As Xavier pointed out, there’s not enough voice connectivity to go around at CES, even though the main event hasn’t started yet. My brother who resides in Vegas tried calling me a few times and nothing came through, not even the call record. However, he mentioned that calling is terrible in the casino areas, so [...]
Matt Kohut showed me the IdeaPad S10-3t here in Las Vegas and I really liked what I saw. This little convertible’s capacitive touch-enabled screen is pretty responsive and it has a lot to offer if you’re willing to plunk down $499 for a secondary device.
Parrot’s AR Drone was a hit last night at CES Unveiled, a preview event that showcases a few dozen electronics and computer vendors. The AR Drone is a toy quadricpoter (a helicopter with four blades) that can be controlled with an iPhone or iPod touch. There are a pair of cameras mounted on the AR [...]
So supposedly Microsoft and HP will be unveiling a new slate tablet at Steve Ballmer’s keynote. Yes, after years of ignoring the calls to revive the TC1x00 Tablet PC line, specifically the venerable slate TC1100, now everyone is excited about HP making a slate tablet. If it is a revival of the TC1100, great. But [...]
I got to meet up with quite a few fellow geeks during the first day of CES 2010. I’m always interested in seeing what bloggers are carrying with them at CES to work on their feet. A lot of bloggers are carrying various Blackberry smartphones, iPhones and Droids. But not Brad Linder of Liliputing. He’s [...]
It’s pretty common for iPhone owners to complain about not having enough bars and dropping calls on a regular basis. Today I had all the bars I could ask for, but still couldn’t place or receive calls at will. In fact, when Sumocat and I were trying to find each other my iPhone had five [...]
Stephen Miller from Lenovo showed me the L2461 display today at CES 2010. The 23″ display is attractive and has a thin profile, but what’s really special is that it’s touch-enabled. This means you can turn any Windows 7 notebook into a touch device when you’re using it at your desk. The display can recognize [...]
HP is unveiling a new line of Touchsmart Tablet PCs that from what I’m reading is sleeker and offers more than the TX line of consumer focused Tablet PCs. Built similarly to the Envy line from a design standpoint, the tm2 has a capacitive touch screen, which means pen and touch. It runs an Intel [...]
Got a smattering of the CES offerings today at a brief pre-pre-event. Lenovo was there with their U1 hybrid and other goodies (Xavier to share his up close and personal look). MSI showed off their army of netbooks and nettops. Another star was the enTourage eDGe, which they were glad to demo but hesitant to [...]
From what I’m hearing this new app for the iPhone called NudeIt (iTunes link) is a big hit at CES2010. Supposedly you point it at your friends (I’m guessing that label wont’ apply for long) and you can see through their clothes. Sorta reminds me of those ads for X-Ray specs you used to see [...]
Get ready for some fun Tablet folks. Ashlee Vance in the New York Times Bits Blog is revealing that Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer will unveil a new slate Tablet made by HP in his Keynote address on Wednesday. No details are available as of yet, but anyone who has been following the rise of the [...]
Lenovo is offering the new Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13.3-inch Dual-core AMD Laptop for $579 and including free shipping after an instant discount of $220. The base Lenovo Edge 13 has 2GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive and an AMD Athlon Neo processor. Visit LogicBuy for more information.
AT&T is announcing that they’ve completed the upgrade to its system that will eventually bring 7.2 HSPA service to its full network. It’s not there yet, as it requires a backend overhaul for the system. Some markets are already seeing the benefit, supposedly in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami. I’ll say this, [...]
Engadget got some hands on time with a pre-production Lenovo U1 Hybrid we wrote about earlier today and they seem quite impressed, although the viewing angle didn’t impress. They’ve got video up and from a quick glance between early evening cocktails here on my vacation, it looks quite promising. That said, what’s the deal with [...]
CES2010 is about to kick off and Google is making its promised noise about its Nexus One phone ahead of the circus in the desert. Google today officially took the wraps off the Nexus One phone and how it plans to sell it. From what I’m reading, the phone sounds like a worthy competitor (I’m [...]
One of the recurring themes that will undoubtedly come out of CES2010 is eBook Readers, or maybe we should start calling them eContent readers. The Skiff eBook Reader is certainly a reason to raise that question. Yes, it will read eBooks, yes, it has always on connectivity (Sprint at launch) but it is also a [...]
Sometimes my memory seems endless, or perhaps it just seems like it is never ending. It doesn’t matter. One thing you can count on at CES 2010 is that Eye-Fi will come out with another updated version of their excellent SD cards that allow for video and photos to be uploaded on the fly. This [...]
