Dell Latitude XT Tablet on the website!
Unfortunately, not yet available for order that I can tell.
https://www.dell.com/tablet?s=biz&cs=555
Also, I want to apologize to the Tablet fans out there for not posting for so long. Reorgs, moving buildings, and Windows 7 work have all conspired against blogging here.
I will say that if you are impressed by the "touch features" in the iPhone, you'll be blown away by what's coming in Windows 7. Now if only we could convince more OEMs that Windows Touch Technology is going to drive their sales.
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December 11, 2007
PingBack from http://www.gottabemobile.com/Windows7TouchFeaturesToQuotBlowUsAwayquot.aspxAnonymous
December 11, 2007
Microsoft's Hilton Locke , who used to work on the Tablet PC team and now works on the Windows ShellAnonymous
December 11, 2007
Rob Bushway from GottaBeMobile.com found an interesting little blurb by Hilton Locke regarding WindowsAnonymous
December 12, 2007
ich finde windows sieben total doof und uncoolAnonymous
December 12, 2007
TabBlogger : Windows 7 work [has] conspired against blogging here ... I will say that if you are impressedAnonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
Rob Bushway from GottaBeMobile.com found an interesting little blurb by Hilton Locke regarding WindowsAnonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
"I will say that if you are impressed by the "touch features" in the iPhone, you'll be blown away by what's coming in Windows 7." As per usual, taking Apple's lead. Windows 7, due out in 2020? Don't you guys get tired of this? Someone else does something and you follow up with, hey you thought their stuff looks good, wait until you see the stuff we've got coming up which we totally based on theirs because we couldn't come up with an original thought if we tried. No wonder Bill Gates gets little girly tantrums when Microsoft's lack of innovation is brought right in front of his face.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
Pardon my skepticism, but I was blown away by Longhorn and underwhelmed by Vista. If Win7's new features consist of explorer.exe with some new features layered on top of the years of legacy code in it already, I will likely be underwhelmed by Win7, too.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
"I will say that if you are impressed by the "touch features" in the iPhone, you'll be blown away by what's coming in Windows 7." Hilton, you're a laugh riot! Every version of Windows was going to be the one that finally blew us away until the day it came out. You knew that, and used it to set up one of the best jokes I've seen in quite a while!Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
So you're saying that in 4 - 5 years when the next version of windows is released it will have the features that its competition already has?Anonymous
December 12, 2007
I think this is just so SAD. Hasn't anyone in M$ learnt to just shut up and put up rather continually promise things they never deliver. This isn't the '90s. People have really wised up to M$ vaporware as you can see from the comments above. Learn from Apple. Never pre-announce. Just keep delivering the goods. Just as Vista turned out to be a very neutered version of Longhorn can we then expect Windows 7 to actually be Windows 6.0.0.5 when delivered?Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
The next release of windows might equal todays Iphone but it is unlikely to be close to the Iphone of 5 years from now which no doubt is the earliest a STABLE version will be available.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
Wow. I hope those new touch features will be as good as that updated file system on Vista, WinFS. Oh wait, that was promised over 5 years ago and never delivered... Don't think Apple won't be updating its multi-touch PATENTED interface as you begin to code yours...Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
About Hilton Locke: "I've been involved with PCs since the Commodore PET and with Wintel-based PCs since the very first IBM PC 4.77mhz 64kb of RAM. I think that most technology today is interested in the # of features rather than where true value is, # of problems solved. Not that there's anything wrong with shiny, blinky things..." This does not even make sense. Technology is interested in the # of features RATHER than than true value??? How is it that "Technology" has an interest? And why would anyone or thing prefer # of features over value? What a mess of a statement. It does not make any sense.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
Are all you Apple fanatics morons? MS has been developing WAY better touch interfaces for the last 5 years. Have you seen the Microsoft Surface? That's where Apple stole their iPhone ideas, just like they stole their Leopard ideas from Vista and their Tiger ideas from XP/Longhorn. Also, this article is missing a very important note: Vista already HAS this touch technology! Surface is running Vista... and the Apple fans re-write history... again... You're nothing if not consistent ;)Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
Hello Hilton, I do hope that Microsoft will consider my project of the cell PC as the hardware platform for Windows (Mobile) 7. Best regards,Anonymous
December 12, 2007
Surface is still a press release at this point. You can't go buy one. Millions of users already have iPhones. I'm typing this on my iphone right now. Microsoft's vaporware tactics are tired and pathetic. Nobody believes you guys anymore.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
