Not to be out done by its competitor Aliph, Plantronics has released its latest BlueTooth headset, The Voyager Pro. Both companies are competing fiercely for a place on the side of your head. Plantronics promises as much noise cancellation as Aliph’s new Jawbone Prime. There are obvious physical differences as the Voyager Pro looks like [...]
Reporting and analyzing the news is always easier when you make up the facts and in GBM Podcast#71, Xavier and Warner take CNBC’s tech reporter Jim Goldman to task for his recent fantasy Mac that he used to compare to a PC. The Podcast also talks about Apple’s recent earnings conference in which Tim Cook [...]
When I make a mobile gadget purpose I typically buy a spare battery (or two). Batteries are consumables they wear out, and when using a device heavily you can exhaust a charge at the most inopportune time. Given that Apple doesn’t allow user replaceable batteries, extending battery life during heavy usage periods can be an [...]
I’ve never met a virtual keyboard that I’d like to take home to meet my mother. They all look cool and pretty but all have left me wanting when I think about more than a casual relationship. I’ve also never tried the Hot Virtual Keyboard, but some others have had some success with it. In [...]
My preferred BlueTooth headseat is the Aliph Jawbone 2. The folks at Aliph have just released the latest version called the Jawbone Prime. In addition to some cosmetic enhancements they’ve done some work under the hood as well.
Jan-Kristian is one of the brains behind the TIP, pen and touch in Windows 7. He has authored a great post about tablet input in Windows 7 on the Engineering Windows 7 blog. He covers off: The new writing pad and some of the thinking behind the enhancements. Smart Correction Url Entry The touch keyboard [...]
I know some folks will be happy to hear this. David Rasmussen of the OneNote Team has put out a solution that will allow those using 64bit machines to finally use the Print to OneNote function that comes in so handy with that great program. Well it’s been a long time between posts. Without making [...]
During the Apple earnings call today more Apple poo-pooing of Netbooks was on the agenda. Tim Cook of Apple said the following: When I’m looking at what’s sold in the Netbook market, I see cramped keyboards, junky hardware, very small screens, bad software. Not a consumer experience that we would put the Mac brand on. [...]
We’re still looking for something definitive on the status of OQO after last week’s reports that the company was running into difficulties. If this report from Steve “Chippy” Paine is indeed true (and I don’t doubt that it is) it looks like things are getting even rougher for OQO. Apparently they are cancelling all pre-orders [...]
This goes beyond simply head scratching and into the realm of just what were they thinking. Apple seems to enjoy toilet humor and worse when it comes to approving novelty apps for its very successful App Store that is about to crest the 1 Billion App Downloaded mark. After things seemed to settle down from [...]
HP introduced the HP Pavilion dv3t notebook today and is throwing in $159 in incentives to kick things off. The $769 HP Pavilion dv3t comes with 3GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive and a free printer. Visit LogicBuy for full details and the coupon code.
We love giving away stuff on GottaBeMobile.com and Notebooks.com. We especially love giving away stuff that impact your day to day productivity as a mobile user, and what better way to do that than with Grahl Software’s PDF Annotator. If you’ve frequented GottaBeMobile any over the past several years, then you’ve likely seen a few [...]
Some random thoughts. From Broadband providers: if you want me to stay a loyal customer in these days of multiple devices, charge me as a user once to hook into your service, not by the number of devices I may own. Also forget data+voice+sms+whatever else. I’ll gladly pay an additional fee for each device I [...]
We’ve written a lot about Windows 7 Starter Edition and so has everybody else. We’ve also had a lot of objections to the concept from both a marketing standpoint and the 3 application limit that the Starter Edition will come with. Ed Bott has taken a serious look at that 3 app limit and put [...]
Tis a morning for concepts it seems. This just makes a lot of logical sense to me and I’d like to see it happen. Designers Seon-Keun Park, Byung-Min Woo, sun-Hye Woo and Jin-Sun Park have come up with a Braille e-Book reader concept that uses an electroactive polymer to raise Braille dots on a screen [...]
Tablet PCs and UMPCs are alive and well in the land of down-under. What better way to show your support than become of Facebook fan of Hugo Ortega’s company TegaTech Australia. You’ll pickup some good links and follow all the good things Hugo and his company are doing. By the way, if you happen to [...]
I’m not sure that playing keys on a flat surface is an ideal interface for creating music, but then again, I’m not a piano player or musician. That said the Vivace Portable Music Studio looks like an interesting concept. Instead of a QWERTY keyboard, you’ve got a some multi-touch ivories to tickle. The concept is [...]
CNBC’s Silicon Valley bureau chief went on air on Friday, proclaiming Mac’s superiority. According to Jim Goldman, MacBooks come loaded with Photoshop, have faster processors than, have 4x the battery performance and weight 1.2 pounds less than PC notebooks. Avram Piltch from Laptop Mag picked apart what Goldman had to say here, and I chimed [...]
Lenovo is selling the IdeaPad S10 for $319, including shipping. Normally priced at $399, the base configuration comes with 512MB of memory, an 80GB hard drive and a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor. Visit Logic Buy for the coupon code.
HP released MediaSmart iStream, an iPhone application that gives users access to all of the multimedia content on their MediaSmart home servers. I got my hands on an early release of MediaSmart 2.5, which allows HP’s latest servers stream video, photos and music to the iPhone application. In this GBM Shortcut, I demonstrate what the [...]
How can I make a Netbook that stands out in a crowd? Looks like Sharp has an attack on that problem. The Mebius NJ70A has a touchscreen trackpad that can also double as a secondary display. It can be used as an app launcher, controller, and it also has handwriting recognition. Otherwise the Mebius is [...]
