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Just as in movies, a sequel always had to carry a burden of great expectations from the masses when the prequel turns out to be a massive hit, the same applies to the technological innovations as well. So when HTC HD2 was declared to be the best Windows Mobile handset we have ever laid our hands on by the users and mobile phone critics, pressure was inevitable on the HTC HD3 to run ahead of the laurels of its predecessor HTC HD2.
Yes, the specifications and the release date for much anticipated HTC HD2 mobile device has been leaked to the web world by a Chinese site QQ.com(English translated version).
NOTE : Image shown above is a renderer of HD2, and not HD3.
HTC HD3 SPECS compared to those of HTC HD2 :
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The Panasonic Toughbook 08 was a tablet built for abuse. The magnesium alloy case is purportedly 20 times stronger than that of standard plastics used in tablet and laptop construction. The Toughbook 08 comes with a 10.4 inch LED touchscreen and only weighs 2.6 pounds. The device comes with wifi, bluetooth and an ethernet slot. This tablet has a SD expansion slot, which is necessary given its paltry 64MB of RAM. Turns out that while consumers want a rugged and sturdy alternative, aesthetically unpleasing products such as the Toughbook 08 will struggle. Who would have thought? As such, the Panasonic Toughbook 08 is no longer in production.
Long before the Apple iSlate (or iPad, or whatever they’ll be calling it) was even a thought in our minds, there was the Motion M1200. The first “slate,” the M1200 sported a massive 12.1 inch display, giving it a competitive advantage over similar tablets which used the smaller 10.4 inch display. Although built with a magnesium alloy chassis, the Motion M1200 was not designed to take a beating like the ToughBooks. The M1200 came with an 833 MHz mobile Pentium 3 processor, 128 to 512 MB of RAM, and either a 20, 40, or 60 GB hard drive. The advertised price of this tablet was $2,200 in 2002, which undoubtedly had something to do with the low adoption rate.
One of the first slates to be produced by a big manufacturer was the Fujitsu Stylistic ST5010. Taking a page from Motion’s book, the Fujitsu Stylistic ST5010 came with a huge 12.1 inch screen. Weighing in at 3.4 pounds, the tablet was larger than most, but still light enough for extensive travel; however the four hour battery life was not conducive to this end. Boasting a 1 GHz Pentium M processor, the ST5010 was faster than most of its competitors in the space. Unfortunately, the larger screen led to smaller buttons which were hard to push. The ST5010 was also mysteriously missing a four-way navigation pad which made navigation quite a pain.
The Samsung Q1 was one of the first projects built under Microsoft’s Origami project. The Q1 can boot directly into Windows XP or AVS mode. With AVS mode, the Q1 boots to a media player with no Windows Explorer interface. The Q1 Ultra is extremely lightweight, coming in at just over 1.7 pounds. The Intel Celeron M ULV chip running at 900 MHz was supposed to help with battery life, but the device could still only muster 3 hours. The 7 inch touchscreen was smaller than the standard we became accustomed to, and given its poor performance and short battery life, the Q1 Ultra was not well-received.
The iPod Touch was introduced to the masses in September of 2007. It comes with a 3.5 inch multi-touch display, and weighs only 4.2 ounces. The battery life in the first generation is sufficient, with up to 22 hours for audio, and 5 for video. Subsequent versions have improved battery life. It was the first of the iPod line to be able to access the iTunes store as well as Apple’s App Store, which greatly increased the number of third-party applications being offered to the platform. While not marketed as a slate, the iPod Touch, has all the functionality of its predecessors, along with the addition of multi-touch. The success of the iPod Touch has been prolific, with over 20 million sold in its first two years.
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The Compaq iPAQ, introduced in 2000, was another advanced PDA device. It took advantage of a Windows interface which gave it multimedia functionality over its Palm rivals. Consumers were able to buy “sleeves” which added functionality; such as GPS, wireless networking, and extra batteries. The first model ran at 200 MHz, and had 64MB of RAM, while later versions had as much as 128 MB of RAM and a 624 MHz processor. The iPAQ line have undergone major revamps since HP’s acquisition of Compaq and are no longer being branded as the iPAQ. Instead, HP has decided to call the future iterations Personal Navigation Devices and Travel Companions. This is a good way to differentiate themselves from their competitor, since calling a product the i”Name” makes one think of something Apple-related.
The Microsoft Surface is the only non-portable slate on the list. It has an incredible 30 inch multi-touch screen, but only has 2 GB of RAM, a 250 GB hard drive, and a 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The Surface is able to recognize different objects as well as register multiple users, which is where this product excels. We have one of these in our TechCrunch office and the multi-user recognition makes for great air hockey games, but it gets more use as a coffee table than anything else. This is definitely not made for personal use, but larger organizations such as hospitals could benefit from this technology.
The hype over the product has caused such a media frenzy that one can’t go to any news site without seeing the tablet mentioned in some form or another. No no one outside of Apple knows what the tablet 
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