25th March 2004 - London - UK - A recent survey by Microsoft UK has found that 70% of independent software vendors (ISVs) will be developing applications for the Tablet PC by end of 2005 and 77% of ISVs believe that Tablet PCs are more suitable for taking advantage of wireless technologies than laptops. The results of the survey were announced at a first-year anniversary event of the launch of the Tablet PC for developers at Microsoft in Reading where a competition for Tablet PC developers to win the chance to launch a new application with technical and marketing support from Microsoft Corporation was kicked-off. The survey highlighted that over a third of developers believe that at least half of their product range would benefit from being Tablet PC enabled today.
Julius Sinkevicius, worldwide Tablet PC product manager at Microsoft Corp, who spoke to over 200 developers at the anniversary event, said: "Tablet PC users can expect creativity to accelerate, especially with the launch of Tablet PC software development kit (SDK) version 1.7, due out in second quarter of this year. The SDK will make it easier for developers to create rich, ink-enabled applications by providing new and improved tools such as support for Web- or HTML-based pages and real-time stylus and ink support."
Today, more than 150 ISVs have already developed and contributed applications to run on the Microsoft Tablet PC Edition platform. In the UK survey conducted in January, over a third of the ISVs believe that the tablet PC killer functionality is its mobility, WiFi capability and portability.
News source: Microsoft
Julius Sinkevicius, worldwide Tablet PC product manager at Microsoft Corp, who spoke to over 200 developers at the anniversary event, said: "Tablet PC users can expect creativity to accelerate, especially with the launch of Tablet PC software development kit (SDK) version 1.7, due out in second quarter of this year. The SDK will make it easier for developers to create rich, ink-enabled applications by providing new and improved tools such as support for Web- or HTML-based pages and real-time stylus and ink support."
Today, more than 150 ISVs have already developed and contributed applications to run on the Microsoft Tablet PC Edition platform. In the UK survey conducted in January, over a third of the ISVs believe that the tablet PC killer functionality is its mobility, WiFi capability and portability.
News source: Microsoft
Anite, an independent software developer, recently developed a Tablet PC application for Local Authority Social Services. It enables Social Workers to spend more time conducting assessments out in the field and Social Services back office systems are quickly and securely updated with accurate information. The turnaround time for creating Care Plans has been dramatically reduced.
Richard Humphries, business development manager at Anite, said, "With the added features and functionality, Tablet PC is the preferred hardware option for the large proportion of the workforce who have to work away from their desks, be it out in the field or moving from one meeting room to the next."
They are still underpowered and over priced. When someone can jump on pricewatch and pick up a 2GHz or higher desktop for $300, and notebook for $600, trying to get them to pay $900 for a 1GHz tablet is incredibly hard.
I'm part of the ISV market and would love to develop apps for them but the higher ups flat out realize we can't get anyone to buy them. Even though one of our chief new products have employees who take orders over the phone by writing them down and later transcribing them into the computer(which, you would think, would make the perfect canidate for tablets to skip that intermediate step). Hell, we even have to test our new software under 98, because most of our target audience won't even upgrade their machines to run anything better(thank goodness the .NET framework runs on 9
The prrice will drop soon. Sure the first round of tablets were a little underpowered .. but now they've got the same power as all of your top end laptops.
1.6GHz Pentium M in mine .. very fast.
NXTwoThou: as for being underpowered, these things are meant for playing games on. But if the system isn't responsive enough, then thats a problem.
check it out .. great app
watch the video on it too
who needs more than 2.6GHz pentium 4 in a buisness machine? It's not like they are intended to be used by hardcore gamers!
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