Normally I’m pretty ambivalent on PC case badges, those little decals that let you know what’s inside your machine. But after all the confusion over the digitizer in the HP Slate 500, I’m picking a side and it’s pro-badge. Strongly pro-badge.
If you want help with your new Windows Phone 7, you could head over to Microsoft Answers, you could hit up one of the 80 Windows Phone MVPs worldwide, or you could head over to Pocket-lint and get 72 tips and tricks to help you get started. If I were you, I would go Pocket-lint [...]
What’s a connector? That’s what Microsoft is calling this software that allows Mac users to play nice with Windows Phone 7 devices. Sorry, no Zune compatibility yet. To be honest, I don’t see there ever see Zune and Mac playing nice together.
Looks like there’s a pretty easily reproduced security flaw in iOS 4.1 that allows someone to bypass the lock screen and have access to your phone, voicemail, call history, contacts, and with another step your photo albums. Apparently entering a random number after selecting “emergency call” at the lockscreen and then hitting a quick button [...]
Here’s a quick video that shows the Blackberry Playbook in action. Well, it kinda does. It shows off the UI a little bit. Yesterday’s news that the UI was built on Adobe UI makes this more than a curiosity. The video is the device being demoed at Adobe’s Max conference yesterday. The comment at the [...]
It gets even better. If you read the post I made yesterday about fanboys loading these online polls up, basically tainting the results, you would recall that Microsoft was in the lead. I predicted in the comments that iPhone fans would rally and bury the 10k votes Microsoft had in that poll at the time [...]
Not even halfway through their twelve-week giveaway sweepstakes and Fujitsu is already doubling up on the prizes. Fortunately, it’s another dual-digitizer Tablet PC – the Lifebook T730 – so it’s all good.
With the release of the Tega v2 and the HP Slate 500 many a Tableteer has been hoping, and some have been praying that the slate form factors will handle Digital Inking well on capacitive screens. Thanks to Windows 7, (yes Windows 7) the experience on the Tega v2 isn’t as bad as I thought [...]
I alluded to info earlier this morning that we’d see the Samsung Galaxy Tab on Sprint beginning on November 14. Well, now it is official as the press release below shows. $399 will get you the Galaxy Tab for those eligible for an upgrade or looking for new contract. There will be two data plans [...]
I have a little bit of a personal pet peeve here to rant about. It’s about the communities rallying fanboys up to load an opinion poll up. I’ve been guilty of it in the distant past, but I see where these type things are counter productive for the poll. Might as well just call the [...]
Yes, I have finally purchased a major Apple product. Just last week, I made a comment here on GBM that made me feel better about my choice. I said, “Can I buy Apple products but think Jobs is a pompous jackass? Sure.” Little did I know that I would actually do it. I have purchased [...]
Adobe is set to role out Air 2.5 today, and it is making a big play to make its cross-platform development environment live on just about any device. As long as it isn’t an Apple iOS device. The idea behind Adobe Air is that it is an environment that allows Apps to be written once [...]
Video fans were excited a short time ago when VLC, the app that lets you view darn near any video format, made it to the iPad. Now the VLC App has gone universal and can be used on the iPhone and iPod Touch as well. As folks tried out the earlier iPad only version they [...]
Looks like Best Buy will be offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab in several flavors in just a few weeks. Pocketables picked up some info and some ad copy that says Best Buy will offer a WiFi only version for $499.99. They will also be offering a Verizon 3G enabled version and a Sprint 3G enabled [...]
Last week in a post about Angry Birds Halloween I mentioned that I had seen a number of notices about Dracula and Vampire related Apps as Halloween got closer. One of those is Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition. It’s a clever interactive book App that tells the story by Bram Stoker, and is the [...]
Last week our completely unplanned series on the iPad (here, here, and here) generated quite a few comments as do many of the posts we publish that talk about Tablets/Slates/whatever you want to call them. You don’t have to look further than the number of hits on posts about the Tega v2 and the HP [...]
Like him, love him or hate him, Steve Ballmer is a lightning rod at times. According to a variety of reports, at a Gartner Symposium he was asked what Microsoft’s “riskiest product bet” was, and he answered the next version of Windows. Well, that’s all well and good. It could be just hype, it could [...]
Remember ArtRage? The painting, drawing, art program from Ambient Designs was a favorite for Tablet PC owners and won Microsoft’s Think In Ink Contest back in 2004. Ambient Designs kept innovating and eventually evolved ArtRage tailored for UMPCs and the Mac. Well, there is a recently recleased iPad version of ArtRage available and it brings [...]
Amazon is letting Kindle users know that they will be introducing Kindle book lending “later this year.” Of course this isn’t the kind of lending that you can do with a real book made out of dead trees, where you could pass it around your entire extended family. Nope, not in the world of innovation [...]
The new MacBook Air models introduced Wednesday made quite a splash. There’s a lot of hype around Apple’s latest ultraportables, but after going hands-on with one myself I think the hype is well-deserved. After just a few minutes with the new 11.6″ MacBook Air it’s clear that there’s something very different here and it’s worth [...]
