In addition to the Experience Pack for Vista, the Ink Desktop for Vista is also avaiable. I’ve just downloaded it and installed it. After only using it for 15 – 20 minutes, Version 2 seems to be much stabler and keeps ink in sync better when rotating. I’m going to keep this running over the next couple of [...]
GBM reader Fred Beiderbecke just pointed us to a bink.nu article about the availablity of the Experience Pack for Windows Vista. The new Experience Pack for Vista contains the following programs and can be downloaded here. I’ll be downloading this tonight to see how they look and run. Someone from our team will post some [...]
As I was preparing for my Best Buy demos, I ran across a great tip in regards to the Vista SideBar Gadget. If you don’t like using the gadgets in the narrow SideBar, grab the each of the gadgets to your desktop and they will run just fine floating over your desktop, too. In fact, [...]
As the slowly increasing wave of applications tailored for running under Vista is released comes word that Phatware has released PenCommander 2.0. PenCommander 2.0 is a system utility application that features a powerful scripting technology, now enhanced to support Vista. Some of the new features include: New PenCommander skins Updated Scripting engine to allow [...]
Josh Bancroft of TinyScreenfuls links to news on the Origami Project blog from Dustin. Apparently the Origami/UMPC Team is moving in toto to a new secret project. Here’s a snippet of Dustin’s post: On a completely seperate note, I wanted to formally announce that my entire team and I (with the exception of Jeremy) have [...]
I’ve been hitting a few Tablet PC OEM sites today looking for vista ready tablets. OQO has made Vista Business available for their Model 02 at no additional charge with their “Best” configurable option. Vista Ultimate will cost an extra $100. Fujitsu has yet to update their products – T4215, P1610, or ST5100 with Vista OS [...]
Paul Thurrott has posted more info on Windows ITPro about the nagging question regarding being able to install Vista as an upgrade. He also inlcudes a “workaround” for the issue. Here’s a snippet from his post: With a support note quietly posted to its Web site, Microsoft confirmed what enthusiasts have long feared: Users who [...]
If you enjoy the New York Times reader, a Windows Presentation Foundation application, you are really, really going to enjoy this new WPF application from the British Library – Turning the Pages 2.0. It’ll run natively in Vista on the browser if your computer is premium ready. If you have XP, you’ll need to install the [...]
We love evaluating Tablet PCs, especially those with OEM Vista Builds. Lenovo sent each member of Team GBM an evaluation unit of the X60 Tablet PC with SXGA+ running their OEM build of Vista Business. Vista Business is now available as an operating system choice for the X60 Tablet PC and it is $20 cheaper [...]
For those hankering for a UMPC with Vista preinstalled, take a look at the Samsung Q1P UMPC. Thanks to JkOnTheRun reader, Alan Pozner, you can now order a Q1P Vistagami on PC Connection. As you find other UMPC units shipping with Vsta, shoot us a note and let us know. We’ll help spread the good news. [...]
Microsoft’s Chris Pratley, who headed up the OneNote team, has offered some good tps for beta users and those just getting in to OneNote 2007. I’ve included some of his suggestions below. You can check out his entire post here Current beta users: If you have decided you will keep using OneNote now that you’ve [...]
Nice overview of and upgrade install of Vista on a Lenovo x60t and Fujitsu LifeBook T4215 over on eWeek. The title on the article says “Vista Shines as Tablet Platform”. They run thru the install and tell you what works and what doesn’t. “We installed the operating system on two Tablet PCs—Lenovo’s ThinkPad X60 Tablet [...]
This is interesting. Dr. Neil Roodyn, one of those prolific Down Under Tableteers, has discovered that the Origami Experience doesn’t run in portrait mode and wonders if that will change in the future. Now considering Microsoft has been telling developers to build applications that work well in all resolutions and scale functionality accordingly this is [...]
The BBC is reporting that superstore PC World will stop selling floppy disks when current inventories run out. The article has a rundown of the various stops along the way that have led the floppy disk to this point. The only time I use a floppy disk anymore is for a BIOS update. Even though [...]
Well sort of. The link to download The Origami Experience is now live, but I haven’t gotten past the WGA validation as of yet. Those issues should be resolved soon, I’m guessing. Here’s the link. And here’s a link to Matt Faulkner’s Inkshow of it running on the Asus R2H. UPDATE: The download issues seem [...]
The good folks at Bluebeam Software just notified me that Bluebeam PDF Revu 5.0 has been released. Bluebeam PDF Revu has built-in tablet pc suport for annotating PDFs. I have not downloaded this latest release, but here is list of new features Rotate markups so you can place them exactly where you want Remove confidential [...]
A post in the GBM Forums from Benjamin Ries sheds some light on the recent brouhaha over Vista Upgrades and possible restrictions. I’m copying the majority of Benjamin’s post here: There have been posts across many sites regarding Microsoft’s policy vis-a-vis new restrictions on installation options for Vista Upgrade licenses. After reading everybody’s material, I [...]
