In this InkShow video review, I unbox the Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC, media base, and battery slice. In addition, I do some initial handwriting, touching, run a Windows Experience Index, and do two boots ( initial, and secondary ). You’ll be amazed by all the boxes this “thin and light” tablet pc ships with! [...]
When you produce as much media content as we do on GBM, it gets hard to list those most memorable or favorite videos. That said, I have a couple that remind me of just how much fun we have doing these InkShows and how awesome our team is. I’ll let the others pipe in with [...]
I’ve been talking a bit about the new version of EverNote over the last few weeks as I’ve been participating in the private beta. This new version, which comprises a web strategy and works across platforms is a real game changer, at least for me personally. This is the first cloud application that I’ve used, [...]
When word got out yesterday about the beta release of Grahl Software’s PDF Annotator 2.0, I have a feeling Grahl’s download servers got worked overtime, and for good reason. It is clear from this new version that Grahl Software listened to their customers. As promised, I worked up a quick InkShow demonstrating some of the [...]
In this podcast, I spend some time talking with three members of Microsoft’s original Tablet PC team: Josh Clow, Jay Pittman, and Patrick Haluptzok. Specificially, we talk about the areas of their expertise: the TIP and handwriting recognition. I think you’ll enjoy hearing about the beginnings of the TIP and where the original design came [...]
Motion Computing has officially announced their F5 Tablet PC. The F5 is targeted for the field force vertical market. The F5 is a semi-rugged Tablet PC, positioning itself between commercial Tablet PCs like the LE1700 and more rugged Tablet PCs like Mobile Demand’s T8700. It improves upon Motion’s Clinical Tablet PC, the C5, by including [...]
Lenovo created quite a stir the past several weeks with the ultra-thin, 2.9 lb X300 notebook. After visiting the Apple store last week, I would have purchased the MacBook Air had I had the money. I’m glad I waited until I got my hands on the X300. WOW!! I’m amazed every time I pick up [...]
By the time most of you watch this, my family and I will be well in to our 13 hour journey to St. Louis. Before leaving, I recorded this InkShow about my in-car set up, complete with an eval HP 310 Travel Companion GPS, a Zune mounted with a ProClipUSA mount, a TC1100 Tablet PC, [...]
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For the past two weeks, I have been able to try out what I’ve called my ideal office setup – a Wacom Cintiq 12WX combined with an OQO Model 02. Generally I’ve been very happy with this combination as an ideal office set up. You’ve heard a lot about the OQO already, so I focused [...]
Over the last week I had the pleasure of having the new Toshiba M700 Tablet PC. In the past I have owned 2 Toshiba Tablet PC’s. My first Tablet PC was the Toshiba M4, I purchased that because of the dedicated graphics card of 128 meg, it was the best on the block back then. [...]
CES 2008 has come and gone, the Super Bowl will be over tonight, and now attention turns to what comes next. So, what are you going to watch after the football season comes to a close? How about some GBM InkShow? While some are predicting a lull in mobile tech news for awhile, there is [...]
If you watched us trying to destroy Mobile Demand’s T8700 Rugged Tablet PC in our last InkShow, you might be surprised to know that the T8700 is actually still working! If you have not seen that InkShow yet, I highly encourage you to do so. You get to see Team GBM having more fun than [...]
"To seine is to fish with a net. To fish for results from ink is not insane, but rather InkSeine!" What a great definition for this prototype note-taking application being released by Microsoft Research. InkSeine is a Tablet PC note-taking application designed and built from ground up around the pen, with the ability to easily [...]
One of the best things I’ve purchased in quite some time was an e-book reader, namely the Amazon Kindle. Being new to the electronic book area, I have found the experience to be quite enjoyable. Sierra, on the other hand, has been using an e-book reader for a long time, namely the Sony Reader [...]
>We’re back from CES 2008, and it looks like Warner was the only GBM Team member who didn’t come down with some kind of illness. Nevertheless, Sierra and Warner spend some time in GBM Podcast #44 covering their experiences and thoughts from the Big Show in Las Vegas. We talk about a wide range of [...]
What do you get when you mix Vegas, CES, a rugged Tablet PC, and three destruction-hungry GBMr’s? One of the best InkShows ever, that’s what. In this InkShow, we take a look at the “secret” tablet I took with me to Vegas: the just announced xTablet T8700 from MobileDemand. With new specs like a 1.2 [...]
We’ve turned a corner into another year, and the New Year promises to bring lots more GBM InkShow, Shortcut, and Podcat goodness. But before we head off down the path of that New Year, let’s take a look back at the December goodies we left under your Christmas tree. We covered a range of topics [...]
