Warner Crocker is a professional theatre director, producer and playwright and also a Tablet PC enthusiast. He is also a Microsoft MVP for Tablet PCs. Send email to Warner.
Newly annointed Tabet PC MVP Mark Sumocat Sumimoto has a great post detailing how he uses aspects of two Tablet PC applications to create his ideal toolbar. Using the macro functionality of RitePen 3.0 and the scroll ring from InkSeine, Sumocat says he’s able to access anything he needs to on his Tablet PC with [...]
This may turn out to be an interesting development in the digital music biz. Lala is offering a new cloud model for purchasing and listening to music. In addition to purchasing DRM free music for 90 cents a cut (some will cost more) from the service, you can plop down one thin dime, leave that [...]
Cue the Eagles. Looks like a California hotel will let you use your iPhone or iPod Touch to control how you communicate with hotel services. And hey, if you don’t have one on check in, they’ll loan you an iPod Touch. Of course this is in California (Malibu). The Malibu Beach Inn is using a [...]
Interesting interview from Laptop Magazine that is worth a read. Joanna Stern chatted with Asus CEO Jerry Shen and got some interesting answers from the man who runs the company that shook everything up this year. You should read the entire review but Joanna listed these highlights: Four million Eee PCs have been sold to [...]
While we’re still waiting for the first crop of MIDs to really roll out (there have been a few), Intel has just unveiled the first prototype running the Moorestown platform. Headed for a 2009/10 release, what Intel is showing off is a reference design for the MID platform, not an actual device. You’ll hear in [...]
Let’s just say that Lenovo continues to get it right with Tablet PCs, and that the Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC is a real winner and call it a day. The reason? It is a winner. Oh, all right, I’ll go ahead and do the review because while I am enthusiastic about the X200 there [...]
And you thought political ads were rough this time of the year. Microsoft’s attempt at wrestling back some of its image with a $300 million ad campaign stuttered a bit at the beginning but then seemed to gain a little respectability recently with the ‘I’m a PC’ campaign. But the brains behind Apple’s image makers [...]
Color this one as interesting speculation at this point, at least in regards to the timing. Mike Elgan at Computeworld is linking to a DigiTimes report that says Asus is prepping a dual touch screen device, prepped for Windows 7 multi-touch in the first or second quarter of 2009. This would obviously be before Windows [...]
My good friend and colleague, Steve Przybylski, needed to take his MacBook Pro in to the Apple Store for a Genuis appointment today and I thought I would tag along for the ride to check out the new MacBooks that were just released. I’m glad I did. Although I’m not in the market for purchasing [...]
Ahem. I think it is fantastic that AT&T has created a division to help create new consumer devices with the aim of having more cameras, music players, automobile devices, you name it, connected to the Internet via broadband. Fine. My only concern here is that AT&T needs to, ahem, create a network that might actually [...]
Sometimes it is enough to stoke the gadget lust fires just to look at pictures. Sometimes doing so makes you go check your credit card balances. Sometimes you just drool. UMPCFever had a recent gathering and the pictures and videos they have of the event reveal enough mobile devices to make any self-respecting geek get [...]
MIckey Segal is a great friend of GBM and has been writing and using Tablet PCs from the get go. As the founder of SimulConsult, which makes decision-support software to assist with medical diagnosis, Mickey’s stump speech about Tablet PCs has been about mobility and what it can offer health care professionals. You might remember [...]
Obviously Microsoft isn’t the only one working on Surface Computing. The actracTable looks very similiar to Microsoft’s Surface Table and I believe uses a similar approach with optical technology. AtracSys, the company behind this calls it an interactive presenting surface. ActracSys offers a custom built solution for how you’d like to work the atracTable into [...]
I guess the wait and see period for AMD is just about over when it comes to Netbooks. Previously AMD had been content to sit on the sidelines and watch the market develop. In fact some of AMD’s talk was completely dismissive of the Netbook scene. Now that it is clear that Netbooks will continue [...]
Maybe all good things come to those who wait. I’ve been interested in the BumpTop Desktop ever since it came across my radar awhile ago. I see that you can now sign up for the closed Beta, which I’ve done, so here’s hoping. What intrigues me about this is the desktop metaphor which I think [...]
There are reviews and then there are reviews. And then there is Matt Miller’s encyclopedic review of the T-Mobile G1 Android phone. Matt has laid out more information than you could ever possibly want to know about the device and the Android OS. He’s accompanied the review with over 260 pictures and 5 videos. So, [...]
Josh Bancroft works at Intel and is a blogger and tweeter that all of us here follow with regularity. He covers a lot of ground and always in a fun and informative way. So, I’m glad to see Josh’s byline on this Intel Software Network page in what looks to be a series on Netbooks. [...]