I like how Hilton put "touch features" in quotes...as if they're not really touch features, apple is just calling them that. Sad, Hilton, just sad. Notice how Apple doesn't need to talk about what features their product lines will have in 2010? Because they just deliver products, they don't hype vaporware in sad attempts to freeze the market.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
let's stop fighting on who is the best tech company. Let us choose the best products provided by each company, the products which serve us purpose. Its good Microsoft and Apple compete with each other but end of the day customer is winning.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
Filed under: Desktops , Laptops , Tablet PCs Regardless of how Tablet PCs have actually done in the marketplaceAnonymous
December 12, 2007
@ analarne ich stimme mit dir überein! just sayin'Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
I have to say, the rudeness and ignorance of the people posting here is astounding. You people have an awful lot to say about a single, generally innocuous statement made by a test engineer of all people. However, if you really can't help but be so puerile, go post about it on your own blogs; you're really doing the Apple community a disservice by coming out in public.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
And this is coming in what, six years? Sorry, dude: your empire is doomed. Get used to it.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007
Stock investors, Msft 1 year return 18% Five year 46% Apple 1 year return 120%. Five year 2000% Msft grew a lot in the early days, but like tech innovation, today stick with Apple. Msft is just resting on past accomplishments.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
Seems to me that this poor guy has accidentally lit a fuse about the gap between Microsoft's promises and delivery. If history is to be believed, promises like this one have been disastrous for its competitors (and progress too). Blaming Apple fans for their invective has nothing to do with it. Microsoft needs to look at itself, because therein lies the real blame.Anonymous
December 12, 2007
... according to Hilton Locke , a test engineer working at Microsoft. His claim is echoed with a fewAnonymous
December 13, 2007
Nonsense . . . don't hold your breath while waiting for Microsoft to overtake Apple in any endeavor.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
Mr Locke if I where you I would keep a tight lid on the Windows 7 front untill next year, I agree that Apple tends to rewrite history to suite it's needs, but you don't need to feed the fanatiscism that infects the Mac Zealots. I love Vista and My Wife enjoys Leopard, I just don't understand why some people put so much energy into a pointless argument.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
You're gonna do something better then Apple. Right. We believe you. But then, we think "Vista", and we laugh and laugh and laugh... We guffaw, we snicker, we holler and hoot. You microsofties are so funny when you pretend to be earnest! Sorry to burst your bubble, but the future of personal computing is already happening. And it's not on your platform.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
I have used a demo Microsoft Surface device and it is truly amazing. Multiple users being able to paint on one screen at the same time is very awesome, especially for families. However, getting that to fit in a laptop sized device will be no small task. The device I used was the size of an old hope chest.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
Well, I for one will welcome our new "touch features"-using overlords. Not.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
LieBuster wrote: "...just like they stole their Leopard ideas from Vista..." Que? Example please!Anonymous
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
Even if you're right in what you say, I think the majority of the comments you have received so far may be a clue that now would have been a good time for less talk and more do. Given the claims made for Longhorn compared with what was actually delivered in Win XP R2 ^h^h^h^h^h Vista, don't you think that the credibility gap for Microsoft employees talking about the next version of Windows might just be a little stretched at the moment?Anonymous
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
Buy new MS stuff to see what technology was a few years ago - MS version of TIME MACHINE.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
Uhm, are you really bragging about your in development desktop OS comparing it to Apple's <em>handheld</em> OS? Sheesh. I thought Microsoft's credibility was bad enough as is.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
I admire everyone who's managed to comment on this claim; for myself, I don't even think it's worth mocking. Nobody in their right mind could POSSIBLY believe it.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
MS should take some lessons from Apple. Learn to keep your "traps" shut. Apple succeeds at building enthusiasm by keeping mum on upcoming products letting the rumor mills pontificate about what is to come. Also, it would help if MS would actually deliver what they promise on time (although Apple was just as bad delaying their leopard release). Vista - still in the cpm world (a registery).... pooooleeasse. I'll grant version 1.0 (as was on Mac OS X initial introduction) should have some issues. But I'm sorry, Vista is such a resource pig. At least Mac OS X was able to work on already existing hardware w/o as much of an issue. Things I hope MS does for Windows7 (or whatever they end up calling it).
