If you visit www.xThink.com, you’ll notice that xThink doesn’t have a publicly accessible trial download of MathJournal. However, through a special arrangement with GottaBeMobile.com, xThink is offering our readers a special 45 day evaluation trial of MathJournal 1.1. MathJournal includes the functionality of Calculator (see our InkShow), plus it features plotting, symbolic math, integrals, derivations, [...]
Interested in the new insert image and search functionality within OneNote 2007? Checkout this InkShow Watch Now! ( 5:27, 8.5mb) Public beta registration
I’m downloading Hugo’s podcast chat with Billy Hollis right now. Should be quite entertaining and informative. Listen here Show notes: The Tablet Guru Group. The Medical Vertical, in relation to Tablet Sales! Tablet PC uptake: in School’s, the critical mass & more. ““Code Addiction†(Codeheads Anonymous!) Test Driven Development. Coding for Tablet PC. Origami Project [...]
Dennis and I pinged our Toshbia contact about the 1400 x 1050 resolution disappearing from the Build To Order page for the M400 Tablet PC He told us that it was removed due to supply constraint issue. No word on when it will be listed again. I’ll post an update if I hear of a time frame. I’d [...]
Some more news on the medical front: Are you a developer looking for an opportunity to get your product recognized? Then this contest sponsored by Microsoft might interest you. The award categories: Sales, Manufacturing / Supply, and Clinical Development. From Microsoft’s Press Release: Microsoft Corp. today announced a call for entries for its Microsoft ® Pharmaceutical [...]
Scoble is posting on his blog that he’s getting a good look at the Origami device this coming Monday – right before the team heads to CeBit. Could that be when the “official” announcement is made. My guess is yes… The timing certainly fits. The three weeks appear to be spread out by 7 days: [...]
For those in the medical industry, this looks very promising. From DLMag.com’s Paul Baranowski: On Monday Intel announced that they will be testing a new tablet pc they have been working on designed to help a medical facility communicate with each other. What I mean by this is doctors being able to quickly get in touch with [...]
– Chris Playing the “OneNote Sax” that plays.., you guessed it — “One Note” Chris Pratley of the Microsoft OneNote dev team wrote quite the “tongue in cheek” post in his blog tonight. Napkin Math? You gotta read it to understand it …! “When I am sitting in a meeting or just at my desk [...]
– Well, being under NDA has it’s advantages, and it’s disadvantages. Getting to see new stuff even months ahead is great, but not being able to tell anyone about it is NOT fun. I am enjoying watching all the speculation out there though, so we will continue to report to you when we see a [...]
I picked this quote from one of the many sites and blogs following the Origami buzz and how everyone is quite taken-aback by how successful Microsoft is being with this campaign. What I really love, though, is this headline quote OK, short straw gets to tell Bill he can’t wear the black turtleneck at the launch [...]
Are you looking for more information on Vista versions, features, communities, etc? Check out Microsoft’s new Vista website. It is very well designed, clean, and very informative.
-Rob Bushway With an apparent “oops” web posting the week before last on the Vista product line offerings, Microsoft has finally officially released its Vista line up via a press release. Media Center combined with Tablet PC on one computer in all editions except Home Basic – bring it on . Table PC is now [...]
– Speculation is running wild about Origami, which is of course exactly what Microsoft wants to happen. Now before anyone starts screaming “Evil Empire” vaporware spew, understand that this is what is called, uhhh, successful marketing. I know that lots of people are expecting to have rumors confirmed or denied, or at least to get [...]
– (image courtesy of TabletPCReviewSpot.com) One of the things we expect to do really well on this site is to review hardware and software. However, when we come across a really good review done elsewhere, we certainly want to help pass the word! Barry Doyle of TabletPCReviewSpot.com has done a great review of the Acer [...]
Interested in learning more about xThink Calculator for the Tablet PC? Then you’ve got to watch this InkShow! Watch it now Download the trial of Calculator Download MathJournal 45 day evaluation (includes all the features of Calculator, plus plotting, symbolic math, integrals, derivations, ability to define constants and functions, output to MathML, and [...]
You’ve got to love this newsbite from Microsoft Watch’s Mary Jo Foley. I won’t address the Origami aspect due to NDA restrictions, but I definitely want to address the Tablet Edition piece. She talks about Origami being a “slimmed-down Tablet PC” and then goes on to say this: With Microsoft expected to kill the separate Tablet [...]
Are you a mobile devices / tablet pc developer looking for a great speaking engagement? You might want to check out the Mobility Connections Fall 2006 conference (Mobility Connections will be held on November 6-10th 2006.) They are featuring two tracks: one on Tablet PC and the other on Mobile devices. Want some more info? [...]
