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CES 2012 Week Panasonic showed off a handheld Skype tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last night. Panasonic Skype Communications Device It only exists as a prototype, and you might think that folks' smartphones and tablets will do the job of video calling equally well, but Panasonic thinks punters will want a …

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  1. GettinSadda
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    Better yet...

    Give it a charger/stand, make it touch screen (I assume it will be already) and when not doing Skype it can be a clock / family calendar device, photo album etc. Want to make a call? Just pick it up and it will automatically pop up a menu of actions (when it is removed from the charger) including an option to voice or video call. Incoming call? Just pick it up to answer, or press the on-screen button to answer with it still in the charger.

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  2. JDX Gold badge

    So it's a cheap tablet with a $2 plastic stand glued on? Or did I miss something? Maybe the idea is it's super-cheap since it can be very low-power and not need a fancy screen?

    But a laptop can do all that they mention, surely?

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    1. It'sa Mea... Mario
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      @'But a laptop can do all that they mention, surely?'

      Yes, but do grandparents really want to buy a whole laptop to skype the grandkids occaionally?

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      1. Mike Street
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        Well, yes, they are...

        likely to already have a laptop - otherwise what would be the point of having an Internet connection?

        It doesn't make sense to pay for Internet connectivity just for the occasional Skype call.

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  3. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge

    Time to dump their shares

    So a major Japanese consumer electronics group's main announcement is a cheap bit of obvious that a $75 tablet can already do and that can be cloned for $30 by any chinese maker.

    A bit like having Mercedes' announcing at the motor show a sleeve on your sun visor to hold CDs.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Yeahbut this is CES not CeBIT

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  4. dynamight

    Looks like something...

    from the Amstrad stable.

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  5. Dave 15

    Amstrad...

    Personally I think Amstrad wouldn't have lowered themselves to this

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