Is the bloom off the rose? In these days and times it is tough to measure things in the way we used to do for years. That said, Digitimes is reporting that Netbooks missed the first quarter sales targets as shipment volumes weren’t what was expected. Sources are saying that it this is due partially [...]
Looks like Sascha the Netbook King is impatient and I don’t think the demo shows things in the best light. But for those who want to see Android running on a Netbook, here’s a video of that kinda happening on an iBuddie Netbook.
Belkin has announced two new chargers for your car and your small devices. All eyes are on the Micro Auto Charger which fits in the cigarette lighter and sits almost flush. It charges your device up with 1 amp of power. The Dual Auto Charger isn’t as small and has one quick charger USB port [...]
HP is selling the 13″ Pavilion dv3z notebook for just $654.99 after a $200 off coupon and $150 instant rebate. The notebook comes with 3GB of RAM, 320GB hard drive and a 2.4GHz AMD Turion X2 processor. A free HP printer is included in the purchase price. Visit LogicBuy for full details.
As Warner mentioned earlier today, James Kendrick seems to be having a blast with the Viliv S5. Our friends over at Dynamism are having Viliv S5 pre-order event on they wanted to let the GBM community know about. They have an allocation of 200 units that will go on sale at exactly 1PM EDT on [...]
Software Advice writes today about how they wish a Mac Tablet would materialize, especially as applied to Electronic Medical Records (EMRs). Coincidentally, Forrester Research also writes about customer experience, namely how the Windows experience ranks behind OS X. The common bond behind the two posts being that customer experience matters. In today’s battered economy, capital [...]
Touch computing is still a relatively geeky subject, which is why I was somewhat surprised to see the HP TouchSmart featured in a new Black Eyed Peas video. I’m not sure if this is a paid product placement or not, but it did get me thinking about how influential hip-hop artists are and whether one [...]
Radioshack is selling subsidized Acer Aspire One netbooks for $79.99, which is $20 less than when the retailer announced the netbook combo back in December. You’ll have to sign a two-year AT&T contract that costs at least $60 per month to get the $79.99 netbook. I don’t recommend buying a subsidized netbook as the [...]
Just as the news about the Origamiportal being shut down is circulating, James Kendrck has perked up some interest in the UMPC form factor with the Viliv S5 Premium UMPC that he’s currently reviewing. I’ve long given up on the UMPC form factor as originally conceived but when jk starts raving about something it [...]
Do you want to have some multi-touch goodness on your desktop? Want to pinch and rotate those pictures? Want to be among the many who can’t wait for apps that really take advantage of mutli-touch? Then you might want to take a look at the SmartTrack Neo USB mutli-touch gizmo. This device hooks into your [...]
The Wall St. Journal has an interesting post (beware it is behind a pay wall) talking about the gamble Microsoft is taking by installing the crippled Windows 7 Starter Edition on Netbooks. In the article it reveals that Windows XP Home that is currently being shipped on Netbooks nets Microsoft $15 a pop. Brad Linder [...]
Toshiba is set to roll out a 10 inch form factor Netbook, using the Dynabook UX label. Initially we’re looking at this in Japan only, which is were we saw the previous Satelitte NB series roll out. Supposedly the UX series is a bit slimmer (even with a larger screen) than the Satelite series.
One of my biggest disappointments over the past year has been with Dell’s Latitude XT and its N-Trig digitizer. There have been many improvements over the past several months with regards to the driver issues, but it goes without saying Dell and N-Trig certainly stumbled coming out of the gate. As a result, I’ve become [...]
Remember when all the talk was about UMPCs and folks were hitting up Microsoft’s OrigamiProject.com for all the latest hints and clues about what this new platform would bring us? It seems like eons ago, and a lot has happened in the mobile industry over the past several. Unfortunately, the UMPC concept never really took [...]
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The Best Way to Beat AT&T’s Data Throttling is to Have Everyone Consume More Data!
We had previously reported that grandfathered unlimited data plan subscribers of AT&T Mobility have begun to receive notices that they are excessively using their data plans with as little as 2 GB of data consumption within the month, and now we’re beginning to hear multiple sources report that they are receiving notices with as little [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note Review: First Impressions and Size Comparisons
How big is it? Just saying the screen measures 5.3-inches diagonally doesn’t really help you picture it. So we compared it to the Galaxy Nexus, Droid RAZR, and Galaxy Tab.
12 iPhone Photography Accessories – Lenses, Stands, Filters and More To Enhance Your Photos
Apple made a lot of shutterbugs happy with the camera upgrades in the iPhone 4S — more pixels and a bigger sensor means an even better “best camera” to carry everywhere. Want to take the iPhone even further than that? With some additional accessories and apps you can turn this device into a mobile photo and video studio worthy of your enhanced skills.
iPhone 4S Battery Case Showdown: 6 Cases Battle For Power
The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S are incredibly popular phones, but one of the biggest complaints for both devices is the lack of a removable battery and poor battery life. While there are tricks you can use to fix bad iPhone 4S battery life, sometimes there’s nothing better than a bigger battery. If you find your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S is running [...]
Galaxy S Pen and Holder Kit Mini-Review
If you’re more comfortable using a regular-sized pen, Samsung has an accessory that should please you. The $59.99 Galaxy S Pen and Holder Kit has both an extra S Pen and a Holder that makes it the size of a normal pen. You get the side-button functionality and everything, just in a larger form factor.
Plantronics Marque Review: Small, Affordable, Awesome
If you’re looking for a great bluetooth headset, but you don’t want to spend $100 on a high-end headset, the Plantronics Marque M-155 bluetooth headset. Plantronics makes a number of headsets, including the Plantronics Voyager HD, which we gave a Best of 2011 Award, but not everyone is willing to wear the larger headset out [...]
