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Previously only available to QVC viewers, today Dell has made their Mini 10 available to order for $399. Specs: Intel Z530 Processor 1 GB RAM 10.1″ screen, 1024 x 576, 16:9 aspect ratio 160 GB harddrive A variety of colors 3 cell battery ( yawn…)
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features 30% off HP’s Pavilion dv3z: 30% off coupon for the HP Pavilion dv3 (dv3z) ultraportable Laptop configured $999 or above. Features 13.3-inch LED widescreen BrightView display based on the Turion Ultra X2 platform, ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics, slot-loading DVD burner, wrapped in a bronze imprint finish & [...]
Well, that didn’t last long. Not five minutes after posting up about my Kindle 2 arriving, it slipped from my fingers, fell three feet, and gave the hardwood floor a great big smacker. Now the upper right hand corner of the screen is frozen, providing me with a constant view of smeared ink and the [...]
I am one happy fella right now!! Amazon has done an absolutely fantastic job improving upon the original Kindle with the new Kindle 2. I will definitely share more later, but the three big improvements that I notice right off the bat are: 1) no accidental page turns due to the buttons pressing in rather [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features a 30% off coupon for HP’s TouchSmart tx2 Tablet PC: 30% off coupon on Multi-touch 12.1-inch HP TouchSmart tx2z Convertible Laptop. Available for online customization with FREE shipping, FREE upgrade to 3GB RAM from 2GB, FREE 250GB Hard Drive from 160GB ($50 value), FREE HP DeskJet Printer ($70 [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features $35 off Asus’ Eee PC 1000HE NEW 10.1-inch ASUS Eee PC 1000HE Netbook in Blue (model no. EPC1000HE-BLU002X) now available for pre-order at $399.99 – $35 instant discount = $364.99 with FREE shipping. Atom N280 1.66GHz; 1GB DDR2; 160GB HDD; Bluetooth 10.1″ WSVGA LED LCD; Blue; 6-cell battery; [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features another hot one: Asus’ EeePC 1000HA for$299. Expires 2/22/09. ASUS 10-inch Eee PC 1000HA Netbook in Fine Ebony (EPC1000HA-BLK001X) on sale for $389.99 – $40 off instantly = $299.99 plus FREE shipping. That’s the lowest price we found by over $50. Also available in White 1.6GHz Atom N270 [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features Lenovo’s U330 at $50 off + a 15% coupon. 15% stackable Coupon on top of $50 instant discount for the 4.36 pound Lenovo IdeaPad U330 13.3-inch ultralight Laptop. The IdeaPad U330 22672AU unit is on sale for $1349 – $50 instant savings – 15% stackable Coupon (Expires 3/2) [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com features $50 off + $10 coupon for HP’s Mini 1000 and HP Mini 1000 Mi. Details below: http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/coupon-HP-Mini-Mi/10729.aspx http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/HP-Mini-1000-Atom-Netbook-with-Windows-XP/9246.aspx
Hey folks, Rob Bushway and Xavier Lanier here to bring you some exciting news. Since launching in February 2006, GottaBeMobile.com has become a foremost authority for news, reviews, and commentary in the mobile PC space. In the past three years, we have grown from a site with just two guys and a passion for tablet [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features Lenovo’s X61s 12.1″ notebook for a whopping $649. Details below: $320 off coupon for Lenovo ThinkPad X61s 12.1-inch ultraportable Laptop stackable with current 40% instant discount promotion. Starts at $1,665 – $696 off instantly – $320 stackable coupon = $649 with FREE shipping.
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features Lenovo’s X301 Notebook at $607 off + a 15% Coupon. Details below: Huge savings on latest ThinkPad X301 Centrino 2 Ultra-portable laptop thanks to $607 instant discount + 15% stackable eCoupon. The X301 Laptop weighs 3 pounds and 1-inch thin. Range starts at $2,606 – $607 off instantly [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day highlights a $50 price drop on HP’s Mini 1000: HP Mini 1000 XP Edition $299.99 (was $349.99) http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/HP-Mini-1000-Atom-Netbook-with-Windows-XP/9246.aspx HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition $279.99 (was $329.99) http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/coupon-HP-Mini-Mi/10729.aspx HP Mini 1000 WWAN Edition $$450 (was $499.99) http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/Coupon-HP-Mini-1000-WWAN-Mobile-Broadband-Netbook/11067.aspx
One of my biggest pet peeves are all the stickers that laptop / tablet pc OEMs plaster on the wrist pad of their computers: AMD, Intel, Wacom, Vista, Joe’s Diner – you name it, it’s on there. Come on OEMs – my computer is not on the NASCAR circuit and I don’t remember signing a [...]
