The great struggle for your mobile computing dollar continues. VIA Technologies is announcing its next move and the company is aiming for somewhere between the low cost Netbook market and the more profitable notebook market. VIA’s insertion is going to be called the Surfboard NetNote. The latter part of that name is sure to leave [...]
Lenovo’s offering a $380 instant discount plus a 15% stackable coupon on the X200t with multi-touch. After discount, the ThinkPad X200t is $1,405.90 with the base configuration. Visit LogicBuy for the coupon code and more details.
A few weeks ago I asked if you would use a clamshell style notebook with a touchscreen display. The responses were very favorable to the idea and I finally got a chance to try out just such a machine. Lenovo was kind enough to send over a pre-production ThinkPad T400s for us to play with [...]
Touch, touch, touch, touch. Everything is touch these days, including the small netbook form factor. If you want to see how the Viliv S7 convertible UMPC along with the ASUS EeePC T91, the Gigabyte Touchnote and other convertible devices stack up against one another, you might want to tune into the live session that jkk [...]
Engadget received an anonymous tip about multi-touch input coming to Bamboo line of Wacom pen tablets, complete with blurry spycam photo. Presumably it uses the same Wacom technology going into the Fujitsu T5010. No sign of pen input in the verbiage, so I would guess it’s purely touch input. (Either that or their packaging designer [...]
As promised here’s two videos from Xavier demoing the multi-touch capabilities on the Lenovo T400s and the X200 Tablet. (cross posted from our sister site, Notebooks.com.) Lenovo’s now offering multi-touch displays on the ThinkPad T400s and X200t tablet. Multitouch displays allow users to manipulate maps, multiple items and 3D objects. (videos and more after [...]
Here’s a reprint from an article on our sister pub Notebooks.com. This looks like a winner, although I’m sure the MacBook comparisons are going to get really old about, well, about right now. WC HP’s Envy 13 is a premium notebook that features an all-metal design and innovative features. The Envy 13 starts at $1,699, [...]
Fellow Tablet PC MVP and the maven behind Tablet PC2.com, Linda Epstein has put up a great piece for anyone interested in Tablet PCs. Whether you’re in the market for a Tablet PC for the first time, or an old timer looking to make a change, Linda’s piece offers an array of insight into what’s [...]
As predicted last week, it didn’t take long for new Apple Tablet rumors to surface. Now we’re hearing that the device will have a smaller screen (9.6 inches instead of 10 or greater) and cost between $799 and $999. We’re also hearing in this latest round of rumors that AT&T will be the 3G carrier. [...]
Mentioned briefly when they unveiled their new multi-touch Lifebook Tablet PCs at IFA 2009, Fujitsu, no doubt prompted by today’s Lenovo news, has officialized officialiated officialified announced in an official manner that multi-touch is an option on the Lifebook T5010 Tablet PC. – NEW optional dual digitizer (active digitizer/capacitive touch) with two-finger support for [...]
Lenovo is releasing Tablets and notebooks with multi-touch to take advantage of Windows 7. Xavier will have some video of how the multi-touch is implemented later today. But that’s not all Lenovo has up its sleeve.
Lenovo’s offering the IdeaPad U330 for just $599 after a $350 instant discount and $100 coupon. For this price you can score a 13″ notebook with a 2GHz processor, 3GB of RAM, a DVD+/-RW drive, 320GB hard drive and Vista Home Premium. The IdeaPad U330 comes with an anti-glare display. This deal includes free shipping. [...]
You knew it wouldn’t take long, and if you followed jkkmobile you knew it was imminent. jkk goes hands on with some early impressions of the Viliv S7 convertible netbook. Check it out.
Technologizer dug up some patents for unusual portable computing devices and put them together in a segment entitled “Laptopia! The World’s Weirdest Portable Computers”. Indeed, there is some weird, wild stuff in their list, but I have to say, I’m really not pleased with their pick for #10, “Pivot and swivel mechanism for laptop display” [...]
If you’re looking to get in on the Zune HD action when it launches officially tomorrow, you might want to check out this deal from Dell. There’s a coupon code that lets you order the new Zune HD for 15% off. Here’s the link for the 32GB model and here’s the link for the 16GB [...]
Remember the Vivienne Tam Clutch Netbook? Looks like there is another model from the designer and HP. It was unveiled at at the designer’s 2010 fashion show. If you like the look, you’ll have to wait until Spring 2010. No word yet on specs for the device. Hope my wife doesn’t see this. Check out [...]
Well now we know. Dynamism has put up info on specs and pricing for the Viliv S7 convertible touch screen. Here in the US it will set you back $629 if you have your eyes on this device. There are three flavors of the S7. $629 gets you the base version with a 60GB HD. [...]
