In a certain sense they can be compared with PDAs. Microsoft has
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created a special edition of their operating system for Tablet PCs
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and published a so-called specification. In 2003 the first Tablet PCs
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according to this specification entered the market. Though there
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have been appropriate devices with Linux many years before. See the
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<A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/touch_laptops.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>survey of Linux touch screen laptops</A
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>
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and the
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<A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/detach_disp.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>survey of Linux laptops with detachable displays</A
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>
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and finally a
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<A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/tablet_unix.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>survey about Linux on Tablet PCs, WebPads, NotePads and PenPCs</A
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>.
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They are used for data acquisition in stores, in the field or in
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hospitals. Or as a book reader or webbrowser (therefore they are also named
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WebPads). Their hardware features require some dedicated Linux
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solutions.
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</P
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VALIGN="top"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4c1-tablet-intro.html"
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>Prev</A
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>Home</A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4c1-tablet-display.html"
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>Next</A
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Tablet PCs / Pen PCs</TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Up</A
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WIDTH="33%"
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>Display</TD
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