Word out of Android and Me is that an update to Android 2.1 is not just possible for every U.S. Android phone but inevitable, even for phones like the G1 previously believed to lack the onboard memory for it. Good news for everyone running Android in the States, just don’t expect to be seamless or [...]
Thinking the iPad looks pretty sweet? The folks at Technoholik have given us another reason to think twice. An interesting side-by-side comparison of the two devices highlights a few major differences such as the camera, battery life, and video-out options. Still no word on an official price, but expect this puppy to sell like hotcakes [...]
Learning lines is one of the chores that bedevil all actors. There is no “one way” to do this as everyone memorizes and retains lines differently. For some it comes easy, for some it is like pulling teeth. One thing that is common in all of this is the highlighting of lines in a script. [...]
I’m not surprised by this at all. After being told that the JooJoo Tablet would be in customers hands by the end of February, we’re now being told that March 25 is the shipping date forecast. The reason for the delay is supposedly a manufacturing issue with the touchscreen. Again, no surprise there. Her’s what [...]
With so much mobile focus on handhelds, pocketables, and netbooks, and small devices of all stripes, some folks still need to lug laptops around with them when they travel. How many times have you seen mobile warriors sitting on floors in airports? Well, the CartDesk Luggage Trolley wants to give you a tote your luggage [...]
Former GBM Team Member Hugo Ortega is keeping himself busy in his home down under. Hugo is the owner of TegaTech a company that sells mobile devices of all types. Now is getting ready to release a Tablet and he says the first batches are almost ready to ship. The TegaTech Tablet will be called [...]
I’ve been more absent than I would like from the pages here at GBM in this last week because I and my staff at Wayside Theatre have been heads down working on a grant application to the Virginia Commission for the Arts that is due on Monday. Each year arts organizations across the country prepare [...]
I’ve been obsessed with cameras ever since I can remember and I’ve always tended to overindulge on dessert. Sumocat sent over some photos of what has to be the perfect cake. Ann Sumimoto, who happen’s to be Sumocat’s sister, is the talented baker/cake decorator behind these photos. She this Canon DSLR for an old friend. [...]
Seems like I can’t read a blog today without tripping over some mention of a capacitive stylus. This one comes from pocketnow.com and it’s as simple as rolling a piece of paper (for an art project or other legal activity), except the paper is antistatic film.
A new capacitive stylus making the rounds lately is the ST C400 from HTC. Looks pretty slick, particularly with that transparent tip that lets you see where you’re inking, but as several people have pointed out, it’s actually a rebrand of the Dagi transparent stylus, which can be found on eBay for ~$12.
Long time Tablet PC user Maraderz has shared via YouTube a demonstration of the ink-friendliness of the Fujitsu UH900 with resistive touchscreen vs. the Lenovo S10-3T with capacitive touchscreen. Both have their advantages, but for inking, the winner is clear (and both would get their pens handed to them by an active digitizer).
Straight out of Stockholm, from Neonode comes the zForce Pad, an infrared touchscreen solution for screen sizes in the 5- to 13-inch range. Offers low cost, low power consumption, multi-touch capability and above its competing technologies, 100% screen transparency.
When the story is written about Apple’s App Store several things will stand out. One is the flip-flopping that seems to happen with some of the Apps that are rejected. What often appears as high handed and high minded reasons get questioned by the blogosphere and developers and then a reversal takes place. This doesn’t [...]
At CES, one of the e-readers that caught my attention was the Spring Design Alex. In the video shot that Sumocat and I did, we marveled at how easy the Alex was to use and operate. We could see why Barnes and Noble was so upset about the ALex and filed the lawsuit with Spring [...]
HP Home is offering the HP Pavilion dv4i Core i3 Notebook for $574 including free shipping after an instant discount and $75 web coupon. The HP Pavilion dv4i comes with a Core i3-330M 2.4GHz Intel processor, 2GB RAM and a 250GB hard drive. Visit LogicBuy for more information and coupon code.
Even if you’re a keyboard junkie, we all jot down notes in some way, shape or form. But whether it’s on paper or on the screen of your Tablet PC, with software such as OneNote and Evernote, your handwritten notes can be nearly as searchable as anything you type, as celebrated today by jkOnTheRun.
The multi-touch convertible Viliv S10 Blade, which I got to handle at CES, is coming to the U.S. from Dynamism. Featuring a 10.1″ HD LCD (1366×768) and Intel Atom processor up to 2.0GHz, it’s a compact but potent package with options for built-in HSPA 3G and 64GB SSD.
It is the supposed Year of the Tablet and an era where Apple has put all eyes on Slates. No matter. Amidst the release of updates to its ThinkPad line including the X201T Tablet PC, Lenovo is saying that its customer research is telling it that they don’t want slates. CNet is reporting the following [...]