Kevin Tofel got an alert from a reader letting him know that Best Buy is now carrying the Asus Eee PC 900A for $299. The 900A model for those not keeping track, (which is just about everybody given how many Eee PCs are out there) is the 900 model with Intel’s Atom chipset. The model [...]
The folks at Laptop Mag threw a party for the Asus Eee PC celebrating its 1 year birthday. I’ve never seen a party with a cake for gadgets before. I guess that fits given that Asus turned the market upside down and into a free-for-all with the introduction of the Eee PC, giving birth to [...]
With details about Windows 7 about to be unveiled at PDC2008, it looks like some OEMs are beginning to let slip some info about their devices that are going to incorporate the touch capabilities included in the new OS. DigiTimes is reporting that Asus is readying touch screen Eee PCs for the first or second [...]
I’m not the only Tableteer who has fingers in the show biz world. Fellow MVP and owner of TabletPC2.com does as well and I love when she writes about performers and their teams that use Tablet PCs. Check out this post on Neil Diamond’s appearance at the Hollywood Bowl, and how the crew at the [...]
Plastic Logic’s e-Book Reader has captured a lot of imagination since it was first unveiled at Demo 08. This video from the BBC gives us an interesting look at the device. I’m not sure if it is the lighting or not, but in the video it makes it look very much like a tablet. No, [...]
The timing of this struck me as odd as Apple headed to its new MacBook announcements this week. As Rob pointed out the new trackpad has some interesting potential. I’m waiting to see some hands on reviews (or is that fingers on?) of how folks take to a trackpad without buttons on a glass screen. [...]
I’m not sure why, but the Samsung NC10 Netbook catches my eye is a way that other netbooks don’t. Perhaps it is the more spacious keyboard. I don’t know. In any regard, I’ve got some more virtual eye-balling going on, now that Laptop Mag has gotten their hands on the NC10. There’s a bevy of [...]
Microsoft officially launched Silverlight 2 today. Silverlight 2 is Microsoft’s effort to provide rich media experiences on the web through a browser. Silverlight is intended to be a cross platform challenger to Adobe Flash, although there is no video support in Linux at the moment. This release and the info accompanying it looks to be [...]
Personally I think this is a good idea. DriveAssist is software from Aegis Mobilty that will detect if a car is moving or not and if it does, the software then tells the cell network to hold the calls and text messages until the driver has stopped the car. Callers will be told that the [...]
Drumroll. Microsoft has announced through the Windows Vista Blog, (curious) that the next version of the Windows operating system will be called…. wait for it, Windows 7. Yes, we’re supposed to hear details coming out of PDC, and yes, this is supposed to be a big deal, but now we know what we already have [...]
It is still a relative trickle, but a few MIDs are making their way into folks’ hands, and then of course they find their way into unboxing videos. jkkmobile gives the unboxing treatment to the Aigo P8860 MID. I have to say, if you’re in the market for this kind of ultra-portable device, this looks [...]
This is just a quick test of blogging on the new GBM installation of WordPress from the iPhone.
Remember the Asus R50a UMPC? I’m thinking few do these days. It caught our eye at CES last year and we’ve heard bits about it off and on during this year of the Netbook. Hispazone has posted a review (the link is translated) of this UMPC from Asus and I have to say the thing [...]
Good news for those netbook fans who like a little more room on their keyboards. The Samsung NC10 Netbook looks to be coming to the states. You can also drool over pictures (if that’s your want) on this translated German language site. Via Engadget Technorati Tags: Samsung NC10,Netbooks
If you’re someone who uses the native Vista Start menu and find that it can drive you a bit nuts, you might want to take a look at this. VistaStartMenu is an add-on that arranges things in a little different way. It relies on your visual memory allowing applications that are installed to basically remain [...]
Pens are important for Tablet PCs, and they often have small differences between makers. Those differences and how one feels about them vary from user to user. What may feel good in my hands may not in yours. Some come with erasers. Some do not. Some have buttons easier to find with your fingers, others [...]
My goodness. Rob is casting off Evernote and heading back to OneNote. As an Inker, I can’t argue with his reasons. In fact they make great sense. Evernote’s Ink support is rudimentary at best on a Tablet PC for all the reasons Rob stated. My opinion is that the Evernote team is busy working on [...]
John Guinn has created a new PowerToy for OneNote that will make it easier for those to live in OneNote to create calendar pages. Essentially you enter in your start and end date and the PowerToy will create a page for each day for you in OneNote. If you wish to add an agenda for [...]
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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
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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
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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 [...]
