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drjohn,

Intel To Pit Convertible Classmate Against Apple's iPad Tablet?

http://www.itproportal.com/www/news/article/2010/3/2/intel-pit-convertible-classmate-against-apples-ipad-tablet/

I like it. At the right price it will be a great product for its targeted market. Couple of comments.

1) An "Apple iPad Tablet". What is that? Apple's iPad is not a tablet, IMHO. It is a good device, but the Intel Classmate and Apple iPad have enough differences that they probably will not compete directly. Both can be successful. Very successful.

2) Got a chuckle out of the large stylus. The poor stylus has gotten a bad rap, especially from Steve Jobs and Apple. The fact is that the stylus' we are mostly familiar with are the ones that came with small screen devices, like PDA's and smartphones. Being the size of a large toothpick, these things were often more useful as pointing devices (replacing a mouse) than for character input (replacing a keyboard). IMHO, the larger stylus is a great idea for a tablet with a larger screen and will give new life to handwriting recognition input. There are special applications where this will come in handy (pun intended).

Yep, the Classmate has come a long way.

IMHO