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GottaBeMobile.com reader Medic / Willem Evenhuis just posted a YouTube video (see below) demonstrating a possible security bug with Windows 7 and their password security setting in the TIP, which is supposed to keep the password from being displayed while it is being entered via the onscreen keyboard. It is clear from his video that [...]
GottaBeMobile.com and LogicBuy.com have formed a partnership to highlight special “Deal of the Days” on netbooks, tablet pcs, mobile computers, mobile accessories, and more. Some of these coupon codes have a limited quanity, so you’ll need to act quickly on them once we post the deals up. Our first deal of the day is a [...]
In previous versions of XP Tablet PC Edition and Vista, Sticky Notes only supported ink. With the Windows 7 version of Sticky Notes, text is now supported, which also allows for inking on text. Ink and text support in Sticky Notes is a huge improvement. The note surface also auto grows while inking, providing more [...]
According to Steven Sinofsky via his post on the Engineering Windows 7 blog, the version of Windows 7 that most everyone in the world is using will be the only beta, with the next release being Release Candidate. The next milestone for the development of Windows 7 is the Release Candidate or ““RCâ€Â. Historically the [...]
Intel has taken the covers of their Moblin OS for Netbooks and has made the alpha version available for download – head over to Moblin.org and check it out. via ArsTechnica
One of the biggest headaches with importing music, audio books, etc is having to mess with all the track information. I spent hours over Christmas importing audio books, getting track numbers right, etc – needless to say, it was not how I intended to spend Christmas Day. That is where TuneUp comes in. TuneUp is [...]
This Sunday is all about football, food, and commercials. Fortunately, I’ll be kicking back in my recliner taking it all in. For those blessed to have tickets, though, they’ll also have to contend with the normal security issues that come along with such a high profile event. It turns out that Microsoft’s Surface is playing [...]
After we posted up video of Notebooks.com’s Xavier Lanier packing a 6-cell battery for the HP Mini 1000, the netbook world went crazy. There was finally proof that a 6-cell battery battery was available for this popular netbook, and it was finally within grasp. Now thanks to the folks at HPMiniForums.com and PortableMonkey, there [...]
Our always reliable forum members unearthed the service manual for Dell’s unannounced XT2 Tablet PC. — complete with specs, pictures, and all. Complete specs and more pictures after the break.
According to Digitimes, Acer is thinking about phasing out their 8.9†netbook the in 2Q 2009 in order to make way for their new 10.1†model: Acer is reportedly considering phasing out its consumer 8.9-inch Aspire one in the second quarter of 2009 to make way for the upcoming 10.1-inch model, according to notebook industry [...]
The highly anticipated ZumoDrive service might be in private beta, but don’t worry — we’ve got you covered. Update: as of this writing, about 60 invites are still available. Head on over to http://www.zumodrive.com/invite/gottabemobile The code is gottabemobile. Once the invites run out, they are gone – so you better act quick. The [...]
One of the few problems I’ve had with Windows 7 is with application installation — some programs either get hung up during the installation or just won’t install at all. Well, after trying to install iTunes today and having it fail, Windows 7 reported that a solution was found for this problem. Follow these steps [...]
Press release: Motion Computing ®, a leader in mobile computing and wireless communications, announced today that Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. (TSX-V:URO), a Canadian medical device company that develops non-invasive medical technology for large and growing global healthcare markets, is using the Motion ® C5 mobile clinical assistant (MCA) as the platform for its uroNIRS 2000â„¢ Bladder [...]
Windows 7 is giving Techno Cop, a dedicated Mac OS X user, some serious consideration about switching back to a Windows platform. Being a Mac OS X user, too, I can certainly understand his dilemma and overall impressions with Windows 7: As a someone who performs almost every computing task on a Mac (for the [...]
A report from Digitimes says HP will launch an Mini-Note 2150 with built-in 3G in June. Coming in the second quarter will be an 11.6″ Mini-Note, possibly based on Intel’s Menlow.
We figured this one out a long time ago, but InPlay Technologies and Panasonic are getting all official on us by announcing that the CF-H1 mobile clinical assistant is using InPlay’s digital pen technology. Press release after the break: ““We are very pleased to be chosen by Panasonic, a recognized leader in the rugged mobile [...]
OneNote’s Daniel Escapa posted up a screenshot of the new OneNote 14 — notice that OneNote 14 will finally be implementing the Office 2007 Ribbon. Close up shots of the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon after the break.
