Don’t forget there is a fee webcast today featuring INav’s IGuidance navigation software today beginning at 10:00am PT. (That’s about an hour from the time I’m posting this.) This will be focusing on the touch screen ability of the software. Here’s the link to the webcast.
Gateway’s newest Convertible Tablet PC, the E155C, is one that I predict, if Gateway follows its previous marketing strategies for the M280/285, will become a very popular choice, especially among first time Tablet PC buyers. Aiming at the student and professional markets, this solidly designed Core 2 Duo Multi-Touch Tablet PC has a lot to offer. I’m particularly [...]
I’ve adjusted quite nicely to the new ribbon interface in Office 2007. But perhaps you’re one of those who’d like to do some customization, or would like to see that interface look more like Office 2003. Patrick Schimd as a customization tool for you. The Ribbon Customizer v1.1 allows you to have it your way [...]
Missy Caulk is a real estate broker who uses a Tablet PC in her work. She’s written about it in an industry trade journal, the Inman News where she describes some of her favorite tech tools in her Tablet PC arsenal. Here’s an excerpt: In October of 2005, I purchased a Tablet PC. I chose [...]
New GottaBeMobile Guy, Hugo Ortega, is on his way to CeBit Fair Australia with a new toy and before he leaves he picked up a new device. He’s lugging along (how can you say lugging about something that small) the new OQO Model 02. Color me envious. Check out his unboxing. > If I were [...]
OK, I admit it. I have horribly funky handwriting. Well it’s not all that bad, just a mix of cursive, block, all caps, you name it. I dash my seven’s, zero’s, just to name a couple of oddities. Old habits are hard to break. Go Vista! Finally, someone that actually knows what I’m writing! Handwriting recognition his [...]
Apologies to the Baha Men for the reach in the title. The cartoon heads are barking about Tablet PCs. I don’t mean cartoon head in any negative way certainly. I’ve got one myself and I’m opening my big mouth to let out a few yelps of my own. I’d like to see others do the same, since we are [...]
James Kendrick, of JkOnTheRun.com, wrote a nice rebuttal to my “I miss the Wow” article. He brought up a couple of items that I’d like to address. First of all, I want to point out that James and I are good friends. Our websites are quite complimentary and share a good raport. So, read the following in [...]
This coming December will be 5 years since I jumped in with both feet to the world of Tablet PC. Dennis spent a good month before then talking my ear off about this new fangled thing called “Tablet PC” and I finally gave in and bought one. And wouldn’t you know it – I got my TC1000 [...]
I guess it is the weekend for Ultra-Mobile PC videos. Steve (Chippy) Paine has put up a video of the Samsung Q1P Ultra-Mobile PC on UMPCPortal. He raises some interesting questions about the device and value for the money. Here’s the link. Note: Steve is using a DivX player that requires a plug-in to be installed [...]
If you’ve got nothing better to do this weekend and want to see what happens when you go throw the Vista upgrade process with the disks that have finally started arriving for Asus R2H customers, jkkmobile has the video for you. Yep, it is the whole process running over fifty-five and a half minutes. Asus [...]
This InkShow is a result of a comment on a previous post here on GottaBeMobile.com. The program is called Artweaver and I had never heard of it, but wanted to give it a try. I am no artist, as you will see, but I do like to play with some pictures and try my hand at sketching [...]
Better keep a watch on JkOnTheRun.com over the next couple of days. They are running some great contests to celebrate their 6,000,000 page view. The contest running today will yield a Samsung i320 to some lucky winner. Congratulations James and Kevin.
If you’ve been wanting to use your Ultra-Mobile PC / Tablet PC as a GPS navigation device, now is your time to do so. Woot.com is running selling Streets and Trips 2006 with the GPS Locator for $44.99 Better head over there now, cause it will sell out quickly. After purchasing Streets and Trips, you can make [...]
We’d like to take this opportunity to highlight a couple of advertising changes on the site, and also point out some ways you can help GBM. First of all, we have placed two ads in rotation on the left side of the site for Amazon.com and Buy.com. When you click on those ads before doing [...]
This is quite intriguing. On the blog Multi-faceted Refractions, the author, vvrotny, has posted his notes from a recent Tablet PC Roundtable that was held at the Lake Forest Country Day School. There is also a link to more notes and findings from the roundtable on a wiki. Both offer interesting glimpses into what those who [...]
Two things here. First, how does Steve (Chippy) Paine find the time. Second, this sounds like quite an experiment. We all look for mobile power and charging solutions that help us when we are on the road. Well, Steve is prepping for a week long bike tour of South Germany and he’s not taking power [...]
Fellow Tablet PC MVP Linda Epstein has posted a review of the HP tx1000 Entertainment Tablet PC on Tablet PC2.com. In case you don’t recall, this Tablet PC is powered by the AMD Turion 64 x2 Dual-Core chip. Her review confirms my suspcisions from my limited experience with it at CES. It is an intriguing [...]