Our LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features an oldie but a goodie: Lenovo’s X61 Tablet PC at a whopping $799 – details below: $380 off stackable coupon for ThinkPad X61 Tablet that stacks on top of the 40% instant discount promotion. This 2.7 lbs. machine is available for online customization. Base: $2,019 (7764CTO) – $840 [...]
Our LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features HP’s tx2-1020US 2.2ghz + 4gb RAM at $849 15% Coupon + $50 off loaded HP TouchSmart tx2-1020us 2.2GHz Dual-core Convertible Tablet Laptop with Multi-touch, Radeon HD 3200 graphics & integrated touchscreen WXGA display $1,049.99 – $50 instant savings – 15% stackable coupon = $849.99 with FREE shipping. [...]
MindJet’s Michael Deutch and Mobile Musing’s Alan Yoshioka both have some fascinating articles on integrating MindManager, Gmail, and Google Docs in order to stay productive and get things done. Highly recommended reading! From Michael Deutch: I created a map to quickly test MindManager 8′s integration with the following Google applications: Gmail Google Docs Google Presentations [...]
If HP‘s customers are needing some rugged tablet pc solutions, it looks Getac will be the go-to company. Press release: GETAC Inc., a leading manufacturer of rugged notebook computers, Tablet PCs, and other mobile computing products since 1989, is proud to announce it has finalized an arrangement with HP to supply — and service — [...]
One of the most frustrating things about working in an office is the constant emailing back and forth of documents to various team members. Each person has their own way of saving files, making edits, etc, and the person in charge of the document has to manage multiple copies coming from in multiple people. It’s [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features 15% off coupons for Lenovo’s X200s, X200 Tablet, and X200 Notebook: X200 Convertible Tablet: $1934 – $50 instantly – 15% coupon = $1,601 X200s $1670 — 15% coupon = $1419 X200 Notebook $1,535 – $416 – 15% Coupon = $951
We are very excited to announce Lenovo as the Exclusive Sponsor for GottaBeMobile’s GBM Shortcut videos. GBM Shortcuts are 3 to 5 minute informal videos featuring hardware, quick looks at software, accessories, and editorials. We have been producing GBM Shortcut videos for over a year and we are thrilled to have Lenovo’s support. With Lenovo [...]
I’m a huge fan of natural user interface technologies (NUI) such as pen, ink, touch, multi-touch, speech, etc. I especially love exploring the technical and usability issues that NUI present. As such, I’ve really been enjoying reading Point & Do – a website devoted to natural user interface technologies. Jonathan, the author of the site, [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day is 15% of HP’s line of Mini 1000: HP Mini 1000 XP Netbook $297.49 HP Mini 1000 Mi Netbook $280.49 HP Mini 1035NR 10.2″ Atom Netbook $382.49 HP Mini 1000 WWAN Mobile Broadband Netbook $424.99 HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Netbook $594.99 HP Mini 1010NR 8.9-inch Atom Netbook $297.49
When folks begin moving en-mass to Windows 7, one of the tools they’ll miss is Windows Movie Maker. That’s because Microsoft decided to remove it from the base Windows install and incorporate it into their Windows Live offerings. However, it is stripped down and doesn’t offer near the features that the built-in Vista Movie Maker [...]
Congratulations to Sally McKee, the winner of His / Her Seagate freeAgent Go 320GB hard drives. Here is her winning entry: I have been with my husband for nineteen years. In early ‘93 we moved from Bend OR to Prineville Or which is 35 miles away from Bend. My sister had recently moved away with [...]
