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fjtorres · 08-26-2011, 07:13 AM

The chunky one is no vapor; it is a new Fujitsu WinTel tablet for the industrial/commercial markets. Probably ruggedized and vertical-apps ready. Not a consumer product.

The thin one, given the announcement, is likely a reference design/development system to give app developers a testbed for early release apps targetting Win8Arm. While it may never be a consumer product (could be a small batch of a few thousand produced for MS to give away) it could also be a real product from a Microsoft partner, say Samsung or HTC. MS has gone both ways in the past. Consider it a sign of things to come.

08-26-2011, 07:13 AM	#6
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	The chunky one is no vapor; it is a new Fujitsu WinTel tablet for the industrial/commercial markets. Probably ruggedized and vertical-apps ready. Not a consumer product. The thin one, given the announcement, is likely a reference design/development system to give app developers a testbed for early release apps targetting Win8Arm. While it may never be a consumer product (could be a small batch of a few thousand produced for MS to give away) it could also be a real product from a Microsoft partner, say Samsung or HTC. MS has gone both ways in the past. Consider it a sign of things to come.