In news that will probably make a lot of tablet enthusiasts happy, Dell has posted a video on their website "Direct2Dell" which indicates that they will enter the tablet market in Q3 of 2007. The tablet will be sold under the Latitude brand and will carry the "Latitude XT Tablet PC" name. As the report here states, the Latitude XT will be marketed at the education, medical and corporate sectors according to Dell's Jeff Clark. He also goes on to say, that it will be one of the lightest Tablets in its class and will feature advances in the touch-screen interface to make it more practical to use. It will also be based on Intel’s new platform Santa Rosa.
Dell‘s entry into the tablet market, could be the beginning of a new phase and a revival of the tablet market. Dell is the world’s largest manufacturer of PCs and laptops and with their interest in the market; we are in for interesting times.
This would be a boon to the Hospital and School Industry not only in terms of light wait but speed and touch screen would could be used very creatively in developing user friends softwares. 
