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Old 11-22-2008, 03:48 PM   #1
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Viewsonic Airpanel 100 - Poor Man's Iliad?

I came across this on Ebay. It's a 10" LCD tablet running WinCE. Normally I'd buy one before discussing it, but this is such an interesting possibility that I wanted to share it.
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BTW, I am going to buy one.
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That does look interesting. I'd consider getting one, but the cats would just pee on it.
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I came across this on Ebay. It's a 10" LCD tablet running WinCE. Normally I'd buy one before discussing it, but this is such an interesting possibility that I wanted to share it.
Can you find a product page about this at viewsonic.com? All I can find is a press release from 2003.

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Old 11-22-2008, 04:19 PM   #6
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I came across this on Ebay. It's a 10" LCD tablet running WinCE. Normally I'd buy one before discussing it, but this is such an interesting possibility that I wanted to share it.
I was also toying with the idea to buy some WinCE tablet - there are several more brands out there. The only thing is - they generally have a terrible battery life :-( So, still sticking with my Axim ...

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Old 11-22-2008, 05:15 PM   #7
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I found this review.
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Cool thanks. I guess the $120 close out price makes it alot more compelling than the $1000 original price.

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Thanks. $120 for a new tablet is a great price even though it's Win CE. Now I need to find an old copy of mobipocket and tcpmp. Need to also check if adobe has a reader for Win CE that will remove the watermark from my Marvel comic DVDs.
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Old 11-23-2008, 06:02 PM   #10
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The site I'd normally send you to is gone. Drat.
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Mobipocket Reader can be downloaded from here. You want the one with for Arm CPUs. Also, you should try v4.9 before v4.8 because it supports a couple extra features. BTW, there is a free activation code for MobiReader: "JWNLMXVU". Without it some features will expire.

You can also have MSReader as well as Ereader. Here is a good source of (mostly) compatible software:
http://www.yetanotherhomepage.com/j7xx/j7xx.html

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Old 11-23-2008, 09:19 PM   #11
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www.dt375.com

Mobipocket Reader can be downloaded from here. You want the one with for Arm CPUs. Also, you should try v4.9 before v4.8 because it supports a couple extra features. BTW, there is a free activation code for MobiReader: "JWNLMXVU". Without it some features will expire.

You can also have MSReader as well as Ereader. Here is a good source of (mostly) compatible software:
http://www.yetanotherhomepage.com/j7xx/j7xx.html

There are a bunch of PDF viewers, and the tablet should come with one. If it doesn't, look here for a Foxit one that should work. Or, look here for Adobe Reader 2.0.
I just realized that I know a lot of useful stuff like this. It's about time I wrote another beginner's guide. I'll try to get to it some time this week.
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Old 11-23-2008, 10:01 PM   #12
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Thanks. Saves me the legwork. I haven't used Win CE since my old Ipaq died and I replaced it with an Axim running windows mobile.
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Ah, yes, the old Airpanels. I looked at them at the time they first came out, but they seemed to be just a monitor echo device, with "pen" control of the mouse, so not nearly useful enough to justify the $1k original pricing for me.

I didn't realize they were WinCE machines however, so this may be a later incarnation than what I looked at.

I'll be interested to see what you make of it, Nate.
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There are actually 3 related Airpanel models (v100, v110, v150). All run WinCE. The v150 has a 15" screen, and the other two have a 10" screen.

I think the v110 would be the best ebook reader because it has a faster processor than the v100. Unfortunately, it seems to be pretty hard to come by.
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