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Our good friends at Microsoft Research, Raman and Ken, have released a new version of InkSeine that addresses a lot of issues and introduces some new features. Users of InkSeine should see the update notification pop-up when they exit out of InkSeine. It can also be downloaded directly from here (if you download it directly [...]
With talk of Dell’s Mini 10V running Android CupCake, Moblin 2.0 beta being released, HP’s Mini 1000 Mi, Unbuntu‘s Netbook Remix, and Windows 7 taking users where Vista could never take them, it has never been a better time to be a mobile user. Here’s a quick run-down on my personal experiences so far. I’ve [...]
Ok, students. Today belongs to you. Head over to BitsDuJour right now and pick up PDF Annotator for only $14.95! That is 50% off the normal student price of $29.90, and 79% off the regular $69.95 price that us working folk have to pay. You are getting such an awesome deal. You should be able [...]
I just hopped over to JkOnTheRun and noticed they mentioned two new bags from WaterField Designs – the Laptop Muzetto and Personal Muzetto. I’ve been wanting a bag EXACTLY like the Muzetto for a very long time, and am thrilled to see an excellent outfit like Waterfield Designs produce one. The Muzetto has ruggedness and [...]
I picked up this great video from Twitter this morning on the Mini Cooper and its flexible / minimalistic approach compared to the big, powerful gas guzzlers out there. When I saw it, I immediately thought of how it applied to what we often write about on GBM and our approach to mobile computing, as [...]
Get it while you can at 50% off: PDF Annotator 2 is on sale, via BitsDuJour, for one day only at $34.95 – that’s 50% off the normal $69.95. Here’s the link you’ll want to hit up. Go get it now. If you are a student, wait until tomorrow’s deal where you can get [...]
What’s the deal with red, yellow, green, and blue icons these days. Oh, and Google’s Chrome icon looks eerily familiar to Windows Media Player, ya think?
I’m in the parking lot at WalMart while my son is inside soliciting donations for his Eagle Scout project. I thought I’d take this little bit of free time to play with the Verizon MiFi 2200. Here’s how things are going.
I am at Verizon getting a MiFi and noticed the Hp netbook on display. This local store has not sold any yet, but there has been interest say the local reps. I still maintain embedded wwan in netbooks and tablets is not the best solution for mobile warriors. Go MiFi or USB aircard.
If you’ve been hankering for a PDF annotating solution for your Tablet PC but have not been wanting to fork over the cash, then May 19th and May 20th are going to be your lucky days. On May 19th, PDF Annotator 2 will be on sale, via BitsDuJour, for one day only at $34.95 – [...]
Do you “live in the land down under” and have been wanting to get your fingers all over a multi-touch tablet pc? Then head over to HP Australia where they are giving away an HP TouchSmart tx2 Tablet PC. All you have to do is tweet an answer to their question of the week. Contest [...]
Most everyone is familiar with virtualization when it comes to operating systems. However, what about the idea of virtualizing the WiFi adpater card, thus turning one piece of hardware into virtually an unlimited number of WiFi radios? According to Long Zheng, the idea of Virtual WiFi was first explored by Microsoft Research and is now [...]
Verizon is set to capture the attention of geeks everywhere this weekend with the official launch of the MiFi 2200 and the HP Mini 1151NR. The HP Mini will included embedded Verizon WWAN for $199 after a $50 rebate. The MiFi 2200 will run $269 (non-upgrade price). Personally, I think embedded WWAN is a bad [...]
I live and die by tasks. I’ve been using Things on my Mac and iPhone to manage my tasks and it works really well. Having tasks available while living in the cloud is a handy thing, though, and is something that Things does lack. Google has finally added a way to more easily work with [...]
A lot of questions surround Solid State Drives (SSDs) and their longterm reliability. Microsoft’s Michael Fortin has penned an excellent Q & A on Windows 7 and its enhanced support for SSDs and the value they offer the mobile user. A must read for any of those interested in SSD technology. Head over to Enginneering [...]
N-Trig released their Windows 7 RC 2.59 multi-touch drivers for the Dell XT,Dell XT2, andHP TX2 yesterday and I just finished going through the install. Before installing this new version, make sure you 1) download the correct version for your particular computer, 2) uninstall the previous version through the Control Panel / Uninstall Program feature [...]
I’m quite blessed to live in the beautiful state of Colorado, which also happens to be home to the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder, Colorado. These are the guys who get right up next to tornadoes and hurricanes — all in the name of science. Now, Lenovo is headed into the center of [...]
I’m quite blessed to live in the beautiful state of Colorado, which also happens to be home to the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder, Colorado. These are the guys who get right up next to tornadoes and hurricanes — all in the name of science. Lenovo has partnered with CSWR by equipping the [...]
Last week, I got to spend a day with the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder, Colorado. These are the folks who go chasing after severe storms like tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, fires – you name it and they are right in the middle of the action with their Doplar on Wheels (DOWs), vehicle probes, [...]
If you are headed off to college this fall, then you will no doubt be taking a TON of notes. If a Tablet PC isn’t your cup of tea, then be sure to take a look at Livescribe‘s Pulse Smartpen, which will record your ink and audio notes. To learn more, head over to Livescribe’s [...]
