New tablet PCs: Better--but still not perfect
ZDNet | at | by Mike
The first thing you notice about the tablets on display here is the variety of form factors they've adopted. Perhaps the most interesting shape is that of an HP machine that was called "Raptor 2.0" before it shipped, the HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1100.
Raptor is a convertible, meaning it switches from a screen-and-keyboard portable to a pure tablet. Other convertibles typically perform that trick by turning the screen around and folding it down onto the keyboard. The Raptor does it by sliding the screen down over its exceptionally thin keyboard; when you need to type, the screen slides back and angles up to reveal the keyboard.