Ok, students. Today belongs to you. Head over to BitsDuJour right now and pick up PDF Annotator for only $14.95! That is 50% off the normal student price of $29.90, and 79% off the regular $69.95 price that us working folk have to pay. You are getting such an awesome deal. You should be able [...]
I just hopped over to JkOnTheRun and noticed they mentioned two new bags from WaterField Designs – the Laptop Muzetto and Personal Muzetto. I’ve been wanting a bag EXACTLY like the Muzetto for a very long time, and am thrilled to see an excellent outfit like Waterfield Designs produce one. The Muzetto has ruggedness and [...]
RUGGEDBOOK, known around these parts for their tough slate tablets, has updated the SR series with the announcement of the SR820. Geared towards the vertical market, the SR820 comes with with a plethora of industry-centric options such as a barcode reader, full MIL-specs, built in WWAN, GPS, and 2.0MP camera while curiously having netbook-esque specifications. [...]
Dell’s introduced the Latitude 2100, a netbook built for schools. It has the usual netbook components we’ve become accustomed to seeing time and time again, but there are quite a few features that set it apart from the rest of the pack. A rubber coating offers an extra layer of protection and an optional carrying [...]
Moblin v2 UX is available for download at Moblin.org. The Moblin platform is still in beta, which means you shouldn’t install it on your primary device unless you’re comfortable tinkering with it a bit. Check out the intro video below.
The long-awaited Palm Pre will be available on June 6 for $199 at Sprint retail stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, select Wal-Mart stores and on Sprint.com. You have to sign up for a two-year contract that includes a data plan. I was a long-time Palm user, but switched to an iPhone about two years ago. [...]
I picked up this great video from Twitter this morning on the Mini Cooper and its flexible / minimalistic approach compared to the big, powerful gas guzzlers out there. When I saw it, I immediately thought of how it applied to what we often write about on GBM and our approach to mobile computing, as [...]
Get it while you can at 50% off: PDF Annotator 2 is on sale, via BitsDuJour, for one day only at $34.95 – that’s 50% off the normal $69.95. Here’s the link you’ll want to hit up. Go get it now. If you are a student, wait until tomorrow’s deal where you can get [...]
Well, today was Intern orientation at Wayside Theatre and that seemed to go well. I left early this evening to head to Totem Pole Playhouse to get settled in company housing before tomorrow morning’s first rehearsal. The house I’m staying in has WiFi so that is a bonus and as I’m blogging this and getting [...]
What’s the deal with red, yellow, green, and blue icons these days. Oh, and Google’s Chrome icon looks eerily familiar to Windows Media Player, ya think?
I’m in the parking lot at WalMart while my son is inside soliciting donations for his Eagle Scout project. I thought I’d take this little bit of free time to play with the Verizon MiFi 2200. Here’s how things are going.
Touchpanel Laboratores is showing off some new 9 point detection technology. As the article says, there aren’t too many more details just yet, but it’s still another touchpanel for us to lay our fingers on! Of note as well is the mention of the ‘Curved Touchpanel screen — Imaging the possibilities!
Asus’ highly regarded 1008HA Seashell series EEE PC introduced at CeBit 2009 has been officially announced for the North American market. Pricing is set at $429.99 for the 2.4lbs. device. Pre-orders are also eligible for a $20 rebate. With the explosion in netbook popularity, manufacturers are turning towards design and elegance to set themselves apart, [...]
I am at Verizon getting a MiFi and noticed the Hp netbook on display. This local store has not sold any yet, but there has been interest say the local reps. I still maintain embedded wwan in netbooks and tablets is not the best solution for mobile warriors. Go MiFi or USB aircard.
If you’ve been hankering for a PDF annotating solution for your Tablet PC but have not been wanting to fork over the cash, then May 19th and May 20th are going to be your lucky days. On May 19th, PDF Annotator 2 will be on sale, via BitsDuJour, for one day only at $34.95 – [...]
Do you “live in the land down under” and have been wanting to get your fingers all over a multi-touch tablet pc? Then head over to HP Australia where they are giving away an HP TouchSmart tx2 Tablet PC. All you have to do is tweet an answer to their question of the week. Contest [...]
It just got released in Britain and it didn’t take long for Electricpig to go hands on with the Asus Eee PC T91 Convertible Tablet PC. This hot on the heels of FCC approval here in the states. There are a slew of pictures and some interesting comments in the post, such as the Asus [...]
Loren Heiny picked up on a mention in Todd Bishop’s post on TechFlash about J Allard and a Microsoft Patent for a Magic Wand like device. The mention from Mr. Bishop is this: Apart from reports about a possible Zune/Xbox linkup, one source who has been accurate in the past recently cited the possibility of [...]
HP and Microsoft are teaming up with the NBA to promote the dv2 notebook. One lucky winner will win a trip to see the Boston Celtics play in Boston AND another game on the west coast. HP’s also offering two trips to the 2010 NBA All Star Game in Dallas to readers of GottaBeMobile.com and [...]
I’m writing some content for Notebooks.com tonight and watching movies in the background. Minority Report, a movie famous for its display of gesture computing, is on right now and it almost caused me to goof on a review. My iPhone 3G is plugged into a Callpod Fueltank on my coffee table and I was about [...]
I have to plead guilty to a ‘no’ answer to the question in the headline. But Mark ‘Sumocat’ Sumimoto may have convinced me to change my ways. He’s argued before about using a loose grip when writing with a pen or stylus, and he’s pointing to an article on D*I*Y Planner that seems to reinforce [...]