Microsoft’s Engineering Windows 7 blog just published an indepth look at the changes that went into the handwriting improvements in Windows 7 – a must read for all Tablet PC users and enthusiasts. Microsoft has been working on handwriting recognition for over 15 years going back to the Pen extensions for Windows 3.0. With [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features up to 25% off coupon for Thinkpad T400, T500, X301, X200 Tablet, and more. Biggest discount ever with up to 25% stackable eCoupon on all Lenovo ThinkPad and IdeaPad laptops including ThinkPad T400/T500, X301, X200s, X200 tablet, Elite models, W500, W700, IdeaPads: U330, Y Series, U110, 10% off [...]
Dell’s getting all official on us now, finally announcing what has been leaked the past several weeks, the new series in their XT Tablet PC line up – the Latitude XT2 Multi-Touch Tablet PC: 1.2 ghz SU9300 / 1.4 ghz SU9400 Montevina Core 2 Duo ULV, up to 11 hour battery life (6-cell + 9-cell [...]
Dell is beginning to unleash their marketing campaign for the much-talked-about Dell Adamo. There isn’t much there right now, but you can sign up to get notified when Dell decides to unleash some more Adamo romance.
Wow – Google is now offering FREE Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync syncronization for Calendars and Contacts. Mail is not currently supported. iPhone, Windows Mobile, and other various phones are supported. Head over to m.Google.com/sync to learn more, and the devices supported. Heads up – setting up sync will wipe all calendar and contact data on [...]
Our LogicBuy.com’s Deal of the Day is a one heck of a deal: 30% off coupon for the HP tx2 mulit-touch tablet pc, which puts the tx2z at $749.98. Details below: Huge 30% Coupon Code on the Multi-touch 12.1-inch HP Pavilion tx2z Convertible Laptop when you order with $50+ accessory (Router). Available for online customization [...]
The big Amazon Kindle 2 press conference is going on right now – but you can go ahead and order yours now for $359. They start shipping on February 24. Original Kindle owners get first priority, too, if they order by midnight PST February 10th! New features: 3G – no monthly fees, no contracts, no [...]
Considering the economic times we find ourselves in, the following funding news is indeed good news for Livescribe. It is also good to see them talk about opening an application store later this year. I’m looking forward to hearing from Warner on how his digital note-taking experiment is going with the Livescribe notebook. Livescribe Inc. [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features HP’s tx2622nr Tablet PC at $649 – Details below: Price drop! 12.1-inch HP Pavilion tx2622nr Tablet PC on sale for $899.99 – $150 off instantly – 15% stackable coupon = $694.90 with FREE shipping. Turion X2 RM-70 2.1GHz; 3GB DDR2; 12.1″ WXGA Touchscreen 802.11b/g; 250GB Hard Drive; Webcam; [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
Last year Toshiba waded into the Android tablet market with the Thrive, a 10.1-inch slate that served as the company’s response to what they deemed missing in the then current crop. Thus, it had several full-size ports, a rugged-ish exterior, and a thick chassis to accommodate both. Though a decent tablet, the Thrive didn’t generate [...]
Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
As exciting as it has been to talk, postulate, and speculate about the Galaxy S III’s hardware and specs before the third-generation Galaxy flagship smartphone was announced on May 3rd in London, once the device was announced one thing became apparent: Samsung is now a software company. That doesn’t mean that Samsung is shying away [...]
Autumn Dynasty Review: A Great RTS for the iPad
With its large touchscreen, the iPad seems like the perfect platform for Real Time Strategy games, and Autumn Dynasty proves it, mostly. Autumn Dynasty is an RTS iPad game with art that looks like tradition Chinese painting. The story involves quelling a rebellion while solving a mystery of shady noblemen. The story though, just serves [...]
Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Review: Record Your Jams with Ease
The Griffin GuitarConnect Pro interfaces with your Guitar and your iPad or iPhone so you can record your music easily using apps like Apple’s GarageBand. My son Daniel, who’s learning to play guitar, helped me test it out and he loved it. When he gets as good as Jimi Hendrix, I’m sure he’ll steal my [...]
Google Search App iPhone and iPad Update Looks Beautiful (Video)
Google just delivered a beautiful update to the company’s Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad The Google Search app for iPhone and iPad replaced Safari as my browser of choice, earning a spot in the iPhone and iPad dock. It’s faster and offers a beautiful new full screen image search which looks awesome on the [...]
