The big news in touch this morning is that Synaptics is touting it ClearPad 3000 technology that will bring 10 finger multi-touch to cellphones and other screens. Synaptics will be introducing this in November and we can expect to see devices taking advantage of this in 2010, or maybe a little earlier. The technology can [...]
ReadWriteWeb reports that Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch announced a full version of Flash for mobile phone will be available for beta testing by the end of the year, and it will be able to use multi-touch and accelerometer input. In a tweet, Adobe’s Senior Manager of Developer Communities Ted Patrick added “I think we will [...]
Rugged Tablet PCs have been around for a while, but the Intel Atom processor seems to be opening the door to a new breed. Hothardware reports that the Duros 8404 rugged Tablet has been given the netbook’s famed Intel Atom processor (as an option rather than a 1.0 GHz Celeron M) and an 8.4″ [...]
Wondering when Windows 7 will be available for you to get your hands on? Brandon LeBlanc has a blog entry that spells it out. As is typical, Windows 7 RTM will be rolled out to different levels of customers. Consumers will see Windows 7 on October 22 (which has been known for some time) but [...]
AT&T’s network can’t handle the traffic it has now and they willfully admit it. They keep promising upgrades to service, but those promises keep getting met with more and more stories of woe about deteriorating network coverage. AT&T celebrates its sales success but out of the other side of its mouth cries that it can’t [...]
Word on TheStreet.com (by way of CrunchGear) is Apple will have their mythic tablet ready for sale in time for the holidays, but they’re currently figuring out how to sell it. One option? Package it with 3G and a subsidy from Verizon. The device, being from Apple, will come with a big price tag. To [...]
Word has been bouncing around for quite some time about Microsoft opening up brick and mortar stores and hiring George Blankenship, the guy who spearheaded Apple’s move into malls, to do so. Like James Kendrick, I had no idea that Microsoft’s Online Store had opened up yet, but apparently it has. Here’s the link.
We have a lot of readers that rely on Mindjet’s MindManager to take notes, brainstorm projects, manage to-do lists and much more. MindManager is one of the most flexible applications I’ve ever used, with countless ways to apply it to a particular need or workstyle. I use their tablet pc features to ink a lot [...]
The New York Times is reporting that the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration decided not to go forward with a large study on the potential distractions of using a cell phone while driving and held back data and research already gathered, because there was a fear it would anger Congress. On the one hand [...]
We know they’re coming and it looks like we’re starting to see more noise about the arrival of NVidia Ion based Netbooks. Engadget is linking to a Netbook News report on the Ion Mobi Netbook from Point of View that is running a desktop Atom 230 processor, powered by the NVidia Ion platform. That cuts [...]
Since the first time someone started talking about Cloud Computing there have been concerns over privacy, the security of your data, and other issues. The recent Amazon flap over deleting books seems to have spurred a new round of examining the hazards of having your data in the cloud. One such article from the NY [...]
If you’re planning on getting an iPod touch, wait a few months. That’s the advice I’ve been giving everyone (with limited success – nothing could keep my mother-in-law from the Andre Rieu app), and thanks to a new report from Wired, I have more reason to stick to it. According to their “well-connected” source, cameras [...]
Rick Borstein, the Director of Legal and Life Science Markets at Adobe, got a hold of a demo tablet pc and recorded this screencast of an ink plug-in for Adobe Acrobat called AutoInk from EverMap.com. According to James Province, of TabletLawyer.com, Borstein loves the tablet pc and wouldn’t be surprised to see him purchase one [...]
Barnes and Noble is gearing up to take on Amazon’s vaunted Kindle business. B&N is planning to use the Plastic Logic eReader in 2010 in the device wars. Something like this has been coming since B&N purhcased Fictonwise earlier this year, and they already have released an iPhone app that features that technology. The [...]
I spent part of yesterday in the East Bay of San Francisco running errands with my wife. She had to pick up something for a friend at Wal-mart and I naturally spent most of our time in the store in the electronics section. That’s where I came upon this display of notebooks hidden behind a [...]
I wish I could have posted this earlier today, but it has been one of those days. Today is the anniversary of the first moon landing 40 years ago. To celebrate the feat Carina Software is offering deals on some of their excellent astronomy software. They did have a deal on their desktop software apps [...]
Simple is often best. If you use a Netbook, or a Tablet PC, or for that matter just about any notebook, you don’t have a separate numeric keypad like you do on a desktop. Sure there are solutions for number entry like using the number row, or on some devices there are key combinations that [...]