So we’ve heard from Chris about how he’s no longer using his iPad, and from Warner about how he’s using his iPad more and more. Seems like a straight point-counterpoint, right? Well, don’t count the third parties out yet. I don’t have an iPad. Am I alone?
Oh, HP Slate or, as you’re properly called, HP Slate 500 Tablet PC. Been a long road, more than ten months since you graced the stage at CES2010. In that time, you’ve died and come back more times than Michael Myers, providing me with quality distractions along the way. Here, I present the last of [...]
The HP Slate 500 can be used to grab quick video clips or in conjunction with your favorite video chat service. Here’s a quick demo of the camera and a look at how my hometown of San Francisco looks from up high in a tower. You can read more about my thoughts on the camera [...]
Here it is, the main event: Xavier spends nearly fifteen minutes with the HP Slate 500 Tablet PC in this first-look at the Windows 7 slate. It’s got pen input. It’s got a multi-touch screen. Any question you have is answered in this video. Well, no, not really, but seriously, he covers a lot in [...]
In this first of two videos, Xavier gives us a quick and dirty once-over of the HP Slate 500 Tablet PC. More details to come in a second, longer video, but if you just want the four-minute tour or something to whet your appetite for the main event, check it out:
Our top dog Xavier was on-hand at HP’s briefing on the HP Slate 500. He managed to snap a few pics and video. Have both a shortcut and InkShow coming at you (basically one short video and one long one). We’ll have that as soon as they’re available. Photo gallery below. Check out our other [...]
After months and months (and months) of floating in limbo, the HP Slate 500 Tablet PC, formerly known simply as the HP Slate, is finally on its way. Having seen leak after leak about the specs and even video of it in action, it may seem like it’s out of surprises, but the official specs [...]
Fellow GBMer Chris Leckness sparked a conversation with this post, I don’t use my iPad. Am I Alone? A few folks say they are in the same place as Chris. A few more asked him to send his iPad to them if he wasn’t using it. I’m responding to his points here, because I’m in [...]
As I wrote in my initial impressions of the iPhone 4, the battery life in my usage scenario is much improved. Typically when I go to charge the iPhone up at night I’ve got anywhere from 50% to 60% left, sometimes much more depending on the day. I think I actually said something like I [...]
Halloween has become as commercial as the Christmas holidays, at least here in the US. If you peruse the Apple App Store you’ll see a range of Halloween themed games and book titles appearing. I think I’ve been emailed about 10 different versions of Dracula or some vampire themed book/game. Lots of folks are trying [...]
I am was sitting there last night a little upset and I looked over at the iPad on the keyboard dock collecting dust and it made me happy that I made a choice not to buy the MacBook Air 11 today. I almost bought one on an impulse just before I left work. I thought [...]
Maybe you want to wait before rushing to try out that FaceTime Beta that is now available for Macs. MacNotes.de is reporting that there is a security flaw that leaves a user’s Apple ID and password exposed as well as all of the account settings. Once you’ve logged into FaceTime you can have a look [...]
One of the challenges I brought up to Microsoft a couple times in meetings was how the carriers will be able to sell Windows Phone 7 to customers when there are so many variables already going against Microsoft. What I am about to share doesn’t hit all those variables, but it’s a good start.
As we pointed out yesterday, a lot apps are finally starting to show up in Microsoft’s App Market. With 1,000 apps in the App Market, Microsoft has some serious catching up to do. Fortunately, it looks like SlingPlayer for Windows Phone 7 will be out soon and it’s one good looking app. It’s already available [...]
Last night, I mentioned in a review wrap up post that I didn’t see any HTC HD7 reviews popping up. I went off to play some games and watch some MMA and returned to find a review from Engadget in my RSS feeds. Unfortunately, this review is not the US, T-Mobile version, but the hardware [...]
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The Best Way to Beat AT&T’s Data Throttling is to Have Everyone Consume More Data!
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Apple made a lot of shutterbugs happy with the camera upgrades in the iPhone 4S — more pixels and a bigger sensor means an even better “best camera” to carry everywhere. Want to take the iPhone even further than that? With some additional accessories and apps you can turn this device into a mobile photo and video studio worthy of your enhanced skills.
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The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S are incredibly popular phones, but one of the biggest complaints for both devices is the lack of a removable battery and poor battery life. While there are tricks you can use to fix bad iPhone 4S battery life, sometimes there’s nothing better than a bigger battery. If you find your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S is running [...]
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Plantronics Marque Review: Small, Affordable, Awesome
If you’re looking for a great bluetooth headset, but you don’t want to spend $100 on a high-end headset, the Plantronics Marque M-155 bluetooth headset. Plantronics makes a number of headsets, including the Plantronics Voyager HD, which we gave a Best of 2011 Award, but not everyone is willing to wear the larger headset out [...]
