I've been waiting impatiently to get my hands on the Celio Corp. Redfly. After seeing this device at CES, I got the opportunity to interview Kirt Bailey, CEO of Celio Corp, and Brad Warnock, VP of Marketing, and learn more about the features of the Windows Mobile companion device. (If you missed the series, you can go back and read the Overview, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 in the archives.)

While the REDFLY is definitely being marketed as an enterprise device, it should appeal to many users. I covered the hardware basics before, but fundamentally, this is a small clamshell device with an 8-inch screen, touch-typable keyboard, touch pad mouse, Bluetooth, 2 USB ports, and VGA out. No processor, no memory, no hard drive. It connects either via USB or Bluetooth to a Windows Mobile phone and extends the experience of your WinMo phone to a more usable interface then the little 2-3 inch screen provides.

My initial impression - this is a very well made device. It feels solid, much more so than I would expect from something this size and just 2 lbs. Connection with the phone (an AT&T Tilt) was quick and painless and the refresh rate seems quite reasonable. I've only started playing with it so far, but I plan to do some real testing over the next few days.

What do you want to know about this new category of device? I do plan to do an InkShow on this as soon as I'm more familiar with it, but your questions will help to guide me as I look into the Redfly.

It's not often that a chance comes around to see something of this kind of exciting magnitude. Today HP issued a press release announcing the proof of existence of memristors.

HP today announced that researchers from HP Labs, the company’s central research facility, have proven the existence of what had previously been only theorized as the fourth fundamental circuit element in electrical engineering. (...)

In a paper published in today’s edition of Nature, four researchers at HP Labs’ Information and Quantum Systems Lab, led by R. Stanley Williams, presented the mathematical model and a physical example of a “memristor” – a blend of “memory resistor” – which has the unique property of retaining a history of the information it has acquired.

While we are undoubtedly years away from commercial application of this discovery, this could completely change the landscape of computing. From personal computing through enterprise applications, memory usage is growing by leaps and bounds. Fast access to memory that retains its stored data is an enormous leap, far more than what we have with today's flash memory.

One application for this research could be the development of a new kind of computer memory that would supplement and eventually replace today’s commonly used dynamic random access memory (DRAM). Computers using conventional DRAM lack the ability to retain information once they lose power. When power is restored to a DRAM-based computer, a slow, energy-consuming “boot-up” process is necessary to retrieve data from a magnetic disk required to run the system.

In contrast, a memristor-based computer would retain its information after losing power and would not require the boot-up process, resulting in the consumption of less power and wasted time.

I'm extremely excited about this new discovery. Although the existence of the memristor has been theorized since 1971 in a paper by Professor Leon Chua, no one had been able to prove its existence until now. Given the advances in nanotechnology over the last several years, we've finally reached the point of being about to build memristors. This could fundamentally change computers by nearly eliminating boot times, reducing power consumption, and reducing in general the time we wait on computers. In my mind, that is at least as exciting as a new battery technology.

This research comes from HP Labs, the scary-smart people who dream up new technological advances well before we know we need them. If you want to see some fascinating research, browse around HP Labs technical reports. They can get quite in-depth, but they're interesting reading.

Read more about memristors on the HP Labs website.

I'm pleased to announce that TechSmith has just renewed their sponsorship of our wildly successful InkShows and Podcasts! This will mark their third consecutive year of sponsorship and we are extremely grateful for their continued support. TechSmith, along with our other loyal advertisers, make it possible for us to deliver the content we do.

Join us in thanking TechSmith by leaving a comment here and also by checking out their products: Camtasia Studio, SnagIt, Morae,  UserVue, and more.

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TabletPCReivewSpot.com got a tip from a reader who spotted what looks like a new Tablet PC from Fujitsu at a customer presentation in Germany. No full range of specs known yet, but word is that it runs an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 and has a 13” passive digitizer for a display.

Look what just arrived for our HP 31 Days of Dragon Giveaway? Do you think I should open it up and test it / play with it, or keep it pure for the eventual winner?

Anyone want to see an InkShow on this beast / baby?

Interesting little meme on Twitter this morning started by Robert Scoble with this Tweet:

My Microsoft Office trial is over. I am not spending $450 just to get Outlook. Gmail and Google Calendar win this game: big time

That prompted quite a few others to chirp in and say that with the exception of Outlook and OneNote they’ve moved to other solutions, mostly on the web.