Interesting comments are being tossed around about what the Kindle DX, the Kindle 2, and other eReader devices mean for the tablet pc space. Loren Heiney has an excellent write up about how this is the year of the slate form factor – think iPhone, Kindle, Kindle DX, etc. Notice he doesn’t say “Tablet PC”. [...]
As I mentioned last week, I had to send my Dell Latitude XT in for repair due to a faulty N-Trig digitizer driver install. A series of installs had messed up the firmware on the digitizer so badly that the system no longer recognized it. Fortunately, the XT is still under warranty, so all I [...]
Those Canadians sure know how to get a leg up on us Yanks. Lenovo is offering Canadians the X200 Tablet PC with a whole variety of speed configurations, not the least of which is a 2.13 ghz option costing only $125 more. Meanwhile, we in the U.S. are still stuck with only 1.2 and 1.86 [...]
With Microsoft’s release of Windows 7 RC to the MSDN and TechNet community, lots of folks have been busy downloading, burning, and installing. Immediately after coming home from the hospital yesterday, I skipped a much needed nap and much more necessary shower to get Windows 7 RC installed on my recently repaired Dell Latitude XT [...]
News about OQO and their unlikely ability to bring the Model 02+ to market has got me thinking about what made OQO and their handheld computer so special and I’d like to share a few of those thoughts. Without a doubt, OQO defined ultra-mobile computing with their Model 02 / 2+: a 5″ device, a [...]
Microsoft’s Brandon Leblanc has announced on the Windows Team Blog site that the Windows 7 Release Candidate will be available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers on April 30 and to the general public on May 5: There certainly has been a lot of discussion about Windows 7 in the last few weeks. A lot of [...]
Entries are pouring in for the PDF Annotator Giveaway. If you have not gotten yours in yet, hurry it up – there’s less than 18 hours remaining!
We love giving away stuff on GottaBeMobile.com and Notebooks.com. We especially love giving away stuff that impact your day to day productivity as a mobile user, and what better way to do that than with Grahl Software’s PDF Annotator. If you’ve frequented GottaBeMobile any over the past several years, then you’ve likely seen a few [...]
Tablet PCs and UMPCs are alive and well in the land of down-under. What better way to show your support than become of Facebook fan of Hugo Ortega’s company TegaTech Australia. You’ll pickup some good links and follow all the good things Hugo and his company are doing. By the way, if you happen to [...]
One of my biggest disappointments over the past year has been with Dell’s Latitude XT and its N-Trig digitizer. There have been many improvements over the past several months with regards to the driver issues, but it goes without saying Dell and N-Trig certainly stumbled coming out of the gate. As a result, I’ve become [...]
Remember when all the talk was about UMPCs and folks were hitting up Microsoft’s OrigamiProject.com for all the latest hints and clues about what this new platform would bring us? It seems like eons ago, and a lot has happened in the mobile industry over the past several. Unfortunately, the UMPC concept never really took [...]
Did you miss Motion Computing’s webinars from last week, giving you an opportunity to save $500 off a J3400 Tablet PC? Well, today is your lucky today. There are three more webinars coming up, the next one due up today at 1:00 pm CST. Head over to Motion Computing to learn more. Tell them your [...]
I woke up to a flurry of emails this morning, 90% of which were notifications from Facebook about changes Asus was making to their Facebook Fan page. It is actually pretty funny to see all the name changes they went through trying to figure out how best to market / position themselves on Facebook [...]
In the early years of Tablet PCs, I was happy with just about anything that flipped around, was a slate, or I could write on. Over the years, though, I’ve become quite picky about what I like / don’t like in a tablet pc. Instead of becoming enamored with everything that crosses my desk or [...]
TechCrunch‘s Michael Arrington just posted up some pictures on Posterous and Facebook of his much talked about CrunchPad tablet. I’m sure they will be posting up some details on TechCrunch soon, but until then, all we have are these pictures. Notice the orange one in the background behind the white one. Pretty sexy, huh? Update: [...]
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12 iPhone Photography Accessories – Lenses, Stands, Filters and More To Enhance Your Photos
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.
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 [...]
iHome iB40 Headphones: Decent Sound at Budget Price
If you’re looking for a budget set of headphones that still produce decent sound and rich bass, then you should give the iHome iB40 Headphones a look. They’re comfortable, have an understated look, and produce good sound for the money. I hate ear buds! When I’m around the house and want to listen to some music [...]
Droid 4 Review: Incredible Keyboard, Awesome Speeds
The Droid 4 is the most recent of Motorola’s Droid line. The original Droid kicked off the Android revolution on Verizon, so it is good to see that the company is still thinking of users who want a physical keyboard. The Droid 4 marks the first time Motorola has included Verizon’s super fast 4G LTE [...]
Samsung Series 7 Slate Review: First Impressions
These days whenever someone mentions the word “Tablet” visions of the iPad or something similar dance in their heads. Not that long ago a tablet was something quite different: a Windows-based slate computer. Since the rise of the new idea of the tablet there have been a few Tablet PCs trying for relevance in an [...]