CTitanic just let us know that he and twenty other UMPC enthusiasts have put together the first magazine dedicated to UMPCs, called TodoUMPC. It has been released in Spanish and it is free. You can download it here. Way to go, Frank. I’m sure this is going to be a great resource to evangelize the Spanish [...]
I just got an email from the OneCare team announcing the official availability of Windows Live OneCare, which includes AntiVirus, Antispyware, Anti-phishing, Firewall performance tune-ups, and backup / restore. You can download the 90-day free trial, for your Tablet PC / UMPC, here.
Well, my first day of demoing Vista and Office 2007 is over. As soon as 10:00 hit, I could see lots of folks headed back to the Microsoft Vista / Office 2007 software shelves to get their copy of Vista. Best Buy reps told me that the morning is normally not busy, but because of the [...]
Motion LE1600 and LS800 Tablet PC users will be happy to know that Motion has released drivers for Vista. (That little software thingie that got released by Microsoft today.) They also have a detailed “How-To” for upgrading. Check it out here. Hat tip to Tracy at The Student Tablet PC
If you’ve followed any of my blogging about Tablet PCs and UMPCs you know that my primary reason for using a Tablet PC is in my work as a theatre producer, director, and playwright at Wayside Theatre, where I serve as the Artistic Director. Sunday night we opened Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story, a tribute [...]
Well, Dennis and I are headed out to different retail markets in different parts of the country to demo Vista and Office 2007, on behalf of Microsoft, to prospective buyers – Dennis in Georgia and I’m in Colorado. It’ll be interesting to gauge the interest from the public. I’ll see if I can grab some [...]
Robert Scoble is jumping up and down promoting a new product from his sponsor Seagate. D.A.V.E. is portable wirelss HD, small enough to fit into your pocket with WiFI, Bluetooth, and USB connectivity. On release in May there will be 10gig and 20gig models and the cost is projected at less than $200. Scoble is [...]
There has been lots of confusing info on what currently shipping Ultra-Mobile PCs are or are not Vista certified. CTitanic reports (via an Aving link) what looks like good news for Samsung Q1 owners. Apparently at a launch event in Korea, Samsung intro’d a Vista-Certified Q1 SSD. Since not many have bought a mortgage for [...]
With Vista now launched, Microsoft has revamped the Ultra-Mobile PC site and the slogan. It is now: Your Life. At the touch of your finger. Not only is the new site spiffy, (say is that an Asus R2H I see on that picture?) it seems like Microsoft is trying to further define just what is an Ultra-Mobile PC. [...]
Unless you’ve been in a cave, under a rock, or doing a Rip Van Winkle over the last year or so, you know that the consumer release of Microsoft’s Vista and Office 2007 has finally occurred or is about to depending on your time zone. We’ve already seen reams of digital and conventional ink written [...]
If you have Vista Ultimate and do a Windows Update you’ll find that a few Windows Ultimate Extras are now available. Bitlocker and a game of Texas Hold ‘em are now available for download.
The Vista and Office 2007 launch is in full swing. Here’s a video of some of the shenanigans taking place in New York with a series of dancers doing their thing on the side of a building. Who thinks up this stuff?
CNET takes on the Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC and finds both good and bad things to say scoring it a 6.3 out of 10. Of course the usual “missing a keyboard” statement is there (I think it has become boilerplate language for UMPC reviews.) I agree with many of the findings in the review, even [...]
This news seems to be shaking some folks up. In Microsoft’s attempts to control how their new OS is installed on machines, they have done away “compliance checking” in the way we have come to know it. Basically compliance checking requires you to have either the current OS installed or, if you are doing a clean [...]
Craig Pringle has written a review of the Motion LS800 EVDO Bump Case. This is a very interesting solution as it contains an elastic loop and internal cable routing to support a USB EVDO modem. The case is manufactured by Elegant Packaging.
Microsoft is gearing up for its official Vista launch on January 30th by putting a new face lift on WindowsVista.com . Fresh look and very Vista like – including the start up sound. Anybody planning on hitting up Best Buy, CompUSA, Circuit City, etc on Jan 30th to get your new copy of Vista or [...]
We’ve all been admiring the sleek look of the Toshiba R400 Tablet PC, along with its Edge Display, since word of it first started spreading out and we brought you some R400 first looks from CES. Well, ToshibaDirect.com has finally made it available and you can get your Vista Business Installed R400 Tablet PC for a starting price [...]
Just picked this up from Scoble on some great news on the PDF front – Adobe is releasing the 1.7 PDF spec for publication by the International Organization for Standarization ( ISO ). Soley speaking from a Tablet PC perspective, this is great news. It opens the door for some standards as it relates to [...]
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