James Kendrick takes a good look at the Tablet Bumpcase for the Fujitsu P1610 Tablet PC in this review at JkOnTheRun.com. Having used a bumpcase for the Motion Computing LS8000, I’ve been eyeing one for the P1610 as well. If I get one, I’ll likely opt for the for the Convertible Bumpcase, since I tend [...]
The grand tour continues and and while in Chicago, I had a chance to hook up with GBM Forum member Skip Coghill. We headed for a real Chicago treat, Chicago style hotdogs and Italian Beef at Portillo’s and talked about our gear. Skip is giving the Fujitsu P1610 Tablet PC a try and we drew quite a few looks with the P1610, the [...]
Elizabeth, Sarah, and Kim of the Neek Talk podcast share their thoughts about CES 2007, Tablet PCs, and who they want to interview while attending CES. These girls are quite energetic and fun to listen to. They also give their Aunt Lora and Uncle Loren a run for the money when it comes to Tablet [...]
Yesterday, two 1gb memory chips and a Hitachi 100gb 7200 rpm drive that I had ordered arrived, so I spent a couple of hours doing those upgrades. The memory upgrade was very simple: remove the memory plate from the back of the tablet, remove the old chips, plug in the new ones and reboot. The harddrive [...]
Lora has posted a good reminder to keep the RSVPs coming for the CES 2007 Tablet PC and UMPC Community Gathering. So far, hardware manufactures are dominating, following closely by ISVs. If you are an end-user, this is a great time to interact with OEMs and ISVs, along with other users across the community. The [...]
Our good friends at SlashGear.com have been enjoying the Medion RIM 1000 Ultra-Mobile PC and have posted some good shots. This looks like an intriguing UMPC – I like slideout keyboard that appears to have more tactile feedback than the UX180P Here are some specs, check out SlashGear.com for more info and more pics. Update: GBM [...]
TechSmith’s Betsy Weber and OneNote MVP Kathy Jacobs have put together a pretty nifty screencast on OneNote 2007 that gives a nice quick overview of this note taking and organizational tool. Good intro to OneNote 2007 and don’t forget the GBM Inkshows on OneNote 2007 as well. You can find them here.
Always interesting (to me at any rate) when the main stream media takes a second look at mobile devices, and this article from the Washington Post certainly is one of those. The reporter, Dennis O’Reilly, takes a look at the Asus R2H and the Samsung Q1B and likes what he sees here especially with the [...]
I don’t know why we have not covered this issue in an InkShow before, but pens and styluses are one of those things that you have to experiment with to find just the right one. Considering how much we interact on a screen with a pen, issues of comfort, weight, button placement, and eraser head become [...]
Okay, I picked up this in my email, and just had to pass it along. Please note that we get nothing from a post like this other than hoping someone takes advantage of the deal! For many years I have been saying that when Tablet PC’s became comparably priced with regular notebooks, the adoption rate [...]
For all you UMPC users out there longing for GPS, this just might be the gadget for you: the Spectec SD/SDIo GPS Receiver - a 20 channel GPS tracker that fits in an SD Card slot. In addition, it has an internal slot to hold a 2 gigabyte microSD. Plug that fella in your SD equiped UMPC [...]
Road Trip! The bags are packed and all the the testing of new mobile gear is complete. We’re headed to Chicago for the annual holiday pilgrimage to visit family and friends before heading on to Vegas and CES. Chicago and Wisconsin will be home from Dec 28 through Jan 4 and if any GBM readers [...]
First there was the HTC Athena, now Tatung is jumping into the mix with another “looks like a UMPC but runs Windows Mobile” device. Carrypad has what little info there is (and there isn’t much) so I’m guessing we might see more about this at CES. So, I’m just asking, remember back late spring/early summer [...]
Posted in the GottaBeMobile Forums by Tom Bishop. ‘Twas the night after Christmas, and all through the house Not an input was stirring, not a pen, not a mouse. The tech heads were sprawled on their futons and beds While visions of gadgets danced in their heads. Ma with her tablet and me UMPCs Had [...]
Lora Heiny has just finalized the details for the Tablet PC & UMPC meeting during CES. Here are the details: Cheeseburger Las Vegas, in the Aladdin Casino Desert Passage. Tuesday, January 9, 2007 3:30PM – 6PM Cheeseburger Las Vegas RSVP to ljheiny at hotmail dot com. See you there! You can find all the details [...]
On behalf of Dennis, Warner, Matt, and myself, I’d like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas. May your Christmas morning be filled with wonderful memories, and we look forward to hearing from everyone on the exciting new Tablet PCs, UMPCs, and accessories that found their way under your tree. News postings will [...]
Before heading out for our extended trip it only makes sense to do a road test of the gear that I’m going to be using. You certainly don’t want to have something not work when you need it to. As I’ve stated earlier, I’ve got three real usage scenarios planned for the Asus R2H. Mobile [...]
Along with Rob getting an x60T and Warner getting an Asus R2H, I thought I would share that I have something new as well. It isn’t a new model for everybody to get excited over, but I picked up a new Tablet PC last week. I ordered up a Toshiba M400 with a couple of 2.0 [...]
I’ve never had the great desire for touch as an input method the way some have. Since acquiring the PPC 6700, I see the benefits, but honestly, as I was contemplating a UMPC purchase touch was not really one of the features at the top of my list. I knew it would require a lot [...]