I can’t remember the last time that Microsoft has launched such a successful campaign as this Origami Project. They are doing all of the right things. Buzz is building and it is now gaining national attention. For those of you who have followed me over the past several years, I don’t shy away from telling [...]
James Kendrick and Marc Orchant have posted the latest version of On The Run With Tablet PCs podcast. Featured on this podcast is the launch of our website, TEO 3.0, Ink Gestures 1.1, OneNote 2007. Thanks for wonderful mentions guys. You were way too kind. Keep up the good work.
Watch this TEO 3.0 InkShow on the Research Assistant. Watch it now Watch the other TEO 3.0 InkShows Visit the website Download the beta Not all features will function as intended as this is a pre-beta preview.
Craig Pringle continues his Toshiba M400 Tablet PC chronicles by taking a look at the M400 battery performance. I’ve noticed in the past several weeks that Toshiba has removed the extended battery from the list of available accessories. It disappeared when the 1400 x 1050 resolution was removed. I’m not sure why, but I bet [...]
The Origami Project is catching the attention of the “main stream” press. The New York Times >is running a report on it now, mentioning a lot of the blogger activity that has surfaced this week concerning Origami. A cryptic Web site that was set up by Microsoft but does not bear its name appears to [...]
If you found your way here from RobBushway.blogspot.com or CutMeLoose.com, rest assured, you are at the right place. Dennis Rice and I are pleased to announce the launch of our new site: GottaBeMobile.com . Check out our new InkShows, news articles by ISV and OEM categories, our software list, and of course our editorials. Coming [...]
Check out the new features of Microsoft’s OneNote 2007 beta 1 in this special InkShow as we look at hyperlinking, printing, notebooks, importing, tables, and drawing tools. In this follow up, we take a look at the Import and Seach functions Public beta registration
If you are are following this whole Origami thing, check out this link from Kevin Tofel – a video featuring Origami devices.> I’ll take one of those for each person in my family . Thanks for the link, Warner >>
Tablet Guy and I are having fun watching all the speculation going on about the Microsoft Origami Project. There are so many ideas floating around. If Microsoft is indeed trying to stir the pot a bit, it is working. MVP NDA requirements, but suffice it to say that of all the wild stories out there [...]
Watch our exclusive preview InkShow of Einstein Technologies TEO 3.0, the much anticipated upgrade from TEO 2.0 We take a video look at new notetaking features, map integration, new input controls, and more in this private beta release! Josh is telling us that the beta will be released to the public in a couple of [...]
Watch our InkShow of Agilix GoBinder 2006 We cover new UI improvements, categories, tabs, folders, the improved ink interface, and much more in the beta version of GoBinder 2006. Watch the InkShow Download GoBinder 2006 beta Visit the Beta support site
Loren and the developers at Jumping Minds software have just released an update to InkGestures — version 1.1 If you have not given InkGestures a test run on your tablet pc, download it and see what you think.
Not sure if these are current, real, or what but Engadget is standing by their sources and posted pictures of the Origami devices might or do look like. Thanks for the link, Warner. Source: Engadget
There seems to be a lot of speculation floating about around a new website that Microsoft just launched: http://www.origamiproject.com/. Not much detail at all on the site (quite a tease), but it tells folks to check back on 3/2 and then there is a 3rd week option, probably 3/9 .will be interesting to watch. Meanwhile, [...]
Craig Pringle has posted the first ““Hands On†review of the Toshiba M400 Tablet PC I’ve seen yet. He also posts some really good pictures. Great job, Craig. Considering the M400? Check it out .
New Age offers up this nice little review of Tablet Kiosk’s Sahara i215. Note the prices in the article are Australian dollars. Notebooks with fold-away keyboards seem to be the most popular tablet PC form, but slate-style tablets with the keyboard removed seem to offer more innovation. The size of an A4 notepad and only [...]
Since meeting up with Steve Hoffman of ActiveInk Software during the Mobile Partners Brief several weeks ago, I’ve been playing with their forms based software on and off over the past couple of weeks. I’ll have a full review and a screencast coming up in a couple of weeks after I get a feel for [...]
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Last year Toshiba waded into the Android tablet market with the Thrive, a 10.1-inch slate that served as the company’s response to what they deemed missing in the then current crop. Thus, it had several full-size ports, a rugged-ish exterior, and a thick chassis to accommodate both. Though a decent tablet, the Thrive didn’t generate [...]
Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
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