![]() ![]() It looks much like an elongated Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Android tablet, complete with very shiny gray plastics and front stereo speakers that flank the display. The tablet has 1 USB 2.0 port, a 3.5mm audio jack and a microSD card slot that's compatible with SDXC cards. ![]() The Samsung ATIV Smart PC 500T has dual band WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and a front 2MP camera. The caveat? Though Intel Atom CPUs have improved since the old netbook days, they're still not nearly as fast as Intel Core i machines. That makes the ATIV 500T a much more versatile product than can run MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, Windows Media Player and much more, and it accepts drivers for USB peripherals just like existing Windows laptops and desktops. You're not limited to Live Tiles apps from the MS app store as you are with Windows RT tablets. The Samsung $649 ATIV 500T ($769 with keyboard dock), like other Intel Atom based tablets, can run all Windows apps: that means x86/Windows 7 apps just like any other full Windows computer. And then there are Windows 8 convertible tablets like the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13, Lenovo ThinkPad Twist, Toshiba Satellite U925t and Sony Vaio Duo 11 selling for more than $1,000 on average, though some are less expensive. At the lower end of price and functionality we have Windows 8 RT tablets like MS Surface RT and the Asus VivoTab RT with an entry price of $500-$600, and at the upper end we have Intel Core i5 tablets like the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T, Acer Iconia Tab W700 and the MS Surface Pro, priced around $1,000 and up. In Chief (twitter: Samsung ATIV Smart PC 500T proves two things: you can never have enough words in your product name and that there is a place for tweener Windows 8 tablets. What's not: A bit slow, especially given the price bracket. What's hot: Good battery life, bright and colorful touchscreen, has a digital Wacom pen, relatively light, can run X86 Windows 7 apps. Samsung ATIV Smart PC 500T Editor's rating (1-5): Home > Notebook Reviews & Tablet Reviews > Samsung ATIV 500T Smart PC
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