No real word on specs and pricing here yet, but Sony is announcing the VAIO X Ultraportable. Yes, it’s thin, yes, it supposedly only weighs in at about a pound and a half. It has an 11 inch screen, and it’s running the Atom processor. At least at the moment it is, according to [...]
…when watching DVDs and running on an Intel processor. Yep, per the CNET report, at an event held jointly by Microsoft and Intel, a laptop running Windows 7 was put to the test against one running Windows Vista and the results were impressive. At a demo on Tuesday, Microsoft showed two identical laptops playing the [...]
Last night as I was doing some work on my Tablet PC, I went to open up Firefox and I got an error message that said Chrome Registration Failed. I meant to do a screen grab of the notification box that contained the error but I guess I didn’t. After dismissing the error message it [...]
Chippy of UMPCPortal is at Nokia World and making sure to get his hands on every new device he can find, including the Nokia N900 (more than an) Internet tablet. He has video of the device in his very capable hands, giving it a whirl. Posted after the break.
Nokia is unveiling specs and pricing of the Booklet 3G and intially those who have gotten their gubby mitts on the pre-production units seem impressed. Chris Davies of SlashGear has a slew of pictures up for you to oogle and says that he’s very impressed with the keyboard and even more impressed with the dimensions [...]
eBook Readers are everywhere. I’m half expecting to start seeing them in local discount retailers like CVS by Christmas. And maybe with a splash of color. Google has teamed up with British company Interead to bring the slew of Google Books to Interead’s Coolerbooks store. But that’s not all Interead also manufactures the COOL-ER eReader [...]
I’m a slate guy. Since 2001 I’ve had a tablet with me. For meetings, development, writing, and keeping in touch while on travel, it’s my primary mobile, travel, and home technology. I’ve nearly nine years of notes in OneNote that have migrated from my first tablet, (A HP TC1000 that’s still in use by a [...]
I live in Farmington, Michigan with my wife and two children, my twelve year old son and three year old daughter. I was raised by a lawyer / FBI agent father, and an artist mother, leaving me with a strange combination of the technical and the artistic. I love reading, and write as often as [...]
I’d like to extend a warm welcome to Chris Lucksted, who has graciously agreed to blog about his tablet PC experiences here on GBM. Chis is a longtime reader of GBM and strikes me as an incredibly smart and well-rounded guy. He is the director of technology at a consulting firm and has over 20 [...]
Opera always seems to be the also ran when talk of the Browser Wars pops up, but maybe the release of Opera 10 will change that. Taking advantage of the server side compression technology that Opera builds into its mobile version, the new Opera 10 has a Turbo mode that speeds up loading web pages. [...]
I’ve maintained that since Apple introduced Coverflow into its OS that it was headed towards touch devices. Certainly on the iPhone and iPod Touch Coverflow gives you all sorts of touchy goodness. Then Apple crossed things up and integrated Touch into its trackpad and not on the screen. With the advent of the avalanche of [...]
It looks like Google is getting ready to unleash its Chrome Browser on at least one vendors hardware and possibly getting ready to roll out its Chrome OS sooner than we’ve all heard before. According to this report on Mashable, Google has penned a deal with Sony to include the Chrome Browser on the VAIO [...]
For those folks who have been waiting (and waiting, and waiting…) for something new on the Windows Mobile front, Microsoft is now officially announcing that Windows Phones (note the drop of the word Mobile) will start to be available October 6. Stephanie Ferguson has a post on the Windows Mobile blog starting afresh the drumbeat [...]
HP’s offering a $450 off TouchSmart tx2z tablets configured over $1199. The discount includes a $250 stackable coupon, which is only good while supplies last. For $749.99 you can get a tx2z with 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive and AMD Turion X2 ultra dual-core ZM-85 processor. Visit LogicBuy for more details and the [...]
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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 [...]
