Quite an indictment against the Dell Latitude XT
When Dell finally entered the Tablet PC market, they did so under the pretext of fixing all the frustrations of us tablet users. They punctuated their point with web videos showing other tablets getting beaten tike piñatas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rMYzBT0Lts) or run though table saws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J92EhE2DIdo) by frustrated users. They set the bar pretty high, so I wasn't really expecting them to deliver (and the price point pretty much killed my interest). However, I am really surprised that not one, but two, prominent tableteers are openly questioning if Dell should recall their Latitude XT Tablet PC.
The XT is the first and only Tablet PC to feature a multi-touch capable digitizer, similar to the iPhone's. I say "capable" because it still lacks the software to really take advantage of it. And, according to Rob Bushway (http://www.gottabemobile.com/2008/10/20/dell-and-n-trig-ive-had-it/) and Loren Heiny (http://www.lorenheiny.com/2008/10/20/dell-latitude-xt-tablet-pc-time-for-a-recall/), it has so many other issues that Dell should consider a recall. Ouch.
Oh well. Even through I've never used an XT, I must admit I've never quite forgiven Dell for their displays of tablet destruction. Maybe next time they won't bash the competition (literally) before proving they won't be just as bad or, as is being claimed, worse.
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Quite an indictment against the Dell Latitude XT
posted by Sumocat at 10/20/2008 07:46:00 PM
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