I’ve recently changed my desktop computing situation picking up an iMac. I’m running both Mac’s Leopard OS and Vista Ultimate in VMWare Fusion virtual machine, and was curious how Inking would work on a desktop using a Wacom Tablet. I could have waited for Shogmaster to show me, but picked up a Wacom Bamboo Tablet [...]
There have been many reviews of the Fujitsu U810 around the net over the past few weeks, but now it’s my time to take a look. The reviews have been all over the spectrum with some dissatisfied and others really like the new little device. I had this device over a weekend to give a [...]
It’s podcast time again at GBM, and in GBM Podcast #41, Warner Crocker and Sierra Modro cover a range of topics and products in the Tablet PC and UMPC scapes. In addition, they discuss what’s on their respective Christmas gadget wish lists and get the conversation going about CES2008 and the Tablet PC and UMPC [...]
Winter is fast approaching and a great way to prepare for the cold days ahead is to store up some GottaBeMobile.com InkShows, Shortcuts, an Podcasts for those cold and snowy days when you just want to sit bundled up by a warm fire. November was a month full of GBM video and audio action, so you’re got lots to [...]
How many times have you told your computer to do something and you really wish it would do it? I know I have a few times… :) Well, In Windows Vista you can use voice commands to make your computer do all kinds of things. Navigation of the Start menu, opening and closing programs and [...]
Apple Tablet PC rumors have been brewing for years, but they have hit their peak over the past several months with hints that Apple has something in the works, and the latest rumblings about Asus confirming that Apple is working on something. Whether it is touch or touch + ink or nothing at all remains to [...]
Solid State Drives (SSD) are the future of mobile computing, and if my experience with the SSD based OQO Model 02 is any indication, the future is a fast one. In this InkShow, I run a series of tests comparing a Model 02 1.6 ghz SSD to a Model 02 1.5 ghz HDD . The [...]
The Asus Eee PC has certainly captured a lot of attention for its small size and low price of $399. Is it the mobile solution for its target market of young people and non-power users, who just need to send out an email, or create a quick document? Time will certainly tell, but in this [...]
Thanks to the good folks at Dynamism, I’ve had the opportunity to check out the Vye S37 Ultra-Mobile PC made by VyePC. Very similar to the Kohjinsha UMPC, (it is built on the same platform) the Vye S37 is nothing if not small and compact. The model I’m evaluating comes with 1GB of RAM and [...]
Halloween is over (thank goodness, Rob will stop wearing those wigs now.) We’re headed deeper into fall and the inevitable slide into the holidays. With the clocks in the US falling back this weekend, and finally a fall chill in the air, now is the time to load up on GBM InkShows and Podcasts you [...]
Sometimes things can get down right spooky in the Tabletscape and Matt Faulkner and I spend this week’s GBM Podcast (that’s GBM Podcast #38 for those who are counting) talking about a number of developments, as well as a few tricks and a few treats. So, while you may be waiting to dish out your Halloween treats [...]
We all spend time looking for charging solutions and extra juice for our mobile devices. Whether that be a search for an AC outlet, a portable charging solution, or just lugging around extra batteries it is something we all think about. And of course these days, finding a solution that is also environmentally friendly is [...]
One of the most exciting things to happen to Tablet PCs is the inclusion of touch. As we look forward to touch / multi-touch becoming more standard in hardware and in applications, it is important to look at implementations where touch is done well from the ground up, and not just treated as another input device. [...]
We’re all excited on the GBM Team with the new addition of Sierra Modro to the wacky gang of contributors here. So, in GBM Podcast #37, we take the opportunity to find out more about Sierra, her passions for Tablet PCs and mobile technology, and generally introduce the newest GBMer to all of those out [...]
There are many times I look into my closet and see a whole bunch of bags sitting there… Why, because I can never seem to find the right one to carry all of my ‘stuff’. It’s always too small, too big, not enough pockets… and the cycle of looking always seems to continue. Right now [...]
I’ve been looking for a good cleaning solution for the Lenovo ThinkPad X61 Superview screen for quite awhile. My only gripe about the X61 with Superview is that the screen is more than a fingerprint magnet, it attracts anything and everything and is nigh on near impossible to clean. And it isn’t just a question [...]
A frequent topic of discussion in our forums is that of synchronization. Due to the nature of mobile computing, It is an issue that affects all of us. The problem is, there are many solutions out there, but not all of them are best for syncing all file types. For example, what is the best way [...]
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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 [...]
