The Reality and the Promise of Tablet PCs

June LiebertCIO and Lecturer

The University of Texas School of Law

6/17/2004 June LiebertThe University of Texas at Austin

What is a Tablet PC?

• Portable computing device • Looks like a detached flat panel

monitor• MS Windows XP Tablet PC version• Ultra-low power microprocessors • Recognizes handwriting • Pen input device

6/17/2004 June LiebertThe University of Texas at Austin

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The Basics

• Price: $1500-$2500• Size: 10-12 in. screens • Weight: 3-5 pounds• Battery life: 3-8 hours• Processors: up to 1.4 GHz• Add-ons and ports same as laptop

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Vendors

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Motion Tablet M1400• http://www.motioncomputing.com• $2,500 w/ almost everything• Intel Pentium M ULV Mobile Processor 1.1 GHz• 802.11 b/g integrated wireless• Biometric-based fingerprint reader• Voice input and recording• Ambient light sensor adjusts screen brightness• Integrated Bluetooth• USB, Firewire, Ethernet, VGA, Parallel printer,

microphone, headphone, PC Card, 56.6K modem

• Warranty – 1 year + 2 year extended• Insurance available – damage, theft

Motion Accessories

3 USB ports, IEEE 1394, a VGA, RJ45 Ethernet, Audio Out, and Microphone port

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Features

• Handwriting recognition– Languages: U.K. English, U.S. English, French,

German, Spanish (International Sort), Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

• Voice recognition– Languages: English, Japanese, Simplified

Chinese, Traditional Chinese

• Biometric sensor• Built-in microphone

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Tablet-Enabled Software

• MindJet’s Mindmanager • Microsoft’s OneNote• FranklinCovey TabletPlanner• Microsoft Reader for Tablet PC• Microsoft Office 2003• Windows Journal and Sticky Notes • Alias Sketchbook Pro• xThink Calculator

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Educational Uses

• Faculty– Presentation system w/digital ink– Organize notes– Grading with digital, handwritten

notes

• Students– eBooks w/ handwritten notes– Take and organize organize notes

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Organize Notes

• MindManager X5– http://www.mindjet.com/– http://www1.law.ucla.edu/~kang/gigs/Field

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• OneNote– http://office.microsoft.com

• FranklinCovey Tablet Planner– http://www.franklincovey.com/tabletplanner/

• Agilix GoBinder integrated with Blackboard

TABLET

GRADING

Student Note-Taking Using TabletPCs and Microsoft Journal

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Univ. of Wash. Classroom Presenter

• Classroom Presenter– distributed presentation system – synchronized versions of the presentation shared

across multiple machines– Tablet PC = high quality ink

• http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter/

• http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/rea/Presenter_howto.htm

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Capture and Annotate Anything

• Start with any file– Capture screens, portion of screens,

etc. with Microsoft Snip– Photos– Word processing documents– PowerPoint presentations

• Annotate w/ ink• Record and store in Journal

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Why a Tablet?

Flexibility!!

Think of it as a laptop with an additional pen input device