We don’t contend this very mostly, though a little products have been only value a wait. And well, a ExoPC Slate looks like it’s going to be a single of those really products. After months of following along, we finally got to outlay a little peculiarity time with the 11.6-inch line-up during Computex, and came divided surprisingly impressed. Read upon after a mangle for our impressions of this Windows 7 inscription, what which funky UI is all about, as well as the video of the Slate in movement. Oh, as well as after you’ve done all that, don’t forget to feast your eyes on the art studio next. ExoPC Slate hands-on

When it comes down to size, the 11.6-inch ExoPC Slate fits right in between a 12.1-inch JooJoo and the 9.7-inch iPad. And though it’s improved hold in dual hands, it’s still only as skinny and light as Apple’s tablet. Overall, you were quite taken with a build quality of a antecedent device you saw, as well as a actuality which it manages to have room for dual USB ports, an SD card container as well as an HDMI out. There’s additionally a VGA webcam along the top bezel. Internally, a tablet packs an 1.6GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, 2GB of IMPEL as well as the 32GB SSD. On top of all which, the Slate promises full 1080p playback thanks to the Broadcom Crystal HD chip. While the experience with the HD solution has been flaky at most appropriate, you did declare a high-def shave play uniformly upon the screen.

But a hardware as well as specs of a ExoPC aren’t what tender us the most about a tablet. Nope, a capacitive touchscreen as well as the law program layer on tip of Windows 7 stole the show. While you found a 1366 x 768-resolution shade to be super contemplative as well as ridden with bad observation angles, it was intensely manageable to light taps, swipes and multitouch gestures within Windows 7 Ultimate and ExoPC’s own UI. And a latter is only the arrange of thing you have been seeking for in a Windows 7 line-up. We’ve taken to job it a Connect Four interface, though regardless of what ExoPC officially calls it, the Win 7 layer is incredibly singular and elementary to navigate with a finger. Each of a circles can be customized to enclose a dissimilar module or website by-pass and there are combined setting controls along the peripheries.The video demo should speak for itself, but after only a couple of mins of personification around with a device we had gotten a hang of closing apps by dragging them to a side as well as getting behind to the categorical menu. Interestingly, the ExoPC guys aren’t only relying on regular Windows applications — they have combined polished, touch-friendly e-book, song as well as print art studio programs. They’re additionally operative with other developers to emanate an app store. However, those which cite a customary Windows 7 tablet knowledge won’t be unhappy — you can simply get behind to the OS as well as they devise to boat it with a stylus for navigating menus / scratch submit.

Here’s where we’d love to discuss it you the wait is over, though unfortunately it isn’t. ExoPC has a ways to go in terms of operative upon the LCD quality as well as the UI formation, but promises that a inscription should be ready by early September for $599. Of march, we’ll believe that when you see it, though during least we’re one step closer to meaningful that there have been some very solid as well as innovative Windows 7-based tablets out there.

Update: Our bad for not mentioning a promised battery life. According to ExoPC, a two-cell battery should final five hours upon a singular charge, though the bit longer when personification video regulating a Broadcom card. We’d contend that we’re probably looking at more similar to 3 hours with WiFi upon, but you won’t know until you essentially get to exam it.