I think you can become a fan of just about anything or anyone on Facebook these days, and of course everyone chooses who to be a fan of or not. But if you enjoy using OneNote, you might want to head on over and join up. Here’s the link. You can also find out [...]
J&R is offering the Acer Aspire One netbook for $279.99 after a $69 discount. This configuration of the Acer Aspire One comes with an Intel Atom Z520 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. Visit LogicBuy for more details.
How’s this for a combination? The Phillips Bluetooth Notebook Mouse SPM9800/10 is not only a Bluetooth Mouse but it has a USB interface for when your batteries run out or your Bluetooth goes flaky or if you need to recharge it. And, instead of a click wheel it has a 360 ° TouchControl sensor that [...]
I guess there are times when a company shouldn’t let CEOs speak. I’m thinking this is one of those times. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse appeared on the Charlie Rose show and when asked how well the Palm Pre was doing vs Apple’s iPhone he had this to say: It’s-it’s doing well, but you can almost [...]
Flixter is an incredibly popular community that revolves around movies. Flixter’s iPhone app has been. and one that I use on a regular basis. Flixter’s Android and Blackberry applications are doing very well I got a chance to chat with Flixter co-founder Joe Greenstein at the Mobilize 09 conference yesterday. We started chatting about how [...]
With fall approaching and this summer ending, this has been a particularly challenging time for me in my real life job as the director of Wayside Theatre. The economic woes that hit us all have made the challenging job of running a small not-for-profit theatre even more challenging. There were several periods where we had [...]
Forum member segalsegal shares with us this blast from the pre-Tablet PC past: a concept “webslate” designed for the Transmeta Crusoe processor (which old-school Tablet PC enthusiasts will remember from the pre-HP Compaq TC1000). As envisioned by design consultancy IDEO, the webslate features an 8″ touchscreen and, as the name implies, was intended for web [...]
Tonight kicks off the NFL season with a game between the Steelers and the Titans. If you’re one of those who has to negotiate with your significant other for who gets to control the TV remote, you might want to check out the game online. NBC and the NFL have teamed up to bring some [...]
UMPCPortal and jkkmobile are teaming up for a live Q&A session focused on the new wave of touchscreen convertibles that are hitting the market. The session is taking place September 15th after the Archos event in Paris (I’d go, but the drive would be suicide). On hand for their hands-on will be the Viliv S7, [...]
Motorola and T-Mobile are teaming up to introduce a pair of Android-based smartphones. Both will run on the MOTOBlur platform, which focuses on social networking and centralizing all of your alerts. Dr. Sanjay Jha, Motorola’s Co-CEO just introduced the Moto Blur platform at Mobilize 09, which I’m attending today in San Francisco. He spent most [...]
If your company’s Microsoft Exchange server requires encryption, you’ll probably want to put the brakes on upgrading your iPhone to the new 3.1 OS. Users in the Apple forum are reporting problems logging into their accounts due to lack of encryption support. Some are seeing their access restored after a reboot but others are not. [...]
Jon Stokes continues his series of articles at Ars Technica looking at old-school RPG gaming on his Samsung Q1UP UMPC (which he still calls a Tablet PC), getting down to the nitty-gritty: reviews of his actual gameplay experience. In this installment, he profiles five games he’s played on his UMPC – Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale [...]
If we learned anything from Apple’s iPod event (or non-event, depending on whether you care about the nano), it’s that nobody knows what Apple’s going to do next. Yet, that didn’t stop Dan Frommer at Silicon Alley Insider from invading my feed reader with this headline: Steve Jobs: Apple Tablet Is Going To Destroy The [...]
Maybe it is where I live, but I don’t really have mosquito problems when I’m computing. But that could just be me. If you do have the pesky bloodsuckers zooming around, maybe this is your ticket. It’s a USB thumb drive that supposedly emits sounds that will send the suckers flying to your neighbors. Via [...]
The cell carriers are trying to win you over with new plans. Yesterday AT&T announced that you can call folks on your A-List without using up minutes. You can pick up to 5 numbers that are cell or landline. You have to have a plan that already dumps $59.99 into AT&T’s coffers to qualify though, [...]
Harrumph. Call me crazy, but the news that Google has increased the size of the search box on its home page shouldn’t really be that big of a deal. But then I guess it is to some. To be honest when I first looked at the before and after page, I didn’t notice a fundamental [...]
Face it, the numbers and chip monikers are confusing, especially if you follow the news and are trying to keep up with what’s on the market and what’s coming down the pike. I follow this, and even I get confused. But then, some would say that’s just my perpetual state. AMD is trying to make [...]
Here’s a tidbit that seems to have slipped through the cracks: the new iPod touch supports Voice Control, Voice Memos, and presumably anything else that requires audio input via the included headphones with mic and remote (same as the iPhone’s). Stumbled upon it while looking at the tech specs page and noticed there are two [...]
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