Dr. Neil Roodyn, a long time friend of this site and many in the Tablet PC space, met up with the Surface team to go over some new education centered applications built for Microsoft Surface. Dr. Roodyn’s company is called nsquared. Those who follow touch, multi-touch, and education will love what nsquared is working on. [...]
An eagle-eyed reader doing some searches on Dell.com yielded the following XT2 Tablet results .
It has been widely reported that attendance at CES 2009 was down. While it was much easier to walk around the halls without feeling like you were stuck in a New Your subway, we stayed busier than ever just trying to keep up with everything. There were definitely good products to see and great folks [...]
Microsoft’s Brandon Paddock has published a very thorough keyboard shortcut sheet for all you new Windows 7 Beta 1 users. I think you’ll find these new shortcuts to be quite helpful while navigating Microsoft’s newest OS.
Back in November, I brought everyone a first look at multi-touch in a pre-beta version of Windows 7 and a pre-beta version of N-Trig’s multi-touch driver. The experience was really lousy, but it showed promise. With the release of Windows 7 Beta 1 and a new version of N-Trig’s Windows 7 multi-touch driver, I was [...]
Windows 7′s Calculator features 4 modes, much to the delight of all the number crunching geeks out there: Standard Scientific Programmer Statistics Screenshots after the break.
I had the pleasure of having coffee with David Altounian, Motion Computing’s newly minted CEO, this past Saturday. Altounian is one of the original founders of Motion Computing, and was instrumental in its’ early success. After taking a few years off to earn his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, he rejoined Motion as [...]
I’m experimenting with Windows 7 Beta 1 this morning and grabbing some screenshots of things that look and feel a little different than Vista. The new Taskbar takes awhile to get used to, but then the productivity benefits really begin to kick in — roll over an icon and the active windows for that app [...]
I documented my experience with the Windows 7 pre-beta, N-Trig’s Win 7 multi-touch driver, and the Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC back in November. Most folks will remember that experience as being pretty lousy. Well, there is finally some good news to report.
Every year I attend CES, I get more and more exhausted. Our entire team works like crazy to bring our own special coverage of CES, and I have to tell you – I’m very proud of them all. A huge thanks to Warner, Truc, and Sierra for tirelessly working behind the scenes to uncover every [...]
If there was any doubt on what the most talked feature of Windows 7 would be, then this story from the Wall Street Journal should erase that. It seems that Microsoft will be the largest investor in a $24 million round a funding in N-Trig, the company behind HP’s multi-touch tx2 and Dell’s plagued Latititude [...]
During CES, we had the rare opportunity to have four Netbooks (or whatever you want to call them) on hand for a head-to-head comparison: Lenovo’s S10, Samsung’s NC10, HP’s Mini 1000, and HP’s Mini 2140 (not officially a Netbook, but close enough for our purposes). We compare the keyboards, touchpads, power buttons, ports, sizes, screen [...]
We brought you news on Saturday about Toshiba’s M750 prototype with Wacom’s Capacitive Touch digitizer being demoed (video and pictures!!). Shogmaster is telling us that Toshiba is NOT planning on including the active digitizer EMR in the capacitive touch solution, which means a pen won’t be included and you won’t be able to ink. This [...]
We love the story behind products, and we got just that last week during CES. While we were at CntrStg, we got word that Chris Lenart, the designer of Motion Computing’s C5, was in the house. Chris runs Lenart Studios, a design firm with an impressive list of clients: Fujitsu, Palm, Nike, Motion Computing, Memorex, [...]
Shogmaster came through for us again, this time getting one on one time with a prototype Toshiba M750 Tablet PC running Wacom’s new capacitive touch digitizer. The demo was done using a custom program written to showcase the Wacom capacitive touch. No word on when this might be coming, but it tells us where Toshiba [...]
We met up with Shogmaster at the Tablet PC meetup tonight, and he showed us some photographs he took from the Samsung booth at CES on a new, but unannounced, UMPC from Samsung – the Samsung Q1EX. Oddly, they’ve done away with the keyboard from the Q1 Ultra, but added the following specs: Integrated GPS [...]
CES is winding down, but we still have one big event – The Tablet and Touch Meetup. We’ll be meeting at CntrStg, which you can RSVP for at the Facebook event page. Only those who have RSVP’d will be able to attend. Directions to CntrStg are on the Facebook page, too. However, everyone can join [...]
Sierra did a great of unearthing Samsung’s Papryus E-Ink device. It has generated a lot of comments and interest from the community. Today, I spent some some hands-on time with the device and shot this video. It’s worth pointing out that Sierra happened across a black one, while the one I played with was green. [...]
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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 [...]
