Almost since its debut, we’ve known the tx1000 convertible notebook (with optional touchscreen) from HP were hot devices – literally. In the user reviews I read of the notebook, heat was a recurring theme. At the time, however, the issue seemed to be one of comfort, not operation. Now, a couple years later, the long-term [...]
A German company is trying to protect the word ‘smartbook’ from becoming generic. Smartbook AG apparently holds the trademark in Germany and doesn’t want companies to use the word to refer to computers other than the ones it sells. Of course this reminds us of how Psion tried to assert its claim to the term [...]
Though they don’t get much exposure in the States, Medion is a company we’ve noticed in the past for their ultra-mobile machines. Well, per NewGadgets.de (German site), they’re releasing a new device that’s not mobile but is multi-touch. Translated via Google Translate: Medion today introduced the Touch The X9613 in Frankfurt. This is a 24-inch [...]
In a look at the profitability of freemium services, The New York Times sat down with Evernote’s chief executive, Phil Libin, to see what makes their business model tick, and in the process, shared an straightforward explanation of what Evernote does. The company gives away a Web application that saves data you accumulate. You can [...]
I tried out a few new things this month, so now with September looming, it seems like a good time to log in a status report. Added a Tablet to My Tablet: As I mentioned when I first blogged this, I should have added a Graphire Wireless to my peripheral arsenal a long time ago. [...]
With a brief mention of a “media pad” in an interview (and a mention by the interviewer of Apple’s mythic tablet), Mike Rayfield, general manager of NVIDIA’s mobile business unit, set the blogosphere abuzz with chatter that Tegra would be powering the Apple Tablet. Today, The New York Times’ Bits Blog shares more from Mr. [...]
Citing a reliable source, Gizmodo is reporting that Apple may be working on tablets that are bigger than previously rumored, 13″ and 15″. This source claims that the two touchscreen prototypes—made of aluminum, but on the shape of big iPhones—were in a factory in Shenzuen, China. One of them “was running Mac OS X 10.5.” [...]
Lenovo’s offering the IdeaCentre Q700 for $449.10 after a 10% coupon for a limited time. This small form factor PC comes with 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive DVD burner and a free upgrade to Windows 7. Visit LogicBuy for the coupon code and other deals.
A European Bloomberg reporter wrote an article about the business side of personal navigation devices. An industry analyst said that sales of standalone personal navigation devices are in a terminal decline. TomTom and Garmin execs disagree and think the market will grow for at least a couple more years. Analysts in the Bloomberg report point [...]
Putting an end to the rumors (and possibly prompted by the massive reveal published last week), Nokia has dropped a press release announcing their N900 that describes it as being “the next phase in the evolution of Maemo.” No new info on specs (we pretty knew it all months ago), but the verbiage is telling. [...]
The guy who last year delivered the iTab, a slick but desk-bound Macbook turned into a tablet, has returned with a new project, the iTab Mini, a mobile version of the original. The Mini is based on a 12″ Powerbook, but the specs are nothing to sneeze at: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, [...]
Word out of Digitimes is that ASUS has an e-book reader in the works, which I daresay should be known as an “Eee-reader,” and MSI may not be far behind. Asustek Computer plans to launch an e-book reader under its Eee brand by the end of 2009 at the earliest, according to company president Jerry [...]
The guys at Axiotron have released Quickscript, a handwriting recognition application. The makers of the ModBook are offering Quickscript as a public beta that you can download from Axiotron.com/quickscript. Quickscript supports 26 languages including Japanese, Chinese and Arabic. download works with any ModBook or any other Mac that has a drawing tablet hooked up to [...]
We’re into tech week (some call it tech hell) for our production of Robert E. Lee and John Brown: Lighting the Fuse at Wayside Theatre, heading to its opening on this Sunday. Before our tech booth crew move to their tiny and cramped quarters in our light booth (it used to be a projection room [...]
Note to manufacturers: if you want to keep your devices under wraps, you need to go full confidentiality on your FCC filings. Archos made such a request for the technical aspects of their A5S Internet Tablet, but apparently that wasn’t enough to cover photos and test results. Thus, the FCC has given us a peek [...]
In their Mossberg Solution section, The Wall Street Journal has a brief article on things to know if you’re thinking about switching from BlackBerry to iPhone. Most of the observations are drawn from a group of users who are making the switch. Most of it is pretty obvious stuff, like the decrease in battery life [...]
Microsoft’s Surface is still an intriguing device. If it ever really gets put into wide circulation I think it can become a very interesting way for folks to interact. This video from the current Gnomedex conference demos some ways that conference attendees can check out their contacts who may be attending among other cool uses.
