NEC Has a Huge 52-inch Tablet On Wheels
That's a big tablet.
Over the last year or so, we've seen smartphones grow from an average screen-size of roughly 3.5 inches to 4 or 4.5 inches. Many feel that these phones are inching closer to tablet territory than smartphones, but it's all relative, right? Well, if you're using NEC's X-Info Table as your frame of reference, you're probably a-okay with your phone being four or five inches in size.
NEC this week unveiled the X-Info table, a device it's describing as a "multi-touch tablet incorporated into a table." Measuring in at 52 inches and supporting 10-point multitouch (meaning you could have 10 fingers in there if you wanted to), the device also features a scanning function and digital camera, so you can scan documents and files. It weighs a grand total of 160kg (just over 350 pounds) and features a full HD 1920×1080 display, an Intel Core i7 CPU, 6GB of RAM, 3 x USB ports, GIS support and Windows 7.
NEC says its targeting all kinds of consumers with this one, but specifically mentions governments, universities and research institutions. The company has plans to start shipping the table in February of 2012.
(via TechCrunch)
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iPad killer
Put these guys in Star Trek uniforms change the office background to Engineering on the ST: TNG series Enterprise then make the base of the table look more futuristic and you see where they got their inspiration for this idea.
Looks like one of those old-school table arcade games from the 80s. Oh yeah, that gives me an idea. Put some pacman and pong apps on it and put it in the office.
Similar to MS Surface.
www.microsoft.com/surface/
or a parody for those who need a laugh(note the 2007 date)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY
350 pounds? What the heck did they build into that thing?
MASSIVELY INTERACTIVE PRON!!!
on a more serious note... *ahem*
hang that sucker on a wall, and good god i can see the uses for companies like game devs, replace the whiteboard with that, and you instantly can call up anything project related to a idea bubble with like a hyper link.
example - skyrim is a good choice cause of how big it is, you have the dragon concept art, animation file, animation demo, tech demo, all scrollable in a sub menu that functions on a tags system. Lets say that you have a question on the old board about interaction and styling, with this you could pull up all the current info from the departments @ a meeting and show an active splice of what you think would work, pull animations, character AI and make your pitch
i can see this having great developmental potential
Table hockey anyone?
looks like a laid down version of multi-touch all-in-one pc or microsoft's tabletop pc. and 52" for 1080p is a bit too big (less ppi).
nice idea, plus no underpowered hardware. though how on earth is this a "tablet"? It's a huge monitor with proper desktop hardware in a table dammit. Call it what it is?
and 52" for 1080p is a bit too big (less ppi).
was wondering the same thing...should have been a higher res, especially since it's intended for close quarters use.
Similar to MS Surface.www.microsoft.com/surface/or a parody for those who need a laugh(note the 2007 date)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY
Take that apple! lmao
iPad killer
More like iPad crusher.
If I hear the word "tablet" one more time I'm going to SCREAMMMMM!
WHY...... are they calling it a tablet?
It's a table, with a screen, and a puter....
Yeah, ok, blah blah blah etc. The million dollar question is:
Can it run Crysis?! (Trollolo!!!)
MS has these thing on display at the MS store. NOT a tablet, AIO with touchscreen.
http://channel9.msdn.com/blogs/lar [...] -computing
Microsoft failed with this concept, I don't think that NEC will succeed in marketing it. There just is no demand for this type of devices.
They should have waited for windows 8 to market this, as according to MS, 8 will have much more tablet and touchscreen native features.
does it come with MAME games?
They have these as tables in the cocktail lounge at the Rio in Vegas, and the people sat round them are a LOT more fun
Can it Play Crysis !! ?
Seems ok for Dungeons & Dragons 3D and other table games.
160 Kg??? With the whole mounting thing on wheels??? That's still a damn heavy rig.... putting a 52in display with an i7 liquid cooled rig in a heavy or the heaviest case might not add up to more than 50 kgs, I wonder why theirs got so heavy.
Too tempting to set my drink on top...then spilling it when I reach to click on an icon.
its not a tablet. its a table. who ever heard of ancient romans/greeks/etc walking around with 52 inch slabs of wood?
you sure is not a table but a tablet?
Look at the cute little Asians hair and shoes - heart warming.
Microsoft failed with this concept, I don't think that NEC will succeed in marketing it. There just is no demand for this type of devices.
yes there is, just not at 20000$ like the surface was looking to cost.
i can see a decent looking table in the living room, glass surface, and someone turns it on somehow, dont know the best way. it becomes like a tablet, well, lets say it runs windows 8. now in metro, it will be tablet but not tablet, and help everyone, but when someone wants to, it could switch from table to tv.
if the table itself was under 500$, the monitor was under 2000 for the table, and a user installed pc, i could see a 3-4000$ product people would buy. i mean people buy macs and they arent even close to as interesting.
Just add to it an electric generator so that it is wireless...
Anyone remembers that huge drawing tables used for technical drawing... perhaps that could be a use
for this kind of huge touchscreens...
...But "can it run Crysis?" does not apply here.
Total Surface rip-off, but a step in the right direction.
They're so close, just need to push it a little farther to become killer.
They need the v2.0 version... perhaps offering 3x 1080p projectors providing a seamless 3240x1920 display...