Tablet pc's... any advice?

almighty_gir

my girlfriend is coming up to her mobile phone contract renewal, and some of the upgrade options include free tablet pc's. most of them are android OS based, but some of them can run windows 7 (like the Asus).

i was just wondering if anyone has any experience with them, which ones have pen compatability/come with pens? and which ones have decent apps for painting? i'm not expecting photoshop quality (except running photoshop 7 on a windows based tablet, i guess), but there must be some decent painting apps out there on the android systems, right?

thanks in advance guys!

r_fletch_r

Android has autodesk sketchbook express. so that might be a plus point

almighty_gir

you mean this? https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sketchbook
$0.62 ... so friggin win lol. if that's the case i guess it just comes down to performance. anyone got any success stories on tablet performance?

D4V1DC

I think there was a whole discussion about Tablet PC's here:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80459&highlight=tablet+pc

Good luck.

Entity

Painting on tablets that don't have wacom digitizers is a pain.

imijatov

When you say 'asus', I don't know if this one resides in the contract. However, I've heard good things about the Asus EP121. Done a ton of research on it and have collected some reference material to make a purchasing decision. Haven't followed through yet, but perhaps you can use this info somehow:

Link Resources:

• http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/buy/featured/asus/default.aspx
• http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2011/01/04/hands-on-with-the-asus-ep121slate-pc.aspx
• http://ep121.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/the-ep121-product-tour/
• [ame]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HKIIFI/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1VSZE9MN6990ZABD3N9M&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846[/ame]
• http://www.mobiletechreview.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=40230
• http://blog.kevinthom.com/tag/ep121/

Forum:

• http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/ep121-slate/
• http://ep121.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general

Drivers:

• http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?product=20&model=EP121&SLanguage=en-us&os=29

Review:

• http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/03/31/asus-eee-slate-ep121-review-first-look/

Yes, it has a Wacom digitizer. The resolution's decent at 1280x800 and the specs are pretty adequate for light zbrushing and photoshoping (it runs on Win7). However, virtual keyboards might be a challenge as might the HDD size (64GB). You might be able to swap it out with a bigger drive. Hope this stuff helps.