- ZFS support. (Mac OS X will be adapting over to zfs within a year, now that Sun has resolve the boot issue). My hat is off to the Sun developers of that amazing file system. Features of WinFS would be useful laid on top of ZFS.
- True 32/64 bit API seamless integration. Why hasn't MS done this, maybe it belies the fact that their OS is such a patchwork they couldn't pull it off.
- EFI support. Come on MS your bios is outdated.
- Sell just one client and one server version. Sorry MS your OS capabilities level split that you spoon out to your customers demonstrates how far behind in customer relations you have become relative to Linux and Apple.
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December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
Wow! Windows 7 is going to have all the power of a handheld operating system!? Oh Microsoft, how sad you are...Anonymous
December 13, 2007
Smile. You're on Daring Fireball!Anonymous
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
I just want to know if it'll playforsure... Honestly, it's revealing that an MS engineer sees nothing wrong with saying (essentially) don't buy our current shipping product because we've got something even better in the pipeline. I guess they didn't fire everyone after the launch of the Vista turd. I look forward to seeing what you are talking about. I've set a reminder in my iPhone for 2020.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
this dell looks clunky and brick-ish, like something from 1993. But the background looks nice and mac-ish! surprise! When will Windoze/Dell wake up?Anonymous
December 13, 2007
Yes, but will it blend? Honestly, I wish MS all the best of luck with Windows 7, and if it's a quality stable OS that does what I need it to do, I might switch back. After service pack one of course. Competition is always good In the meantime, I have to wonder, why all the emerging buzz about Windows 7? Not just here, I'm seeing it come up a lot. Vista is less than a year out of the gate, shouldn't you be pushing Vista? Cause it's convinced me to keep my PC on XP until Windows 7. I was waiting for Vista SP1, but XP is stable and it can keep doing what it's doing for another two years. Best thing about this post is it helps ensure my next macbook will be multitouchAnonymous
December 13, 2007
Microsoft Playing Catch-Up With Windows "Weiner" -- http://greerish.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/microsoft-playing-catch-up-with-windows-weiner/Anonymous
December 13, 2007
From this blog, it sounds like the Microsnot folks were impressed by the touch features of the iPhone and hope to catch up in some future edition of the MS-OS (MS-OS7?) Oh, Geez, the next Windoze is going to trump the iPod. What kind of accomplishment is that? And Dell is selling Ubuntu... go figure.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
I look foward to Ray Ozzie running the company and Microsoft 2.0 versus The World Has Moved On. Perhaps Ozzie will sell Microsoft to IBM too .... This blog post must be market research link-bait, surely? The comments are priceless though, literally ROFL. Where are the astroturfers?! Microsoft needs you here, posting! Look at the mess of truth above!Anonymous
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
amazing, I can't wait for it to be pre-installed on every computer out there, thanks to MS sales force... ... just wondering what will happen when finaly, MS unfair tying is prohibited. I give the company a couple of years of life, and you all guys will have to look for some new job. sad, sad.Anonymous
December 13, 2007
Microsoft had a really busy week this week. Unfortunately, it coincided with an IPv6 class I was takingAnonymous
December 14, 2007
Hey Ed.... you ask if any of us have used Windows 7. Typical Windows-user response... "wait for the next version... they've been dumping loads of R&D money into it, etc." Have you ever used Vista? I guess they didn't dump loads of money into that one or else it would have been a better OS.Anonymous
December 14, 2007
I'd definitely have to agree with Manifold on this. Don't you guys have better things to do than pick apart innocuous statements made by test engineers?Anonymous
December 14, 2007
