REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 25, 2004 — Microsoft Corp. today announced availability of the Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 operating system, the successor to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition introduced in ...

Microsoft has retooled Windows XP to add some tablet-friendly features. How well those features perform will determine the success of future tablet PC devices. Here's a first look at the beta.

"Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 is a significant step toward delivering on our vision of incorporating Tablet PC functionality as a standard mobile feature in notebook PCs," Bill Mitchell, ...

Second generation Windows XP Tablet models represent a vast improvement over manufacturers' first efforts. Take the Viewsonic PC V1250, which blows away most first generation tablets we've reviewed.

Tablet PCs running Windows XP Tablet Edition come in two flavors: standard notebook designs with keyboards and true tablets. The ViewSonic Tablet PC is among the latter. The ViewSonic is the only XP ...

The Tablet PC, which runs the Windows XP operating system, is a notebook-size computer with a pen-based interface, Universal Serial Bus plug-and-play capabilities and wireless options.

Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2004 ... PC operating system is coming sometime in the middle of next year and that it will be offered for free to current Tablet PC owners.

Running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, this device practically dared its owners to enter text without assistance from a bundled snap-on keyboard. It was frustrating then, and it’s a museum piece now.

Whether it was Windows for Pen, Windows XP Tablet PC, or the current Windows 7, tablet accessibility has been treated as an optional extra that you can bolt on to the rest of the operating system.

The first time I took my new Tablet PC out in public, after the "Ooohs" and "Ahhhs," the first question I was asked was, "Does it run on XP Home or Pro?" I said, "Er, neither.

In 2002, it launched the stylus-based Windows XP Tablet PC. Its strength was in its handwriting recognition software, but the tablet tried to jam PC-level RAM, storage and CPU into a tablet.

Back then, the focus was on tablets running Windows XP, on a device that measured about 1 inch thick. As the story reports, Fujitsu was already designing Tablet PCs for the medical, insurance, and ...