The TC1000 is a hybrid Tablet PC

Tablet computer

A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen...

 designed by Compaq

Compaq

Compaq Computer Corporation is a personal computer company founded in 1982. Once the largest supplier of personal computing systems in the world, Compaq existed as an independent corporation until 2002, when it was acquired for US$25 billion by Hewlett-Packard....

, before it was purchased by HP

Hewlett-Packard

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. It used the Transmeta Crusoe

Transmeta Crusoe

The Crusoe is a family of x86-compatible microprocessors developed by Transmeta. Crusoe was notable for its method of achieving x86 compatibility. Instead of the instruction set architecture being implemented in hardware, or translated by specialized hardware, the Crusoe runs a software abstraction...

 processor. Unlike many Tablet PCs which can only operate either in traditional laptop configuration, or with the keyboard folded behind the screen, the display is fully detachable from the keyboard. The product was developed and manufactured using ODM model from LG Electronics, Inc. of South Korea.

The TC1000 was replaced by the HP Compaq TC1100

TC1100

The HP Compaq TC1100 is a tablet PC sold by Hewlett-Packard that was the follow-up to the Compaq TC1000. The TC1100 had either an Intel Celeron or an Intel Pentium M chip set and could be upgraded to a maximum amount of 2 gigabytes of memory. These upgrades from the TC1000 were much welcomed after...

 which features a faster Pentium M

Pentium M

The Pentium M brand refers to a family of mobile single-core x86 microprocessors introduced in March 2003 , and forming a part of the Intel Carmel notebook platform under the then new Centrino brand...

 processor and an integrated digitizer from Wacom, among other small upgrades.

Design Awards

The TC1000 has won numerous industrial design awards. These include:

• 2003 IDEA Bronze Award - http://www.idsa.org/idea/idea2003/B200.htm
• 2003 IF Product Design Award
  IF product design award
  The iF Product Design Award was introduced in 1954 and is annually conferred by the iF International Forum Design. Every year the iF attracts more than 2,000 product entries from around 37 nations, which are judged by renowned experts, with the best of them receiving an iF seal of outstanding...
  
  - http://www.ifdesign.de/index_e
• 2003 ID Magazine Honorable Mention - http://www.idonline.com/
• 2003 Good Design Award - http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/gdesign/winners03.htm