Gigabyte S1080 10.1-Inch Tablet Computer
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Gigabyte S1080 10.1-Inch Tablet Computer
- 10.1″ Capacitive Multi-touch 1024×600 LED backlight display with mouse-like navigation buttons and on-screen hot keys
- Intel Atom Dual-Core Processor N570 (1.66GHz) and Windows 7 Home Premium (32 bit)
- 2GB DDR III RAM/320GB HDD/USB 3.0/Giga-LAN/WiFi 802.11bgn/Bluetooth 3.0+HS/VGA/Media Card Reader
- Elegant portfolio carrying case that smartly protects the screen and comes with a useful built-in stand
- Built-in Word and Excel applications, along with Windows Live Essentials suite for online community and media enjoyment
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The GIGABYTE S1080-CF1 is an attractive lightweight and high-performing multitasking 10.1″ tablet that offers the full productivity and familiarity of a PC. With excellent connectivity, compatibility and storage capacity, the S1080-CF1 is designed for high-end professional use, while also being perfect for multimedia enjoyment. Featuring Windows 7 Home Premium and powered by Intel’s N570 dual-core processor, the S1080-CF1 is a powerful tablet PC that provides a solid and familiar working environ
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almost there, some limits,
For those in need of a complete windows 7 solution for compatibility it is well deserved for praise. Weighing at just under 2 lbs, and a nearly four hour surfing time, it is the near the best for a windows solution without any surfing limitations found on ipad or even fewer found on android or blackberry or software limitations of any kind. Windows 7 is not however optimized for the ultra smooth and silky operation of movement and fluidity as an ipad or android however, nor the lasting battery power or the brighter screen and resolution as the ipad. This all boils down to what your needs are. Business without any software limitations is made for Gigabyte s1080. For fun and games and non demanding web browsing requirements for compatibility issues is made for ipad users. The hardware could be better, such as the resolution and brightness and contrast as well as a longer lasting battery but what it lacks in these hardware limitations, it really shines in fast 5 second bootup from sleep mode while only draining about 12% during sleep mode per day, under 2 pound facility in weight, and a relatively speedy and sufficient processor with some occasional lags.
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|Gigabyte s1080 is awesome,
I just bought a gigabyte s1080, and to my surprise, it came with the USB keyboard inside the case (this case is use for tablet stands) very neat.
All functionality works as expected, therefore, this gigabyte with stands and usb keyboard, even without the docking station can work as laptop (or desktop for this matter, because its a bit hard and not convenience to use the stands and keyboard on your lap). I can use my usb mouse easily.
With 320GB storage, it’s enough room for any files and applications, and also I attached my 500GB external hard drive (NTFS) without any problem whatsoever.
This Slate PC Tablet touch screen is very responsive (even though still cannot match the responsiveness of androids tablets or ipad, I think this is due to the Windows 7 OS that is not really designed for mobile units), for my purpose, it suit me very well.
The display is satisfactory, very neat design, and connectivities are complete (USB 2.0, USB 3.0, wifi, 3G, monitor connection etc.)
The virtual keyboard is nice although a bit small for me.
The built in mouse function on the right hand side is really awesome (with left click and right click on the lefthand side) for this tablet to use as pure tablet PC, without any keyboard.
I give 5 stars rating due to its price performance.
The less responsive multitouchscreen properties, I think is due to the Windows 7 nature (I am not an expert so I might be wrong), therefore I still think this Gigabyte S1080 is worth to have 5 stars rating.
I probably will update my review after using this tablet several weeks from now.
UPDATE ON 23rd DEC 2011
I played around with this slate PC the whole day and I’ve found three things that is the cons or minus side of this slate PC, even though it still deserve the 5 stars ratings.
1. Display : display is nice but the viewing angle compare to the ipad or high end android tablets, is not good. But if we compare to laptops or netbooks in general, it can be considered as good. So if the display can match high end android tablets or Ipad 1, it can be awesome.
2. Movies : This tablets plays movies from youtube (up to 1080p) blue ray 720p without any problems, excellent quality, but when I played my HD 1080p movies from my hard drive, it have troubles, I think its due to the CPU and Video chips quality, and from th windows experience index number (when you play windows game), this tablets achieve numbers of 3.0 which means (by microsoft definition) :
A computer with a base score of 3.0 can run Aero and many features of Windows 7 at a basic level. Some of the Windows 7 advanced features might not have all of their functionality available. For example, a computer with a base score of 3.0 can display the Windows 7 theme at a resolution of 1280 × 1024, but might struggle to run the theme on multiple monitors. Or, it can play digital TV content but might struggle to play high-definition television (HDTV) content.
