Samsung Series 7 Slate PC

It’s likely that more tablet computers have hit the streets in the past two years than in the previous decade. But tablets have been around for years — they just didn’t always look like the iPad

Taking cues from Asus' Transformer series, Samsung offers its take on the hybrid laptop/tablet.

Samsung's Windows slate doesn't live up to the performance promise.

Don't waste your money. Touch interface is twitchy, hard to be accurate. Screen surface is sticky, scrolling is very frustrating. Less than one month and the slate has failed due to normal flexing of the flimsy case from simply holding the tablet. Most...

Familiar Windows 7 platform provides immediate production with this versatile and powerful product. It has the mobility and feel of a tablet but the power to easily process every task I have put to it.

Like most tablets, I'm skeptical on the practicality of this device. When I use it with a docking station it's a pretty neat little portable computer; however, without the docking station it's a little difficult to use. As another reviewer mentioned,...

Like the portability. Much easier to carry around versus a laptop. Battery life is good. Touch screen is very responsive. Only con is if you join to a domain. Have to use the ease of access feature to login. Would recommend if you don't like the ipad.

The Series 7 is not a Galaxy product. In fact, it comes from an entirely different division within Samsung: not the mobile group, but the team responsible for the Series 9 and other laptops you might have seen lately.

As an IT manager, I mainly issue Lenovo Thinkpad's for mobile devices, all "T", "W" and "X" series. As the need for a tablet has arisen, we tried the "X201T" with the swivel hinged monitor and stylus. It "served the purpose", although it was clunky.