A couple weeks ago the OS informed me that the extended battery for my Motion LS800 had issues and should be replaced. Not really surprising as the battery is 3 or 4 years old and has been heavily used.
I swapped back to the standard battery and now woe is me – it too tells me that it needs to be replaced. This battery is actually even older than the Extended battery.
This could spell the end for my much loved Motion LS800, which is a real shame. Worse than that it is my only tablet that is a slate. And if I were to replace it – what would I replace it with?
Motion seem to have focused on vertical markets and as such all the new devices they are releasing are ruggudised, specialised or both. Who makes a nice corporate Slate these days?
Electrovaya and the Scribbler SC 4000 still seem to be around, but they have never made it downunder AFAIK.
The Tablet Kiosk Sahara range is probably the most comprehensive, but there has been little development in the year or so since I looked at it last.
Fujitsu have had an on again, off again affair with the slate form factor.
Why isn’t anyone building cool new slates these days? Do you think we’ll see any new slates hitting the market when Windows 7 ships?