Disappointing but not unexpected news. Steve “Chippy” Paine of UMPCPortal got his hands on the Viliv S10 Blade and does a quick unboxing and tour of the device. I’m not sure why I was hoping for better but as the video shows, the Blade doesn’t cut it if you want to use the stylus for [...]
Sascha Pallenberg at Netbooknews.com (known as the Netbook King) sits down with three of the newer netbooks on the market and checks them out. In the video he’s look at the Gigabyte T1000, Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t, and Viliv S10 Blade all of which have touchscreens. It’s a quick look at each, but Sascha knows his [...]
At TechEd Middle East, Microsoft Eric Rudder showed off a little bit of that “3 screens and the cloud” strategy Microsoft has been crowing about. The example was all about gaming. Rudder shows off an Indiana Jones game that he plays on an Xbox, a computer, and a Windows Phone 7 Series phone. The game’s [...]
With mobile geeks going gaga over Tablets and handhelds, it is always good to see that some have a good sense of humor when it comes to blowing they hypemeisters out of the water. TUAW unearthed this parody. Enjoy.
Larry O’Brien of Knowing .NET has taken to task the main photo from the latest Courier sneak peek, calling it “misleading” and pointing out that the writing shown on the screen could not have been written at that size. He went so far as to sector the screen and determine that the lettering was only [...]
Apple’s iPad is being released in just a few weeks. There’s new news on Microsoft Courier. Heavy Tablet PC hitters Lenovo and HP have weighed in with updates to existing Tablet PCs that are top of the line. Hanvon and countless others are readying Tablets. They all cost money and their are still big unknowns [...]
Engadget is running with some news on Microsoft Courier. Here’s the quote: We’re told Courier will function as a “digital journal,” and it’s designed to be seriously portable: it’s under an inch thick, weighs a little over a pound, and isn’t much bigger than a 5×7 photo when closed. That’s a lot smaller than we [...]
Remember the Sausage Stylus from Korea? You know the creative multi-use solution some Koreans were adopting when it was too cold to use fingers on the iPhone’s touch screen? Well, apparently the Sausage Stylus is headed to the US. CaseCrown (they sell iPhone cases) have picked up a quantity of the sausages and will be [...]
Apple has announced that those eager to get the iPad in their hands can do so beginning Saturday, April 3 for the WiFi models. The 3G model will be available late April. Pre-orders for all models begin on March 12. Apple today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US [...]
Word cycling around the Internets is that Google is giving away Droid and Nexus One smartphones for free to Android developers who have at least one app that’s scored 3.5 stars or better and more than 5,000 unique downloads. And for once, everyone seems on the same page as to why this is good.
The Entourage eDGe is taking some knocks in this early review from Laptop Mag. The dual screen eBook Reader with an active digitizer that runs Android certainly has our attention here at GBM as well, given the fact that one can use digital Ink. The essence of the review is that the eDGe isn’t ready [...]
Steve Ballmer is taking Microsoft all in saying that Microsoft is “betting out company” on the cloud. He made the remarks at a University of Washington speech and if you’ve been following Microsoft for any period of time, you know that the move into the cloud has been coming, but the pace has been painfully [...]
Sony is readying its move to try and capture some attention in the mobile space according to the Wall St. Journal. The sleeping (and lumbering) consumer electronics giant is getting ready to unveil some devices this year that it hopes keep it in play as the gadget world falls head over heels in love with [...]
The headline for this post leaves out a salient point in this discussion, and it also hits at another that affects all of us who love our mobile gadgets. The point left out is that what John Herlihy of Google is referring to is that most consumers will be using mobile gadgets to consume information [...]
I have spent quite a bit of time in my car lately, traveling back and forth to our state capital advocating on behalf of arts funding and also visiting my mother who is terminally ill. (For those who have asked, thank you for doing so. She is doing as well as can be expected at [...]
Via the Evernote Blogcast (and the update notice I saw last night), Evernote 3.5 for Windows has gotten an update that, in addition to the usual widespread improvements, offers options for where to send your screen clips and how to view your notes.
Motion Computing is introducing a two peripherals and some software that should help tablet users that work in the healthcare industry. The motion folks are exhibiting their wares at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference in Atlanta. The ReadyDock is a cabinet that can be configured to securely store up to 20 C5 [...]
Word out of Engadget is the Acer Aspire Timeline 1820PT convertible tablet will be priced at 599 Euros. They’re guessing that means it’ll be priced at $599 in the States. Sounds about right, especially since one of our forum members, Elmstrom, already found it priced on Play.com for £599.99 recommended retail.
