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grover · 09-19-09, 10:11 PM

I didnt end up getting the PC tablet I wanted (Viliv x70) but I have (through work) got an Intel Classmate tablet to use/try/test
This is an atom 1.6, 1gb ram, 8.9" screen jobbie with a swivel touch screen and accelerometer and is pretty cool. the units we have have a 6 cell battery too which makes them a bit more awkward to hold, and a little heavy but otherwise its a great little machine

So it took a while to get all the drivers working since i had been playing with windows 7, but without a bunch of win7 drivers, XP is the only option.
Last night I put steam on and installed 688i

Heres the ship control station.

The accelerometer will flip the screen the right way up when in tablet mode. Cool, but useless in portrait mode

Because its set up for handwriting, its best to use a stylus or fingernail. You have to press quite hard if using finger presses.

Draging around waypoints for the tomahawks was easy enough.

To enter waypoints manually, the default writing input software came up. Its not perfect and you have to be fairly neat with your writing, but it did work.

Conclusion? ive only really just started playing. Have completed a single mission, just did an easy one with the downed pilot so I dont know what it would be like under a heavy work load. i think it would be slow. Having an onscreen keyboard I though would be a benefit, especially if you have a full tablet and no access to a physical keyboard.

Generally the use of a stylus is pretty cool, but it may be a novelty. One thing is tho, not being able to right click easily, when changing course, depth, speed etc, if you want to go from 8knots to 5 knots, you have to cycle up all the way through the range, eg, 9, 0, 1, 2 etc. Its not too much of a hassle but could be under a heavy work load.

For Janes 688i though, the screen res is great. It does stretch the screen (1024x600) but it doesnt look too weird and its easy to forget.
It may be a bit harder to do things in places, but generally, for the benefi of being able to sit in front of the TV and play a game with it on your lap, its brilliant. Having something thinner with a decent pop up keyboard would be better, but this will do until I win lotto and can afford an Archos 9.

09-19-09, 10:11 PM	#10
grover Watch Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 15 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I didnt end up getting the PC tablet I wanted (Viliv x70) but I have (through work) got an Intel Classmate tablet to use/try/test This is an atom 1.6, 1gb ram, 8.9" screen jobbie with a swivel touch screen and accelerometer and is pretty cool. the units we have have a 6 cell battery too which makes them a bit more awkward to hold, and a little heavy but otherwise its a great little machine So it took a while to get all the drivers working since i had been playing with windows 7, but without a bunch of win7 drivers, XP is the only option. Last night I put steam on and installed 688i Heres the ship control station. The accelerometer will flip the screen the right way up when in tablet mode. Cool, but useless in portrait mode Because its set up for handwriting, its best to use a stylus or fingernail. You have to press quite hard if using finger presses. Draging around waypoints for the tomahawks was easy enough. To enter waypoints manually, the default writing input software came up. Its not perfect and you have to be fairly neat with your writing, but it did work. Conclusion? ive only really just started playing. Have completed a single mission, just did an easy one with the downed pilot so I dont know what it would be like under a heavy work load. i think it would be slow. Having an onscreen keyboard I though would be a benefit, especially if you have a full tablet and no access to a physical keyboard. Generally the use of a stylus is pretty cool, but it may be a novelty. One thing is tho, not being able to right click easily, when changing course, depth, speed etc, if you want to go from 8knots to 5 knots, you have to cycle up all the way through the range, eg, 9, 0, 1, 2 etc. Its not too much of a hassle but could be under a heavy work load. For Janes 688i though, the screen res is great. It does stretch the screen (1024x600) but it doesnt look too weird and its easy to forget. It may be a bit harder to do things in places, but generally, for the benefi of being able to sit in front of the TV and play a game with it on your lap, its brilliant. Having something thinner with a decent pop up keyboard would be better, but this will do until I win lotto and can afford an Archos 9. Last edited by grover; 09-20-09 at 07:50 PM.