How about you? Are you still using Microsoft Office applications and if so which ones? I know I still use Word and Excel quite a bit because the functionality I need isn’t there yet in online solutions.

Don’t forget you can follow GottaBeMobile.com on Twitter.

We are all familiar with the Pen Flick Gestures in Vista. What about hover-based gestures that get activated without the need to press the pen to the screen? How could technology like this helping you with your Tablet PC experience? Take it a step further - what about capacitive-touch based hover gestures? How about multi-touch hover-based gestures?

Here is a video and PDF paper by Microsoft Research's Ken Hinckley and Tovi Grossman exploring the idea of hover-based gestures.

Last week, we posted a link to some Tablet PC stock photography work being done by Electronic Perceptions. Kathy Burns-Millyard, the photographer behind the work, was obviously paying attention to the traffic, as she has posted a new series as a response to our article. 

I like the new approach Ms. Burns-Millyard is taking and think she is on the right track. What other marketing type stock photographs would you suggest Ms. Burns-Millyard pursue?

Amazing. I’m glad somebody does this research because I don’t know too many folks who actually read EULAs on commercial software, much less on malware products. According to Ars Technica, malware developers are now starting to use EULAs (end user license agreements) to try and protect their wares.

So, let’s see. You create an illegal product like a botnet to go and attack other computers and then you put a EULA on it. Hmmm? And get this, the EULA in question actually has a clause that locks the user into purchasing any future new versions. Like the folks who might purchase the thing in the first place would actually pay attention to any of that. Amazing.

jkkmobile has turned the camera on the Asus Eee PC 900 and given it a once over. He says he has lots more to say coming up.

In other Asus Eee PC news it looks like Asus is going to spin off the Eee PC line turning it into its own brand. That only makes sense given the phenomenal growth in sales and in terms of the number of variants they’ve introduced and plan on introducing.

This time coming from HP for the HP Pavilion tx2000z. Mike Rowe, known from the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs, takes on the tx2000z and comes clean with usages. There are five videos in the series, each one showcasing Tablet PC features. Each video is around 3-5 minutes. They're a lot like the series - funny and kinda silly.

Maybe this is the start of actual Tablet PC marketing. Hope springs eternal.

This could be very interesting. Everyone is already convinced that there will be a 3G iPhone come this summer. Some say as soon as early June. But CNN is reporting that AT&T is preparing to offer subsidies for the new version, possibly as much as $200. With unsubsidized prices predicted to be $399 and $499, that could lower the price to a point where things could get really interesting. Of course, you’ll have to sign a contract to get the discount. I wouldn’t be counting pennies just yet, but it will be very interesting to see if this comes to be.

Very funny. Lenovo has crafted a very clever little ad and slogan going after the MacBook Air featuring the Lenovo X300.

Via Gizmodo

Hold the train. Just as news was starting to spread that Microsoft was about to release XP Service Pack 3, comes word of yet another delay. According to CNet’s News.com:

The software maker said there is a "compatibility issue" between the XP service pack and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, a retail chain management program for small and midsize businesses.

Microsoft finalized the code for Windows XP SP3 last week and had planned to make it broadly available starting Tuesday.

"In order to make sure customers have the best possible experience, we have decided to delay releasing Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center," the company said in a statement.

The glitch also exists between Microsoft Dynamics RMS and Windows Vista Service Pack 1, though that product has already been broadly released. Microsoft started pushing out Vista SP1 last week via Automatic Updates.

Just as we told everyone yesterday, Lenovo's IdeaPad U110 is now available for ordering at $1899.

Head over and check it out! I can't to get my hands on our eval unit. It is gonna be fun!!!

We have quite the talented group of readers here at GottaBeMobile.com. One of our readers, Aaron Walker, just started his own eBook publishing company, Walk Broad Publishing and has published his first children's picture book, "Good Morning, Friend Moon".

I recently had the pleasure of reading "Good Morning, Friend Moon" to my children the other night and they absolutely loved it. The illustrations really brought the story to life. It is available via download for only $4.99

Here's the great part: "Good Morning, Friend Moon" was written and illustrated entirely using a Fujitsu 4010D Tablet PC. I recently had the opportunity to talk with Aaron about this project and wanted to share some of that with you.

