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March 4th, 2010, 03:20
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Well isn't this the most unlikely partnership of the year. Apparently world famous designer and maker of watches/belts Pierre Cardin thought the tablet selection in the world was lacking, and teamed up with a small Taiwanese OEM to bring some touchscreen devices to market. We checked out the line today, and though both the 7-inch PC729 and 8.9-inch PC819 tablets are rather thick the build quality is actually solid. The tablets pack resistive multitouch displays and include a stylus for navigating around Windows 7. Internally they're packing VIA's older C7-M (http://www.engadget.com/tag/via+c7-m/) processors which doesn't mean good things on the battery life front -- we can't imagine these things running for longer than two hours. All we know is that we're loving the attachable leather murse that opens up to reveal a rubbery physical keyboard. Whether you'd shell out $450 ($300 without Windows 7) for one of these really just depends on how much you love Pierre Cardin -- the man, not the tablet maker.
Gallery: Pierre Cardin tablet PC hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/pierre-cardin-tablet-pc-hands-on/)
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Well isn't this the most unlikely partnership of the year. Apparently world famous designer and maker of watches/belts Pierre Cardin thought the tablet selection in the world was lacking, and teamed up with a small Taiwanese OEM to bring some touchscreen devices to market. We checked out the line today, and though both the 7-inch PC729 and 8.9-inch PC819 tablets are rather thick the build quality is actually solid. The tablets pack resistive multitouch displays and include a stylus for navigating around Windows 7. Internally they're packing VIA's older C7-M (http://www.engadget.com/tag/via+c7-m/) processors which doesn't mean good things on the battery life front -- we can't imagine these things running for longer than two hours. All we know is that we're loving the attachable leather murse that opens up to reveal a rubbery physical keyboard. Whether you'd shell out $450 ($300 without Windows 7) for one of these really just depends on how much you love Pierre Cardin -- the man, not the tablet maker.
Gallery: Pierre Cardin tablet PC hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/pierre-cardin-tablet-pc-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/pierrecardingal01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/pierre-cardin-tablet-pc-hands-on/2764278/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/pierrecardingal02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/pierre-cardin-tablet-pc-hands-on/2764279/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/pierrecardingal03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/pierre-cardin-tablet-pc-hands-on/2764280/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/pierrecardingal04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/pierre-cardin-tablet-pc-hands-on/2764281/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/pierrecardingal05_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/pierre-cardin-tablet-pc-hands-on/2764282/)
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