Think how much more productive you could be if you carried out your business your way. Now you can.

The Tablet PC allows you to work naturally whilst still providing the power and performance that you've come to expect from traditional computing. By adapting it to your needs, Open Reality ensures that this fully featured Compaq Tablet PC will provide you with a viable, truly mobile, alternative to iPAQs and laptops at a fraction of the cost.

Fully installed with Network Instruments Observer, you can now analyse and troubleshoot your network from a platform that is as mobile as you are.

Why Observer

With Observer, a network administrator can view his or her LAN more clearly, see network traffic in real time, and with this new information, make network decisions based on facts instead of guesswork. Observer removes the mystery of what is being sent or received by LAN stations.

• Convert your Tablet PC into a powerful protocol analyzer
• Instantly assess the effectiveness of network changes
• Switched modes see all ports on a switch gathering statistics from the entire switch or packet capture from any port or ports
• Monitor and graph real-time bandwidth utilization, save historical data
• Use the Efficiency History mode to baseline your LAN - check efficiency in the future using this baseline value for change determination
• Collect Network Trending using advanced sampling for days, weeks, or months. graph, chart or create comparative reports
• Collect statistics by user, packet size, or protocol (chart or list)
• Capture, view, and decode LAN traffic in real time. Decode TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBIOS/NetBEUI, AppleTalk, DECnet and SNA, using advanced pre- and post filtering, station, protocol and offset filtering (over 500 protocol decodes)
• Chart Protocol and Subprotocol usage, including all IP services (i.e. telnet, ftp, HTTP, NNTP, LPD/LPR, NFS, etc.)
• Network activity display shows at a glance critical performance information
• Traffic generator and packet buffer replay for stress testing, problem duplication
• Set triggers/alarms to analyze LAN traffic and pinpoint critical problems automatically - triggers can activate message windows, captures, logs, trouble tickets or execute external programs (email or pager for example)
• Vital signs display network errors as they happen, historical record saved
• Router Observer displays a router's traffic patterns in real time (up to 8 routers tracketd)
• Show Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI errors by station
• True layer 3 filtering (by IP address), and displays

Observer is the only tool that can truly and effectively stop multi-vendor fingerpointing. Once a problem has been captured, there can be no argument as to where the problem is located and which vendor is responsible.

Observer offers several modes of analysis to help you isolate specific network problems by focusing on different aspects of your network. Click here for more information on Observer.

Why Wireless Tablet Observer

When you work in a mobile environment you need a PC that can adapt to your demands - not the other way. And with the Tablet PC's multiple form factors, you can choose how best you want to work.

Shift effortlessly between the desktop, notebook and digital notepad forms or slide in the flexible docking station for a full desktop experience.

battery life
The latest Lithium-Ion battery provides up to 5 hours of power whenever you go mobile - more than enough for you to stay productive when you're out of the office.

The built in bridge battery allows you to swap over batteries whilst your Tablet PC is in standby mode. As a result, you can effectively stay mobile for as long as you need - just plug in a new battery whenever you need a power boost.

size and weight
At only 2cm thin and just 1.4kg in weight, the Tablet PC is a true mobile performer. Compared to even the smallest and lightest notebook PCs it still leads the way in a size to performance comparison.

Small enough to fit into a briefcase and light enough to sit comfortably in your hand, the Tablet PC can be as easily stored away as it can be used during a journey.

integrated wireless technology
The Tablet PC comes with wireless connectivity as standard. Stay connected to your network while you're away from your desk via integrated 802.11b wireless access and internal antennas.

On the road you can plug into your network using a wireless WAN PC card, whilst face-to-face communication can be achieved through wireless PAN with a Bluetooth Compact Flash or PC Card.


Combining the power and functionality of a conventional PC with the convenience and simplicity of a pen and paper, the Tablet PC transforms effortlessly from desktop to notebook to digital notepad, and back again.

Stylishly designed and easy to hold, the Tablet PC seamlessly merges the very best in computing technology with the most simple methods of working, providing you with a solution that adapts to your business needs.