Where did the idea for "Good Morning, Friend Moon" and Walk Broad Publishing come from?

Walk Broad Publishing got started because I wanted to be able to share ebooks with my 6 year old son at bed time story time. I searched and, whereas I found a few, they usually used some sort of additional software or required an internet connection to view.

I figured there had to be a better way.

The story really was inspired by my son asking me why was the Moon still up one morning while the Sun was in the sky. Not knowing the scientific reason, I did what any parent would do, I made up a good story to tell him :) That was the germ of the idea that produced "Good Morning, Friend Moon" and started Walk Broad Publishing.

You are quite the artist! My children loved your illustrations. What hardware and software did you use to illustrate the book?

I am a committed tablet pc user. The entire book, and website, was done on a Fujitsu Lifebook 4010D. The drawing application I used was Corel's Painter Essentials. The drawings were then imported into Microsoft Publisher 2007 for layout and scripting, then converted to pdf using PDFCreator. Everything was done on the Fujitsu.

When reading the book to my children the other night, I was using the Dell Latitude XT. The flexibility of eBooks are the number of ways in which they can be read. How has the book been optimized for reading?

The reason "Good Morning, Friend Moon" is formatted with pictures on top and words on the bottom is to facilitate helping children with word recognition while also allowing them to still see the pictures. While reading with my 6-year-old son, I like to point to the words as I'm reading and see which words he has learned. It makes things a bit more interactive.  Some picture books have words top, bottom and middle which takes away from the presentation of the book page as a whole while still helping with reading. 

The book is best viewed on tablets (IMHO) using Adobe's Digital Editions in portrait mode.

I've also been following the Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, iRex iLiad and the rest. Whereas I don't have any of those devices yet, it occurred to me that parents who did, would probably appreciate good, wholesome picture books to share with their children.

They can let their children read the book in the back seat while traveling with the Kindle for example.

I know the book will lose something in the translation going from full-color to black and white, but there isn't anything else out there. One day e-ink displays will be in color but, in the meantime, parents should have good picture books to share.

Or, if they are tablet users like myself, they can have them for their tablets or devices like the HTC Advantage and any of the UMPCs that support portrait screen rotation.

I try and make it clear on the FAQ on the website that it is not recommended to be viewed on a smartphone, although I'd be interested in finding out about how it would view on an iPhone or other small device with a larger screen, and if there is a way to tweak the setting for a passable reading experience.

 

As an author and publisher, what are your feelings about Digital Rights Management (DRM)?

I currently have no DRM on the books. I believe that people are basically honest and those that can will pay the modest fee for the books I am offering.

They can then transfer it to any device that reads a pdf file and I've tried to optimize the file for the Reader and Kindle as much as possible while not actually owning either device.

Each person who buys this book (or any book from Walk Broad Publishing for that matter) can download the book up to four times at no additional cost.

Being an ebook reader, I know how important it is to be able to transfer a book on my tablet to my phone or read it on my desktop. When people get a new computer or new device, I don't believe readers should be penalized for wanting to keep the book they've already paid for.

Do you have any other books in the works?

I am already at work on the next book "Natty McGumm and the Lazette Street Gazette" that was written and edited in OneNote using only the pen.

And there will probably be at least two more books featuring Friend Moon, Friend Sun and Friend Star.

How can folks stay up with what you doing?

Of course, they can visit Walk Broad Publishing to view current books for sale. I also have a blog where I write about upcoming projects and more.

I know I'll be following your blog as my children will want to know what Friend Moon and Friend Sun are up to. Keep up the great work.

While we here at GBM certainly don’t condone the sort of hacking that violates licensing agreements there have been a couple of stories around the blogosphere of late that at least bear a mention from a curiosity standpoint.

Engadget (and the rest of the world) is linking to info on OQO Talk where a user has apparently managed to install OS X on an OQO and with the exception of WWAN, it appears that everything is up and working. There’s a blurry video and more info here.

This follows on the heels of Kevin Tofel’s experiments (now ended) of installing OS X on the Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium.

