What Tablet PCs Can Do for YouWritten by Nick Smith
Tablet PCs are great. If you are a mobile person, and you have never considered getting a tablet PC in past, now is as good a time as any to start checking them out - technology is cutting-edge, usability is superb, and prices are starting to drop. There are two main types of tablet PCs: convertible and slate. Convertible tablets look a lot like normal laptops except screen can be rotated all way around and laid down flat across keyboard. You then input information through screen using a stylus. Slate tablet PCs include only screen interface - though they are fully integratable with peripherals like keyboards and mouses, computer itself does not have them. Both types are viable options, depending on your personal preferences and what you'll be using it for. As with any technology, tablet PCs have advantages and disadvantages. Thanks to last few years of development and enhancement, disadvantages are shrinking in number, and perks are becoming more and more enticing. Advantages of Tablet PCs Far and away, best thing about tablet PCs is their mobility. You can take and use them anywhere you go, same way you would take a notebook and pen. That means that when your boss bumps into you in hallway and gives you a number of assignments, you can write them down. In meetings you don't have to hide your face behind monitor of your laptop because you can lay tablet PC flat on table. For students, this mobility is great - you can study your notes while you're waiting in lines or even in car.Tablet PCs let you use digital ink to store handwritten notes, graphs, charts, and pictures. You don't have to worry about taking your laptop and a notepad and pen to meetings or classes. Using stylus, tablet PCs record your handwriting and drawings. They can convert your handwriting to text if you need to turn in an assignment typewritten. All of money you have been spending on pens, pencils, highlighters, notepads, papers, binders, folders, staples, and paperclips stays in your pocket. Because of digital ink option on tablet PCs, much of need for paper supplies and writing utensils is eliminated. You can keep all your notes on your computer.
| | Product Review on Maxxum D70 Digital CameraWritten by Carla Ballatan
Are you a professional photographer or digital technology enthusiasts into photography and is crazy about ever-increasing line of digital cameras? If you are then, here’s something new for you from Konica Minolta. The Maxxum 7D’s (Dynax 7D in Europe) detailed specification came out on September 15, 2004 in a press release, just before Photokina tradeshow. Maxxum 7D is Konica Minoltas first digital SLR for five years since RD-3000.Maxxum 7D digital camera is based on Maxxum 7 (Dynax 7) film SLR with similar body design and control layout. However, 7D’s main difference is that it has a digital ‘heart’ – a large LCD monitor and control system. It doesn’t have 7’s grip sensor, though. This new product by Konica Minolta has an Anti-Shake stabilization system which is unique among digital SLR’s… Not yet awed or want to know how Anti-Shake Stabilization System work? Minolta first introduced this feature with DiMAGE A1. With an Anti-Shake Stabilization System in your digital cam, instead of stabilizing a lens element (as in a traditional image stabilization system) sensor is stabilized. Inside 7D its six megapixel CCD is mounted on a movable platform controlled by two actuators (x and y axis). This platform moves in opposite way as movement of camera and determined by motion detectors, giving you an additional 3 stops. For example, with anti-shake enabled, instead of requiring a shutter speed of 1/1000s to shoot a particular scene, you will be able to shoot at only 1/125s (8 times slower).
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