Finally, a search option on a modern mobile I can get excited about: Gesture Search on Android 2.0. Draw a letter on the screen and find anything on your Android phone that starts with that letter.
When the Notebooks.com/GBM.com team was at CES this year, we saw anything and everything relating to iPhone cases , cell phone skins and laptop cases and bags. You name the accessory, I probably saw it. One of my personal favorites is Gelaskins. For those not familiar, Gelaskins provides stunning protective skins for all types of devices from [...]
Lenovo is offering the Lenovo ThinkPad T410s for $1,319 after instant savings of $426 and a stackable 5% off coupon code. The Lenovo ThinkPad T410s comes with an Intel Core i5 2.4GHz processor, 2GB RAM, and a 250GB hard drive. Visit LogicBuy for more information and coupon code.
Been going back and forth on universal remotes for my media room, including iPhone solutions, but this RedEye mini from ThinkFlood could have them beat: an IR dongle for the iPhone headphone port, offering macros and touch control for only $49.
Are they cloning a killer crocodile? Building a computer assisted way to look fabulous on the runway? From the name, one might think this Microsoft Research project was a hybrid of both, but in fact, Project Gustav is an attempt at “immersive digital painting”. Looks fierce… and a little familiar.
Microsoft is showing off some pretty amazing technology at TechFest. Todd Bishop and others got a chance to take a look at what is being called the Translating Phone. It not only makes a transcription of your conversation that becomes searchable in Exchange, but it also translates in real time a voice conversation that you [...]
Yesterday we mentioned the great CeBit coverage from jkkmobile and Netbooknews.com. In checking out some of the videos from the show, this one from jkkmobile featuring the Hanvon Tablets caught my eye, because it is the first new wave Tablet I’ve heard about that might have a digitizer/stylus option for Inking. Hanvon is debuting two [...]
Asus took the wraps off of its eBook Reader called the Asus DR-900 at CeBit. Joining an increasingly crowded field, (with technology that might actually be yesterday’s news within a year or so) the DR-900 has a 9 inch display. The e-Ink device supports PDF, ePub and HTML formats on the 1024 x 768 res [...]
Apple is already in a legal patent dispute with Nokia and now it is opening up another tussle this time with HTC. The issue is over patents (20 of them) that Apple holds on the iPhone UI, underlying architecture, and hardware. The stakes are obviously high in the mobile wars and so are the legal [...]
Panasonic has refreshed their Toughbook Tablet PC line with the C1, which they claim is the world’s lightest 12.1″ convertible Tablet PC at 3.2 pounds, yet it remains tough enough to be called a “Toughbook”. On top of that, it packs an Intel Core i5 2.4GHz processor and optional multi-touch screen that works with gloved [...]
Carriers do not charge for the text messages. Customers will not be charged for the text messages, and the $10 donation will appear on their regular monthly bills.Its nice to see large corporations put aside the capitalistic need for money and do something that is just the right thing to do. With the recent earthquake [...]
Along with a Mobile Surface concept, Microsoft also has a different kind of touch experience that might make your skin crawl a bit. It’s called Skinput. Apparently touchable armbands worn on your bicep can pick up different touch inputs. Because of differences in bone density, tissue mass, and muscle makeup, unique acoustical signatures can be [...]
Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Microsoft is getting ready to show off a sort of mobile version of Microsoft Surface, that Microsoft is calling Mobile Surface. This is being shown at an employee-0nly Microsoft Research showcase, but some reporters have seen it in action. The idea is to hook up a mobile phone with [...]
Lenovo is offering $50 off of the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t netbook/tablet plus an additional $50 off with a stackable coupon code for a final price of $499 including free shipping. The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t comes with an Intel Atom N450 processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB hard drive and 4 cell battery. Visit LogicBuy for [...]
The HP Elitebook 2740p looks almost exactly the same as its predecessors, but its multi-touch display and faster processors will make a lot of people smile. I got a chance to take a look at the 2740p and shot a quick video of the new tablet. The Elitebook 2740p will ship with a choice of [...]
Several of our mobile blogging colleagues are attending CeBit in Hanover, Germany and covering the mobile tech news from there. The team at Netbooknews.com is there as is jkkmobile and they’ve already put up some video coverage of devices like the GigaByte Touchnote T1000P and the HiVision Speedpad Android Tablet. There’s lots more coverage including [...]
Call it a rumor, call it just another analyst trying to stir the pot. Heck, you could even call it good marketing depending on how you look at it. Regardless, an analyst at Canaccord Adams is saying that they have word that a manufacturing bottleneck could delay or reduce the number of iPad’s available at [...]
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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 [...]