Is this blog about cool computers to come, like the ModBook (http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook) ? Too bad it is already on the market by the time M$ has the technology in alpha. When Apple updates Leopard in a future update (I think in 2 years or so), there will be a touchscreen MacBook (called: TouchBook, because that's what it is) as well. I don't want to discourage the M$ dev team for Tab's, but that's the reality the past has taught us. Anyway, good luck with playing around with codes etc. And don't forget to run your DVD-recorder in august 2009, because it will be then when Steve Jobs shows and anounces the Touchbook with an interesting KeyNote presentation.Anonymous
December 14, 2007
Josh, What's innocuous about trying to undercut a currently shipping, quality product by claiming you're going to top it? That's what Microsoft did to Netscape in 1994 when they announced IE along with a promise to give it away. The only difference is that back then people believed them, so Netscape could no longer charge a fair price for what was at the time the best browser on the planet. It didn't matter that it would take another 5 years for IE to actually top Netscape's 1994 version of Navigator! The damage was done. That's not what I'd call innocuous.Anonymous
December 14, 2007
There have been quite a few blogs that picked up on Hilton Locke’s post on Windows 7’s new features.Anonymous
December 14, 2007
There have been quite a few blogs that picked up on Hilton Locke’s post on Windows 7’s new features.Anonymous
December 15, 2007
Amazing how many apple fanboyz are trolling Tablet PC sites. Doesn't that break you Mac "Terms of Use"...Anonymous
December 15, 2007
What a bunch of whining loosers you guys are. If you hate Microsoft so much why are you even bothering to comment in this blog. Get a life... I find it interesting that someone in Microsoft shares any information about "Windows 7" at all.Anonymous
December 16, 2007
Haha, it's like the Longhorn hype all over again... Yawn. Don't tell us we'll be blown away, have the product do that instead.Anonymous
December 16, 2007
I think by the time the boys in Redmond get their act together to demo Windows 7, shipping products from companies like Apple and Google will be years ahead in their technology while Microsoft will still be playing catch-up. BTW, that DELL tablet looks hideous. Could DELL cut any more corners please?Anonymous
December 16, 2007
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December 16, 2007
Hilton, Is this serious? I can still see the look on Mr Balmers face about the iPhone. And now, they want to do the same thing. Only with Vienna. I think that MS doesn' need to go to the keynote of Apple. But hey, for the rest of MS. Good luck copying. You guys did a great job with Windows 1.0 till now.Anonymous
December 17, 2007
As long as the prices are as expensive as what Dell is bringing this tablet out for (start price at $2500), then Tablet will never take off. No one wants to pay that kind of price no matter how awesome the technology is.Anonymous
December 17, 2007
Just worth mentioning for all the people talking about who copied who. The MS Surface is based off of an open source project that's been going on for a while, but remained kind of unpopular since you'd have to build the machine yourself, this project also was likely a source of inspiration for the iPhone. The difference is that the iPhone is tiny and works, the open source projects are large and work (and can be totally customized if you can write a program to do it on the touch interface), the Surface is large and might work. It's also worth considering that judging from the amount of work already done by others and how far along MS is at this point it looks like they didn't do anything before Apple made the iPhone. The rest is just logical conclusions. Apple saw a good idea, improved on it, MS saw Apple's better idea and tried to do the same thing but failed.Anonymous
February 05, 2008
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February 20, 2008
Spraakherkenning, handschriftherkenning en multitouchtechnologie moeten de klassieke invoerapparatuurAnonymous
February 29, 2008
Well, it's about time for me to blog again. My privileges were suspended following that last posting