3. Battery : battery back up time is only around 3 to 4 hours or a bit more, depend on the usage.
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|Ground Breaking Bridge between Tablets and Notebooks,
This is an outstanding piece of innovative engineering that takes advantage of new technologies to produce a complact, powerful, ground breaking product Gigabyte S1080 10.1-Inch Tablet Computer that hopefully will not suffer the fate of what I believe may have been the first true “tablet pc”.
The first portable pc I ever purchased was around 2003 and produced by Compaq. The Compaq Concerto fell victim to its own foresight in both hardwared and software design. Unfortunately, it was so far ahead of its time using then rare technologies such as pen sensitive touchscreen, handwrighting recognition and inking capabilities as well as a removable keyboard cover that allowed it to be a true self standing pen based tablet. An OS overlay UI system designed by Xerox allowed one to create project based “notebooks” that made the first significant use of “shortcut” icons to create what might be somewwhat akin to what one can do today in software such as MS OneNote.
Sadly the Concerto died on the vine due to inadequate processing power to fully power its visionary features. It is Unfortunate few remember and even fewer ever note its early implementation of the concept of a device bridging notebook and tablet (then commonly known as pen computer) into a single hybrid that provided the utility of pen (I find today’s capacitive touch screens inferior for productivity devices compared to resistive pen based implementations as fingers are great for painting but are not designed for writing and onscreen keyboards are temperermental while taking up precious screen space. Even styluses novw available for multtitouch screens seeem to require broad rubbery tips that do not perform much better.)
This bit of history and personal viewpoint are important in understanding why, despite some significant changes I would make in the Gigabyte S1080 and its comming descendents) I rate it as highly as possible and pray that enough distrivbutors can overcome the current focus on iMania and Androidism to realize the great value many would place on a device with most of the features and functionality of iOS and Android based devices and based on the compatibility of a Windows 7+ based platform that provides features that are severe limitations on those devices except the most casual users of such devices in the context of entertainment and social computing phenomena.
If enought visionary distributors in this country see the enormous vacuum that exists for a product that bridges productivity notebooks and tablets in the iOS and Android families. These non-windows devices do not fill thtis enormous void but gain growing market shareand attention because people are not aware of the visionaary line of Slate products that Gigabye (known widely as one of the top suppliers of quality MB’s, you most likely used in a past desktop or notebooks based on Gigabyte components!)
I had to explain the context of my rating for those not familiar with the S1080 prouct. It is potentially a SMASH hit if it can get enough attention and Gigabyte gets good feedback on minor things that range from annoyance to missed opporunities to make a game chnger out of an already revolutionary product.
MY PROS: Touchscreen (capacitive) capability that is fully capable of taking advantage of the alreade provided extensive tablet and pen support capabilities already built into Windows 7, including extensive option dialogs for pen, tablet, handwriting, and navigational controls.
Setting this apart is its tightly engineered, well designed case for that screen that is secured by 4 easily removable Torx screws that reveal a packed but functional design that requires but a single screw to secure the 2-1/2″, 320GB hard drive in place. A single DDR3 S0-DIMM slot holds the max of 2GB memory supported. One can easily see the internal mini-PCI-E slot containing a Realtek Family Combo NIC supporting both Wi Fi (802.11b,g,n), Bluetooth 3.0, and wired 10/100/1000 Gigabit ethernet networking. In addition the internal antennae for the Wi Fi are supplemented with those that support an empty externally accessible 3G broadband slot for a SIM card! There is also a second, empty mini PCI-e slot already supplied with a waiting power connector wired and taped down.
I/O connectors is what sets the 10.1″ screen miracle apart: SD card slot, USB 2.0 connector, headphone and mic jacks, gigabit wired RJ-45 Jack occupy the left side of the case in normal landscape mode. On the right side you can find additional ventilation slots that are fan driven to cool the dual core, N710, hyperthreaded Intel Atom processor that provides 4 effective virtual processors. Also are the external power connector, 3G SIM slot waitng to be filled, and fully functional USB 3.0 connector. Yes, you heard right. Not a typ0. This comes with USB 3.0 connectivity. And lest I forget, throw in a VGA connector for an external monitor as well…
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