Samsung Gloria to be a Windows 7 tablet with sliding keyboard

By on Dec 8, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Tablets December 8, 2010

According to an unconfirmed report on French enthusiast blog Blogeee.net, Samsung is currently developing a Windows 7 tablet PC with a slide-out keyboard. Citing multiple sources, the blog says that a forthcoming tablet from Samsung — codenamed Samsung Gloria — will feature a 10-inch touchscreen display and a slide-out keyboard. The concept seems less than ideal; a device that large with a keyboard that slides out and remains parallel to the display would basically be a nightmare to use. While the blog’s mock-up of the device, pictured above, shows a landscape slider, we can only see this working if the keypad slides out in portrait orientation — unless Samsung has managed to develop an adjustable display mechanism like the one found on the HTC Touch Pro. On a device this large, however, such a mechanism would likely cause the device to topple over. But Blogeee.net is convinced the device is destined for market, and our interest is definitely peaked. According to the report, the Samsung Gloria will be released some time in March or April 2011.

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  • Shanghai Dan

    Scale up my HTC Touch Pro 2 and you have a great platform. I hate onscreen keyboards (they’re hard to use, and chew up too much screen real estate); you don’t have the sharpen your fingers to use a real keyboard as well. Make it slide, make it tilt, and it’s a great form-factor for a tablet that can get real work done (one that requires more than a Tweet-length entry).

  • http://twitter.com/MrKal_El Mr Kal-El

    There will be a huge influx of Win 7 Tabs coming… I just hope they will all be upgradeable to Win 8.

  • sirpaul

    Only useful if they keys are easy enough to press when touch-typing. Having to actually “press” each key like on a phone would be a PITA.

  • Anonymous

    What is with the directional pads on keyboards? Did no one learn how irritating that was from the original Droid?

    Even though that’s a much larger product, I have a touchscreen. You guys are claiming it’s a good one. What am I going to do with a directional pad? Not sarcasm, by the by; seriously, if you had one, what would you do with it?

  • Anonymous

    slide out keyboards look so cheesy…

  • Donny

    A real OS on a tablet? FINALLY!

    • Me

      Remember the OQO?

      • http://twitter.com/SirCatalyst Justin Vincible

        Remember?! I still use my OQO almost daily.

    • opiapr

      So iOS and Android are fake OSs? How ignorant.

      • http://twitter.com/kirkewilliams kirkewilliams

        Ignorant? Those are watered down OS’s.

  • Anonymous

    Note it should be “our interest is definitely piqued“

  • http://twitter.com/derrickisonline Derrick -Lex-

    If we’re going to have a slide out keyboard on a tablet and full blown OS, why not just call it a netbook or laptop. Pointless.

  • Anonymous

    Not sure why people would comment on the hardware of a mockup when it’s not actually the device in question, anyhow 10″ would have serious weight issues for me including a keyboard. This will be a device measured in pounds not ounces being held on an outside edge. There are a lot of phones that don’t pull this off and make typing comfortable with all that weight on the fingers and forearms.

    7″ In portrait sounds reasonable, this however does not.

  • http://theiloop.com/ Zaib Ali

    But they should make it better looking then that

  • Anonymous

    Wow, I thought nothing could be worse than RIM’s 1/2 CEO yesterday at the Dive. Then we get this news of a tablet with a physical keyboard.

    No vision, no success.

  • Barney Stinson

    That keyboard is FAIL

    the keyboard on my touch pro2 is way better

  • http://twitter.com/palfrei Peter Palfrei

    So, it’s a netbook…

  • Twistedfusion

    So, if the keyboard doesn’t tile when you slide it out, its a FAIL.

  • Bs_thinker

    If the keyboard was the size of the droid X in portrait mode with swype, you wouldn’t need a physical keyboard and it would take up less real estate. This product seems to be a step backwards. Why weigh the device down with a keyboard?

  • Design Student

    sure its been mentioned several times. But seriously Samsung. you need to hire some new concept designers to give you better ideas with better ergonomic features. apple got it right with attachable keyboard for the ipad. People on the move don’t need bulk and poor interface.

  • Anonymous

    Why, Zach would it be “a nightmare” to have a slide out keyboard on a 10″ device? To type on any 10″ device you have to lay it down or prop it up on something. You can not (except maybe for Shaq) hold it and type with your thumbs at the same time. So why would it matter if you have an onscreen keyboard eating up real estate compared to a physical one that leaves the screen alone. Are you suggesting that there wouldn’t be room for the slider?

    To me this things seems to be a true hybrid device. Tablet for most of the time but net book when it is needed.

  • http://twitter.com/SirCatalyst Justin Vincible

    Finally, I might have a worthy up-to-date replacement for my OQO Model 02. I love that little machine.

  • givemeyourshoes

    AKA the UMPC from a couple years back is making a comeback.

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