Say this for Lenovo, there isn’t a mobile category that they aren’t throwing resources into. The Skylight Smartbook is a Snapdragon based Smartbook throttling at 1GHz. The 10.1 inch form factor sure looks pretty and has a 1028×728 screen. It’s running a customized Linux OS, 8GB mini SD card, two USB ports, 1.3 megapixel camera, [...]
Tablet PC fans sort of new we’d see the hybrid form factor return, especially since we’ve seen concepts from all sorts of places that feature a detachable screen from a dock or base. But this isn’t just a hybrid form factor via the HP TC1000 series of days gone by. This packs two different machines [...]
Waiting to board the plane at Washington Dulles International Airport, formerly best known to me as the airport from Die Hard 2. Waltzed through security with no problem despite being loaded with batteries. Only problem was check-in in which the terminal was mismarked as check-in when it was baggage check.
Lenovo’s introducing the S10-3t, a convertible netbook that comes complete with a capacitive multi-touch display. This is the first touchscreen display in an IdeaPad of any kind and I’m looking forward to checking it out this afternoon here in Las Vegas. According to a Lenovo spec sheet, the S10-3t will come with either a 1.66 [...]
Putting together my gear for CES (leaving tomorrow morning, BTW). Not bringing anything special in terms of gadgetry. While I certainly own my share of gadget, I don’t like to carry them all with me. I run light and mobile – “one device to rule them all” was my original goal with going Tablet PC. [...]
I just landed in Las Vegas for CES 2010 and am settling in for a week of gadget overload. It’s a very exciting time of the year and I hope the show brings at least a few genuine surprises. GottaBeMobile’s Sumocat and his tablet will be flying into Las Vegas tomorrow to hunt down any [...]
Pretty much everyone believes Apple’s upcoming event later this month will center around their mythic tablet, which I will be extremely relieved to see. I don’t really care what it does at this point; I just want the aimless rumor-mongering to stop. It’s great that you know a guy who met a guy who touched [...]
Calling it “iLET,” short for Internet tablet, Haleron Technologies is offering a 10.1″ slate for pre-order with availability listed as January 15. Bad Photoshopping aside, it looks okay. I appreciate that it runs Windows 7, so I can properly call it a Tablet PC, but it’s not going to be a star tablet of 2010 [...]
Chinese Korean blog Naver has new product shots and info on the Viliv S10 Blade convertible tablet netbook. Xavier previously put together a video hands-on back in September at IDF 2009. That model had a single-touch screen and 1.33GHz Intel Atom processor with additional options to be announced. The new info seems to show those [...]
Okay, I might owe Freescale an apology for wondering aloud if the bezel on their tablet design is too wide, as I have been reminded this morning that going the other direction can be even worse. I refer to Jesus Diaz of Gizmodo sharing his dream of an Apple iSlate, which looks highly elegant but… [...]
Lenovo is known for cranking out business workhorse computers (and great Tablet PCs). It looks like with the latest round of devices they are releasing at CES2010 they are trying to grab a share of the consumer market as well. As is the case these days, Lenovo dropped info on new models prior to CES2010 [...]
Good news, everyone: Freescale has announced a new tablet reference design for the burgeoning (and I use that term lightly) smartbook market. It is, being a design from Freescale, an ARM-based unit, boasting instant-on functionality, persistent connectivity and all-day battery life. Priced at $199, which presumably is for the base design; better features and vendor [...]
It was only a matter of time and is well deserved. Xavier Lanier has been name a Microsoft MVP for Tablet and Touch. He joins fellow GBMers Warner Crocker, Sumocat, and Matt Faulkner also on the MVP roles, as well as former team member and founder of GBM, Rob Bushway. Also, GBM forum member Mark [...]
Well, here’s news that should suck the wind right out of the sails of Google’s Android and presumed Nexus One announcement on Monday: Engadget has their very own Google Nexus One. Yes, we’ve all seen photos, and specs have been posted for days, but the video of the Nexus One in action is new. While [...]
I keep asking and haven’t heard had any responders as to whether or not anyone pre-ordered a JooJoo Tablet. Given that some think that they PayPal only order system violates PayPal’s terms of service (must deliver product within 20 days) might be one reason. Another of the reasons might be that there is still more [...]
As I’ve said many times, everybody is working on a Tablet of some kind or another. The New Year weekend so far has been pretty quiet (expect that to change in about 48 hours or so) but rumors that are already a-swirl continue to bubble up that Google is working on a Tablet. This latest [...]
I’ve been rocking my Motorola Droid since the first day it was available to the public. Although it is still a little rough around the edges, the Droid is a different animal from the iPhone and offers an equal amount of impressive and useful features. This list of ten free apps includes a variety of [...]
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