Comments on: Exclusive: Hands-On with Dell’s XT Tablet Now with Multi-Touch

By: Louis

Louis — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:12:26 +0000

the XT is optimized for a paperless solution. Go Paperless! Sign documents right on the Dell!

By: falcon

falcon — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:23:40 +0000

I have an XT loaded with XP instead of Vista and the N-trig always crashes or says it cannot load or locate. The calibration fails. What should I do? I have downloaded the drivers drom Dell and it does not seems to help.

By: Ian Page-Echols

Ian Page-Echols — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:05:56 +0000

Looks like it needs some work. It does seem like it might be mostly a software redraw problem. Does the same computer lag this badly when using a mouse? I would hope not, so maybe they just need to work on the driver more. I believe the iPhone uses a capacitive touchscreen, so the basic tech should be capable of better.

I’m glad though that this stuff is finally reaching consumers!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:57:27 +0000

I have an IBM X41 tablet and use gestures a lot with the strokeIt application. It works like a charm and I can definitely do the same things demonstrated on the XT using my stylus.

I have to admit that using the fingers instead is a HUGE PLUS and will find out soon when I get my XT tablet

I would also like to confirm that the issue with zooming on the browser is related to the browser itself as it translates the finger movements to a CTRL+ or CTRL- on the keyboard(similar to stylus using strokeit). An update of IE7 or IE8 should address this.

By: jake

jake — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:00:38 +0000

the resolution is what? and are you sure it is firmware? come on. get the terminology straight. you sound really stupid.

By: DL

DL — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:16:02 +0000

Great review! I use the XT for work (net engineer) and it is awesome. This is only one more step into future technology. Thanks for your work Joanna. DL

By: marcelo

marcelo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:29:42 +0000

how could a mobile device be faster on zoom rendering in images and web pages than a notebook.. i`m sure this is only the first one of so many.. but still, dell laptops are fast.. and i saw that the problem is not the touch recognition, is the zoom feature O.o thanks =)

By: dan

dan — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:22:22 +0000

Wow. Multitouch works horribly on this machine. The poor performance/usability seems to be mostly due to the crappy ui/gestures implementation in vista. You seem to support it at all costs, making excuses for it even when it simply doesn’t work. Look past the initial neato factor to see that this a mostly useless technology in it’s current form.

By: tommy

tommy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:00:06 +0000

Would be really cool if they do away with the keyboard all together
then it can be a small compact tablet

something Apple Air should have been

By: Sascha

Sascha — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:46:47 +0000

I love the browser demonstration :p

well, it’s a pretty cool device and multitouch is the future anyways

good job Joanna!