Its that time once again. Its time for Gartner to release it figures about worldwide mobile phone sales for 2009. According to the post over at Engadget: Looking at smartphone OS market share alone, Gartner shows the iPhone OS, Android, and RIM making the biggest gains (up 6.2%, 3.4%, and 3.3% from 2008, respectively) at [...]
Google Earth is one of the coolest Google applications available. It has the “wow” factor everytime you use it to zoom in on a street view of your house, or look at the Whitehouse, or whatever you would like to look at around the world. Google Earth has only traditionally been available via desktop (for [...]
Microsoft is trying to get us back to being enthusiastic about the Windows Mobile platform. First there is the news from MWC about Windows Phone 7, and now there is an update to the Windows Mobile Marketplace. Users running Windows Mobile 6.x can upgrade to the newest version of the Marketplace. The updates include in-depth [...]
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Toshiba’s refresh to their Portégé M700 line of Tablet PCs just got official and the specs are hotter than previously seen with an option for Intel Core i7 processor and multi-touch confirmed. This puts the Toshiba Portégé M780 near the top of my upgrade short list [well, maybe not anymore].
Apple is slipping down a slippery slope as the keeper of the App Store with its latest move. There has been all sorts of anguish over some of the seemingly arbitrary nature of Apple’s approval process of apps, but this latest controversy brings the word arbitrary to a new level. Or does it? Here’s the [...]
We all knew a refresh of the Lenovo X200 Tablet line was coming and now we have the confirmation. Along with other ThinkPads, Lenovo has unveiled info on the Lenovo X201T Tablet PC. Yes, it will look very familiar on the outside to the X200T, with the notable exception of adding a touchpad. Don’t worry [...]
HP Home is offering the HP ENVY 13 Ultra-portable 13.1-inch LED notebook for $1,249 including free shipping after a $250 coupon code. The HP Envy 13 ultra-portable weighs 3.7 pounds, features a Core 2 Duo processor, 512MB Mobility Radeon HD 4330 graphics, 3GB RAM and a 250 GB hard drive. Visit LogicBuy for more information [...]
The guys at Computerworld were apparently thumbing through the classified ads recently (on their touchscreen devices, not newspapers, of course) and stumbled upon an interesting posting by Apple for an engineering manager to “lead a team focused on bring-up of iPhone OS on new platforms.” New platforms? Color me intrigued.
Interesting article out of Ars Technica looks at “How smartphones are bogging down some wireless carriers”. Turns out the problem may not be capacity, but the way current smartphones, including but not limited to the iPhone, manage their connection to the network, as explained by a representative from UK carrier, O2.
Word trickling out of Engadget is that Microsoft Asia is busy working on a smarter inductive charging pad. Out of blog, I’m Just Being Manan, a patent for the technology was revealed. Later, reader jihuiwen did them one better and shared photos of the actual prototype on his Flickr account.
According to a post over at The Register, it looks like we might be able to pre-order our iPads this week: The Mac maker will begin taking advance orders for the product later this week, it has been claimed. The news comes from website AppAdvice – formerly AppleiPhoneApps.com – and is said to derive from [...]
Our friends over at Google are in an updating mood and have updated their Google Mobile application for the iPhone/iPod touch. According to TechCrunch: Version 0.4.5.3281 also brings improved stability when using Voice Search on ‘restrictive networks’ and is also said to make Search by Voice completion detection function a bit better. Other than that, [...]
HP Home is offering the HP TouchSmart tm2 12-inch Tablet for $924 including free shipping after instant savings and a stackable $250 coupon. The HP TouchSmart tm2 12-inch Tablet comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB RAM, a 500GB hard drive and 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4550 graphics. Visit LogicBuy for more information [...]
On the forum, Steve S shares with us word (from digitaldoctors at TabletPCBuzz) that Electrovaya has listed a new Scribbler Tablet PC, the first upgrade in nearly two years. The Electrovaya Scribbler SC4100 sports the same slate form factor as the past couple iterations, but not only updates the processor (Intel Core 2 Duo L7400 [...]
I think Windows Live Writer is one of the best stand alone blogging apps available and also one of the best pieces of software Microsoft has ever put out, even if it is now about of the whole Windows Live experience that I still find confusing in both branding and execution. Perhaps that will all [...]
Reading all the comments for, against, and otherwise on Adobe Flash on mobile devices have been quite enlightening. I am mostly ambivalent about it, which is why I haven’t come out with a solid position yet. But since everyone else has shared, it’s only fair that I reciprocate.
Leaked documents (always the best kind) via WM PowerUser layout the application platform for WP7S, and it’s all about XNA and Silverlight. XNA isn’t surprising given it’s the framework used for the XBox, part of Microsoft’s entertainment division, but Silverlight, as a competitor to Adobe Flash, creates an interesting situation.
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