DesignTechnica has taken a first look at the Philips DesXcape

If you subscribe to the theories of Bill Gates then you would agree that the tablet PC is supposed to be the next big thing in personal computing. Whether this claim will prove true still remains to be seen, but numerous electronics manufacturers are attempting to fill the market with various tablet incarnations. One such device is the new Philips 150DM; tagged as a "Smart Display" this 15-inch LCD monitor with an XGA (1024 x 768) resolution can be detached from its base station and function as a wireless tablet PC-like device complete with a large stylus to navigate menus and write text using built-in character recognition.

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