If you can’t wait for non-convertible touchscreen laptops to hit the mass market, there’s good news: The DUO is available to easily add pen input to any PC screen up to 17″. Truc reported on this product back in March, and it’s now available for purchase from KCI Communications for $119.95 with free shipping in [...]
OK, warning here. Don’t follow the link if you’re offended by foul language. There’s plenty here to see. That behind us, this is a pretty hysterical Fake Steve Jobs riff on what’s happening inside Apple and the making of the mythical Tablet. Dan Lyons who pens Fake Steve, riffs off of the Wall St. Journal [...]
I’m lucky to be participating in the Beta for an iPhone mobile solution for OneNote called : MobileNoter. Yes, it’s an iPhone app that allows you to sync Notebooks between your desktop and your iPhone. It’s early in the Beta but so far I’m impressed. Here’s a bit about how it is working currently.
Sony dropped a new ebook reader today, rounding out their line by hitting three sweet spots – affordability and portability, touchscreen navigation, and now mobile connectivity with extra-wide viewability – with the Pocket, Touch, and now Daily Editions of the Sony Reader, respectively. Sadly, you can’t get the best features of all three in one, [...]
If you’ve followed my musings here or anywhere, you know that I think one of the key benefits that mobile computing has brought to us all, is the ability to do some work, or some reading, or whatever when we all do what we all do everyday. I, and many others call it Stall Surfing. [...]
Announced on the Evernote Blogcast, the Evernote iPhone app just got a speed bump and an important new feature: Web Clipping. Much like the Evernote (or OneNote) desktop application, the feature allows you to save web pages to your notes. But in a flip of the usual plug-in system, rather than adding the service to [...]
Sascha the Netbook King is telling us that the price of the Nokia Booklet 3G will come in at $799. That’s a steep price in Netbook terms, but it looks like Nokia is trying to position the Booklet in the “Not a Netbook’ category, and though it is still early and details won’t be fully [...]
It is amazing so many people want a Tablet isn’t it? Or do they just want a new Apple shiny device delivered by Steve Jobs? I’m guessing it’s the latter. The Wall St. Journal is running a story by Yukari Iwatani Kane talking about how Jobs is intimately involved with every detail of the rumored [...]
We’re going to see a lot more emphasis on touch-enabled PCs in the coming weeks and months as a slew of new PCs are launched in conjunction with Windows 7. I’ve heard a couple of rumors of that point to some manufacturers launching traditional notebooks with touch screen displays. If you use a lot of [...]
HP’s offering $200 off already discounted HP Pavilion dv3t notebooks. The coupon is valid on any dv3t priced at $1099.99 before discounts. For $749.99 you can pick up a Pavilion dv3t has a with 3GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive and free Windows 7 upgrade. Visit LogicBuy for the coupon code and more deals.
Check out this video from Felipe Gomes, who has been experimenting with a custom version of Firefox that allows multi-touch web pages. Multitouch on Firefox from Felipe on Vimeo. Via Incremental Blogger
Grahl Software is running one deal and one contest to help you out with back-to-school expenses (even if you don’t have any). The deal is $8 off your purchase of PDF Annotator. In case you don’t know, PDF Annotator is a feature-rich application that enables you to mark up a PDF on your Tablet PC. [...]
News out of Boy Genius Report is that RIM has purchased software development company Torch Mobile, makers of the Iris mobile web browser… and little else. Between that and the official statement from Torch Mobile specifying… “Our team of developers will join RIM’s global organization and will now be focused on utilizing our WebKit-based mobile [...]
We’ve got a lot of wars going on. Browser wars. OS Wars. Various Hardware Wars. Mobile Wars. You name it, everyone is competing with everyone else to try and grab your dollars. The eBook Wars are really beginning to heat up and everyone has their sights on Amazon and its Kindle. Barnes & Noble ratcheted [...]
If you’re hemming and hawing about whether or not to upgrade to Windows 7 when it is officially released on October 22 then you can hem and haw a little longer while you are checking it out. According to an article in the Telegraph, Microsoft is going to allow you to essentially reset your 30 [...]
Call it a Netbook, or call it a Mini-Comptuer. It doesn’t matter. Nokia opened some eyes today by introducing the Nokia Booklet 3G Mini-Computer. The Atom based device looks to be running Windows 7 and comes with a 10.1 inch display that is HD capable. Nokia is promising 12 hours of battery life and says [...]
Apple fan boys are jumping up and down for what looks like the release of the Snow Leopard edition of Apple’s operating system on August 28. This is coming earlier than most had originally thought. I’ve already placed my pre-order for this, but if it arrives before the weekend I’ll be waiting a bit before [...]
Dell’s offering 20% off a wide selection of LCDs. A 19″ Dell monitor is just $135 after discount and 23-incher can be had for $183. Visit LogicBuy for more details and the coupon code.
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