The only companies that have talked about running Windows 7 on a tablet and not merged it with a discussion of vertical markets are Asus, which announced at CES that its Eee Slate EP121 would ship for $999 this quarter and ViewSonic, a company that by no means focuses on PCs.
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Similarly Dell announced today that it would field a Windows 7 tablet later this year that would target vertical markets (with customized software to optimize integration with other Dell business system offerings). That strategy follows HP’s shift of its HP Slate 500 strategy late last fall, moving from a consumer product to a vertical business product with an $800 price tag. Last month at CES, Fujitsu and MSI showed Windows 7 tablets, and both companies clearly indicated that their Windows tablet strategies were aimed at vertical markets, such as medical, finance, manufacturing, and education. We’ve heard a lot of chatter about putting Windows 7 on a tablet–including a headline-grabbing keynote at the 2010 CES–but we’ve seen very little movement to make it happen. But this time, in doing so, the industry may be missing the point of why Windows tablets may be desirable outside the business realm.
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As before, PC manufacturers are largely focusing on vertical markets in enterprise applications for Windows-based tablets. As I watch the Tablet Revolution, 2011 Edition unfold, I’m struck by the similarities to the first go-round of tablets a decade ago.