PCAuthority.com has a good article on Intel embracing Linux in its move to Mobile Internet Devices. Personally speaking, I think this is a good thing all the way around, and solidifies the UMPC as a device for the future. Regardless of the OS, the consumer is going to be the winner in this whole deal. [...]
So here is the story: I was going up in Chicago for my ‘day job’ and remembered the post of GBM Team member Warner getting his training wheels on a Segway… He had met up with GBM forum member Skip while on holiday over his Christmas vacation. So I decided , the day before I [...]
Today’s InkShow is an extension of the InkShow from a couple of weeks ago on PhatPad. The last Show was an overview of using PhatPad on the TabletPC specifically. This InkShow is going to cover using the Phatpad application on a Pocket PC Device, Treo 750, and syncing the notes with a Tablet PC. With this InkShow, I have given [...]
News of the Kohjinsha Ultra-Mobile PC has been popping up recently, with word now coming out that it is available in the U.S. through Data Evolution Corporation. They have branded the Kohjinsha as the Cathena CX, and list prices starting at $799. We’ve got a voice mail in to the Data Evolution offices inquiring about [...]
I’ve been chronicling my experiences with Vista and the Asus R2H (links provided at the end of this article) and along the way been corresponding with a number of other lovers of the bleeding edge who are trying the same thing. David Maiden is one of those users. (Maybe it could be said that misery [...]
Interested in a Ultra-Mobile PC? Not sure which direction to go? Need some help figuring out which device might or might not fit your needs? Check out the UMPC Buyers Guide now published at The UMPC Portal. Steve Paine has done quite a job laying out the ins and outs of everything from processor choice [...]
Ok, we can cover Tablet PCs and Ultra-Mobile PCs, but we can’t do math. This is GottaBeMobile.com Podcast #15. Or so says Rob (does he do our books?) so we’ll take his word for it. And in case you are wondering, no Koala Bears were harmed in the recording of this podcast. In any regard this [...]
A nice package arrived today. A pre-production model of the Gateway E155C Convertible Tablet PC arrived for me to review and I’m blogging away on it right now. It is running Vista Ultimate. Early impression is that this Tablet PC has a lot to offer. I’ll be doing an InkShow look at this new Tablet PC [...]
Cue up “Groundhog Day”. It looks like Lenovo has finally decided to make Core 2 Duo an official option for the X60 Tablet PC. As everyone might remember, on April 3, we broke the news ( thanks to one of our forum members ), that Lenovo was offering the 1.5ghz Core 2 Duo processor option [...]
Flicks are a new Vista feature that allow you to navigate documents or change data using only your stylus. So you may ask, what’s the difference between a gesture and a flick. There are only eight flicks available. Up, Down, Left, Right, and of course, the four diagonals and they are not bound by the [...]
I love the tubes that make up the Internets. You always learn something new and it is a good day when you learn something new. Ed Bott has been running a very good series of Vista How To’s over the last month or so. In Vista Hands On #16, he talks about managing System Restore [...]
William, one of the new writers at Student Tablet PC, has an interesting article on using Microsoft Office Groove to sync documents between computers. Syncing is always a topic of considerable debate among mobile and multiple pc users as everyone searches for the Holy Grail of syncing. I personally have not checked out Groove at [...]
Ok, here’s a new one. I and others have remarked about the very lackluster and often unimaginative naming conventions companies come up with for their Ultra-Mobile PCs. (Q1, Q1P, R2H, etc…. and let’s not even mention the class name switch from the codename Origami to Ultra-Mobile PC.) If you’d like to correct that perhaps here’s [...]
An interesting short interview with Steve Ballmer showing off the HTC Shift. Via jkkmobile
Motion Computing has released a case study on one of its’ customers, Gaz Métro Plus , and it is a facinating read on how one company used Tablet PC technology to improve their logistical efficiencies. Through reading the case study, I also became aware of a software company I hadn’t seen before: ClickSoftware. ClickSoftware specializes [...]
More info is becoming available in drips and drabs on Fujitsu’s Ultra-Mobile PC. TabletPCReviewSpot picked up this info from HardSpell along with the accompanying picture. I’m guessing that is a promotional rendering. Intel Sealey processor 1GB memory 40GB hard disk SD reader 2 cameras 5.6-inch (1024 x 600) display Equipped with two core battery [...]
Today’s question of the day in Tablet/UMPC land comes from Rob Bushway. If you had the opportunity to sit down for a meeting with Microsoft’s Mobile PC Team, what would you say? Perhaps it is a bit broad, so let’s but some context to it. Vista is out. Microsoft is obviously looking ahead. There is no [...]
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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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Lusso Cartella Luxury iPad Case Review
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