It looks like the Asus T91 has cleared the FCC hurdle which means maybe we’ll be seeing it available soon here in the US. It is already headed to Britain. jkkmobile has a slew of ‘naked’ pics on this. His post reminds me of something I already knew, that the Asus T91 has a non [...]
Dell’s offering 25% off Dell Studio XPS 13 notebooks priced $1,599 or more. The XPS 13 can be configured with an NVIDA GeForce 9500M with 256MB of video memory and a TV tuner. Visit LogicBuy for details.
Most everyone is familiar with virtualization when it comes to operating systems. However, what about the idea of virtualizing the WiFi adpater card, thus turning one piece of hardware into virtually an unlimited number of WiFi radios? According to Long Zheng, the idea of Virtual WiFi was first explored by Microsoft Research and is now [...]
I’m about to start two weeks of having to literally be in two places at the same time, directing two different shows, for two different theatres, in two states. I think I need to clone myself, but I tried that last night and it didn’t work. Instead, I’m working on a strategy that can help [...]
In the seemingly never-ending battery fire fiasco, HP has just announced another battery recall. In November, HP issued a recall of over 100,000 batteries due to similar concerns of leakage and possible fire hazards. The affected models this time include the HP Pavilion, Compaq Presario, HP G6000 and G7000 series, and Compaq 6720s. If you [...]
Time Magazine has published a list of what the Time Editors think are the 10 biggest failures of the last decade. As usual with some of these lists, some that get the distinction are obivous and some no so much. Here’s the list: Microsoft Vista Gateway HD DVD Vonage YouTube Sirius XM Microsoft Zune Palm [...]
At the end of March, we brought you news of a new player in the netbook market that raised a few eyebrows. What set this netbook apart from the rest of the pack wasn’t its stellar design, groundbreaking processor, or any breathtaking innovation. Rather, the OCZ opted to let end users customize the netbook based [...]
Verizon is set to capture the attention of geeks everywhere this weekend with the official launch of the MiFi 2200 and the HP Mini 1151NR. The HP Mini will included embedded Verizon WWAN for $199 after a $50 rebate. The MiFi 2200 will run $269 (non-upgrade price). Personally, I think embedded WWAN is a bad [...]
Scanning Friendfeed this morning I ran across this from Layne Heiny. [Touch Screen Problem]: A huge issue is trying to work late at night or early morning. I keep the lights off so others can sleep. Unfortunately, this means the light from the computer attracts bugs. The bugs land and change the page I am [...]
Don’t you wish the folks at Yanko Designs could put some of their concepts into production. I sure do. Check out this triple screened MID. Check out more pictures here.
It didn’t take long, but then it never does. jkkmobile, the King of Mobile Modding, is showing off how to mod the Viliv S5 by adding 3G and a SSD drive.
This is a curious one. Apple released an update to OSX yesterday or the day before (OSX 10.5.7). While some Macbook folks are reporting some problems after the update, some folks who have installed OSX on Netbooks are reporting an increase in battery life. Talk about interesting. Via The Apple Blog
When Xavier and I sat down to record this podcast we were a bit surprised at how much new hardware there was to talk about this week, but we’re enterprising lads and we came up with a roster of topics that I’m sure will get your gadget lust going. From the Pogoplug to SugarSync to [...]
Lenovo will begin offering an Intel Celereon M processor on the ThinkPad X200s. The Celeron M723 is an entry-level single core processor that’s significantly cheaper than the Core 2 Duo processors usually found in this ultraportable notebook. I recommend mobile professionals steer clear of any notebook with a Celeron processor and invest in a more [...]
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Droid RAZR MAXX First Impressions and Unboxing Video
The Droid RAZR is just months old, but Motorola has already seen fit to introduce another mmber to the RAZR family, the Droid RAZR MAXX. The Droid RAZR (review) was known for a super thin design and Kevlar back, but it lacked in the battery life department. We saw 11-12 hours of battery life in [...]
The Next Nexus: What It Needs to Stay Ahead of the Pack
Late last year, Google and Samsung released the third rendition of the Nexus smartphone. The first of course was the HTC-made Nexus One which arrived in 2010 to great fan fare. Then, in late part of 2010, the Samsung-made Nexus S launched which eventually became available in two variants, the regular Nexus S and the [...]
Nokia Responds to Alleged 3-Inch ‘Tablet’ Leaks
When Nokia took the stage in New York City with carrier partner T-Mobile USA, various news outlets were reporting that Nokia was either working on a 3-inch tablet or media player. Right now, the company says that the information that was reported earlier was all a misunderstanding by various hopeful blogs. The device that was [...]
Pad & Quill Octavo iPad Case 2 Looks Great but is Bulky
The Pad & Quill Octavo case for the iPad 2 is a leather bound case that looks great on the iPad 2. This case is crafted with care and you can tell that when you pick it up. Pad & Quill is known for producing high quality cases that protect your tablet, computer or iPhone with [...]
Pad & Quill Fire Keeper: A Beautiful Kindle Fire Case
If you have a Kindle Fire, then you owe it to yourself to take a look at the beautiful Kindle Fire Keeper, a case from Pad & Quill. Pad & Quill cases protect your iPad, eBook reader, computer or iPhone with a touch of class giving users a classic book-like experience even though they’re holding a very [...]
id America Gasket iPhone Case Review
iPhone cases are a dime a dozen, but now and then I see one that stands out. Enter the Gasket iPhone case from id America. The id America Gasket case is a brushed aluminum iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S case that looks absolutely stunning. The machined case is inspired by the head gasket you’d find inside a [...]