As a former owner of the X41 Tablet PC, I’ve been waiting to try out the new X60 Tablet PC from Lenovo for quite a while. I loved everything about the X41 except for the performance. It wasn’t bad – it just wasn’t great. So I sold the X41 with an eye toward the X60. Seeing as [...]
The only thing worse than getting ready for time on the road is coming back from time on the road and having to catch up. Especially when you are leaving for an extended period of time. We head out on Christmas Day and then return on Jan 14, hitting Richmond, VA, Chicago, IL, and Las [...]
One of the many pluses that a Tablet PC or Ultra-Mobile PC bring is the flexability in how to utlize the devices. Whether they are a person’s only computer or a companion device to a desktop, Mac, or another tablet pc, there are numerous possibilities for the mobile professional. As I’m awaiting my X60 Tablet [...]
We are all expecting to see a lot of Ultra-Mobile PC / Origami news coming out of CES in January. When the Origami was launched in March of 2006, we were all told that the first year was expected to be a learning experience in what customers really wanted in a UMPC device and how they [...]
College finals – I remember those days all too well. The saving grace for me with finals was when my professors would announce that cheat sheets would be allowed. Cheat sheets saved my behind more than once in Statistics and Chemistry. The trick is in getting as much as you can on one sheet of paper, front [...]
So, did you ever have one of those new gadget experiences where it arrived, and you were thrilled, and yet life and work kept you from really getting to play with it. That’s my case. I’ve barely had enough time to do anything much with my new Asus R2H as I’m busy getting ready to [...]
We’ve had a lot of requests to do an InkShow comparison between the Fujitsu T4215 Tablet PC and the Lenovo X60 Tablet PC. Well, good news is on the way. John Hill from Allegiance Technology Partners is sending me the Fujitsu T4215 to review, and I just picked up an X60 Tablet PC from a GottaBeMobile [...]
James Kendrick has penned an interesting article in Information Week. Titled, How Microsoft Botched Marketing The Ultra-Mobile PC — And Why You Might Want To Buy One Anyway, the article covers a lot of ground about the well known marketing mishaps regarding the Origami/UMPC release, the expectations game, and the whole naming thing. But it [...]
We just received word from Motion Computing that they have added Asus as an original design manufacturer of Motion’s Tablet PCs. Compal will continue to manufacturer Tablet PCs for Motion as well, so this adds a lot of manufacturing support for them. Considering the success of the LS800 and of the Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC, [...]
We’ve seen several different manufacturers come out with digital pens that capture ink and share it with a non-Tablet PC computer. Here’s another entry into the field. The uPlusPen is in the class that captures what you write or draw and transmits that to your computer. The transfer is in real time, unlike other devices [...]
Josh Bancroft has issued a freindly challenge to Ink developers and I would love someone to take him up on it. He’s looking for someone to come up with a way to ink in GMail. Couldn’t agree more and wish I had the know how to even start.
PhatWare has released versoin 4.0 of PhatPad, the note organizer for Tablet PCs/UMPCc, Desktop and Pocket PCs. PhatWare has a number of products targted at the Windows Mobile scene and earlier versions of PhatPad have been available for the Tablet PC, but I rarely hear any noise about users working with PhatPad on the their [...]
I’m not quite sure to think about this device. The HTC Athena looks like another potential step in the line towards convergence of devices. SlashGear has been dribbling out info and pics as they discover them. From the screenshots it is certainly a Windows Mobile device, but that detachable keyboard gives it an interesting UMPC/Origami [...]
John Hill at Allegiance Technology Partners let us know that he has a limted number (19) Lenovo Thinkpad X60 Tablet PCs in stock. These are the Mutliview/MultiTouch XGA screen options iwth 1GB of RAM, 100GB HD, A/B/G/N Wifi, and the 8 cell battery. Price is $2399. Here’s the link to Allegiance Technology Partners. And here’s [...]
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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
As exciting as it has been to talk, postulate, and speculate about the Galaxy S III’s hardware and specs before the third-generation Galaxy flagship smartphone was announced on May 3rd in London, once the device was announced one thing became apparent: Samsung is now a software company. That doesn’t mean that Samsung is shying away [...]
HTC One X Review | $199 AT&T 4G LTE
HTC hopes to regain their King of the Hill status in the realm of Android smartphones with the One series, and the HTC One X is the flagship of the line. Featuring LTE speeds, a robust processor, a great camera plus a really good audio experience, the One X has what it takes to be a fabulous phone.
tiltpod Review: Key Chain Tripod & Stand for the iPhone
The tiltpod offers a nearly perfect key chain tripod and stand for the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, a small point-and-shoot camera or and many other small gadgets. I love the mobility, the price and the functionality of this great little accessory from gomite. Born out of a frustration with bulky pocket tripods, the tiltpod is [...]
Droplr Review: 100GB of Online Storage for $3 a Month
Droplr lets users easy and quickly share files between Mac, Windows and iPhone. The new Droplr Pro accounts supercharge the service with 100GB of storage for just $3 per month. Sadly, Droplr doesn’t offer file sync, so it won’t replace Dropbox, Google Drive or Sugar Sync. Droplr makes several file sharing tasks easier and offers [...]
Lusso Cartella Luxury iPad Case Review
The craftsmanship and elegance of the Lusso Cartella Luxury iPad case will lure you in, but unfortunately, the case has some drawbacks that make its $199 price tag hard to swallow. When I first received the Lusso Cartella Luxury iPad case, I was absolutely blown away. The presentation of the thing is about as classy [...]
