HP Compaq 2710p tablet PC Review
17 December 2007 - Tablet PC has never be anything more than a niche product but as mobile technology develops so battery life improves and devices start to get lighter, we’re starting to see Tablet PC make sense.
Take the HP Compaq 2710p for instance; it has a brushed magnesium-alloy chassis, which helps keep the weight down to a more than portable 1.8kg, as well as making it feel good to the touch. It’s a standard clamshell design, which means it comes with a keyboard as well as a digitised screen, so you can use it either in standard notebook mode, or twist the screen around 180 degrees and write directly on the screen with the digitised pen.
The screen is easily one of the best tablet screens available, proving bright and clear with little sign of the haze associated with such panels. There is an ambient sensor that pitches the screen brightness in accordance with the light around it, which worked exceedingly well…