AT&T will begin selling a range of netbooks at its 2,200 retail stores in the coming days. The netbooks are subsidized for those who sign up for a two-year DataConnect 3G plan. The company will also begin offering tech support plans ranging from $99 to $199. The company previously test marketed netbooks and the ThinkPad [...]
Word out of Electronista is the ASUS Eee PC T101 tablet may be on hold ’til September, depending on sales performance of the T91. Worse yet, this may be only the tip of the iceberg for their tablet-style netbooks. ASUS may also delay other future tablet netbooks, including the T101, scale down their production or [...]
Our friends over a Netbooknews.com got their hands on the BenQ Joybook Lite 121 Eco. The ‘Eco’ part of the name refers to the fact that it’s partially built of recycled materials and sips electricity. It can run for up to 9.5 hours on its six-cell battery. One thing that really jumps out at me [...]
Woot.com is selling the HP 2710p tablet for $699 today only. As you may know, the 2710p is the predecessor to the 2730p, which is the current model. The 2710p on sale today comes with 2GB of RAM, a 120GB hard drive and 1.8GHz processor. This version ships with Windows XP Tablet edition and includes [...]
The revelation that Amazon can delete content off users’ Kindles has raised more than a few questions on privacy and ownership rights (and, I hope, gets people questioning the wisdom of the extended copyright laws in the States). That the books deleted, George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm, evoke themes of censorship and revisionism is [...]
HP is offering $100 off the HP TouchSmart tx2-1270us,dropping the price down to $819.99. This configuration of HP’s consumer tablet comes with a 2.2GHz AMD dual-core processor, Radeon HD 3200 graphics, 500GB hard drive and a six-cell battery. Visit LogicBuy for the coupon code and more deals.
I must confess, when I first learned of VoiceOver in the iPhone 3GS as an accessibility tool for the visually impaired, I was not impressed. Good to have the option, but why, I thought, would a blind person want a device that is almost all screeen? No tactile buttons. No fixed arrangement. Almost all input [...]
Lenovo is offering $150 off the IdeaPad U350, dropping the starting price to just $599. The base model includes a 1.3GHz ULV processor, 3GB of RAM and 320GB hard drive. Visit LogicBuy for the coupon code and other great deals.
The other day I dropped a computer off at the local repair shop because it was under warranty. After verbally asking for my contact information and email address, the attending technician asked, “What’s the password on this machine?” I answered audibly, without considering who was around me. There were at least two other people within [...]
I have to say, this move by Amazon has me a bit concerned. It turns out that the publisher of George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984 (yes, of all books) decided that they didn’t want to have an electronic edition of their book being made available any longer to Kindle users. So, Amazon wirelessly deleted [...]
I’ve visited New York several times, but am still a subway rookie. There are just too many lines and too many stations. It can get really confusing to even find the right subway station or platform. New York Nearest Subyway uses the iPhone 3GS compass and video function to overlay subway data on top [...]
Karen Chappel works in Systems Engineering at Raymond James and was kind enough to answer some questions about how her company uses Tablet PCs. Raymond James is a financial services holding company with subsidiaries engaged primarily in investment and financial planning, in addition to investment banking and asset management. The company was founded in 1962 [...]
I guess you can pick up a Netbook next to the Snow Caps, microwave popcorn, and other goodies at Blockbuster in the future. Turns out that Blockbuster is going to be selling the Archos 10 Netbook in some of its stores.
It isn’t quite a Friday afternoon news dump, but it’s close. Trying to keep the US Federal dogs at bay, Verizon announced that it was going to change up its exclusivity plans for the future. Basically the gist is that any phone carried as an exclusive initially will become available to other carriers after six [...]
Ask and ye shall receive. Since OneNote 2010 has been released as a Technical Preview there have been a lot of user questions about the new file format and data portability between the past version and the new version. Daniel Escapa from the OneNote team to the rescue with answers. He’s blogged how this all [...]
Been a while since we’ve seen a new Internet tablet from Nokia, but their Linux-based Maemo OS is still venturing out into the world. A Chinese company called Optima is releasing a new MID called the OP5-E running the (mostly) open source OS. The design clearly draws from the iPhone, particularly other shots showing a [...]
When a gadget, a celebrity, a business, a politician, or anything else starts getting as much negative publicity and analysis as it does positive ink you know it has arrived and is a force to be reckoned with. There’s an old rule in show business that unless someone is taking potshots at you, you [...]
Many readers of GottaBeMobile.com have been following the journey my daughter, Maggie, has taken through the years due to a brain tumor. Some of the many consequences of the tumor and multiple brain surgeries she’s had has been a lack of hand-eye coordination and brain integration / pathway problems. Maggie’s occupational therapist works with her [...]
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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 [...]
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