Apple Patents – An Apple Tablet?

hrmpf.com mentions some new patents Apple applied for that would indcate some kind of Mac OS X based Tablet. The interesting thing is how “gestures” are used to manipulate the data – some of the UI elements include “floating” elements – like an iPod-like wheel popping up on the screen, allowing you to use it like the controls of an iPod. Another interface – turnign the surface of the Tablet into a mixing board. There is also the ever ubiquitous turning half the screen into a laptop keyboard, similar to how some PDAs handle on-screen keyboards.

Review: WinBook X610 (LAPTOP Magazine)

LAPTOP Magazine has published a review of the WinBook X610, the ultraportable laptop from WinBook, with a 12-inch display (non-widescreen) and powered by a 1.6GHz Pentium M (which can dampen the battery life). This is one of the most inexpensive ultraportables of its class (the model reviewed had an 80GB harddrive and a Dual-Layer DVD burner and cost around $1400 USD).