We've got five exclusive Windows Live Mesh invitations to giveaway to some lucky GBM readers that would like to give it a try. As you might expect with a tech preview, there is a lot of functionality missing right now, but you'll be able to get in early, test it, play with it, and use it more as clients, devices, and syncing functionality are added.

Leave a comment here telling us about your favorite GBM InkShow, Shortcut, or news post. Include your email address in the email field of the comment submission form so we can get in touch with you. We'll pick from among all the submissions 5 lucky winners. Submissions are open until 10:00 PM MST.

By the way, if you want to try out a fully working syncing application across multiple devices and platforms, be sure to also enter our SugarSync contest. Windows Live Mesh is coming and looks really promising, but complete syncing via SugarSync is here now.

This is an interesting story, and yet another warning, about the perils that can await travelers who carry their gear, and essentially their job and life, in a laptop. Michelle Labrosse found herself in the dangerous situation where she had to check her backpack which contained her mobile kit. She ended up at her destination, but her backpack with all her gear ended up in Nicaragua. How did she find that out? Read the story in The NY Times to find out.

Over in the GBM Forums, user aussiehoudini has published a first look review of the LG P-100 Tablet PC after having his hands on it for a couple of weeks. This is a Tablet PC we haven’t heard much about so it is good to see some real world reporting on it. The review lays out some good info on the device and aussiehoudini’s pros and cons. Hopefully we’ll be seeing some pictures from aussiehoudini soon.

Check it out here.

If you’re interested in what’s going on with Origami Experience 2.0 you might want to head over to the The Windows Experience Blog and check out Brandon LeBlanc’s post, Taking a Closer Look at the Origami Experience 2.0. That post is the intro to a 4 part series that Brandon is planning that covers web browsing, the interface to control your media, Origami Now, and Origami Picture Password. Matt, Rob and I got to check this out in Beta earlier this year. I won’t dare speak for Rob or Matt, but I came away particularly unimpressed. I’m well on record saying that I think that the UMPC form factor has seen its short day, and the fact that this application from Microsoft is still trying to find its way out the door only adds some fuel to that fire in my opinion.

That said, that’s my opinion and may not be yours, so if you’re interested, check out the post here.

I have been playing with the TabletKiosk GETAC G840XT for a week or so and thought I would put up some of my initial thoughts.

• Very solid feel
• Light for being so tough - or at least 'feels' light to me
• GPS works good for being integrated and without an antenna (I have some video of that coming up)
• I wish my eval had TPC edition on there - but that is a special order as most will be using just the touch feature
• Touch screen work very well - and the stylus strap is like a elastic cord, it actually is a nice feature
• IMO it's a 'hard' touch screen - but that has been good while out testing field usage
• Very surprised at the processor speed - for 800 mhz it zips along pretty well with XP
• It made it through the shower without harm...
• Great 'touch' friendly menu system to changing volume, brightness and turning on and off system components
• I've been having fun dropping it in front of co-workers
  • It does feel very weird to know that I am dropping a machine that is so expensive - kind of like when we were all at CES
• Would like to have had some type of integrated tool for removing the battery

If there is anything you would like to know about the machine just let me know!!  This week is going to be jam packed with information about this unit!

Here are some more details on Lenovo's IdeaPad U110 which we hope to get our hands on really soon. Specs look pretty sweet.

Between this and Lenovo's X300, who would want a MacBook Air? Seriously.

• Available for ordering on April 29 at Lenovo.com for $1899
• There will be a single configuration choice with an option for red or black
• Intel Merom Processor Core 2 Duo 1.6 ghz
• Up to 3 GB of RAM
• 120 GB 4200 rpm PATA HDD
• System ships with two batteries: 4-cell and 7-cell, plus an external USB portable DVD burner
• Focused to the consumer
• 18.4 - 22.4 mm
• Starting weight of 2.4 lbs
• 11.1" 16:9 LED screen
  • WXGA, Intel integrated Graphics
• Aluminum etch cover and & Magnesium Aluminum case
• Frameless screen
• Touch-sensitive controls
• Vista Home Premium
• Dolby Home Theatre Speaker System
• Veriface security authentication
• Integrated 1.3 megapixel camera ( USB 2.0 )
• 3 USB 2.0 ports
• 6 in 1 card reader
• Express Card slot

Click the images for a larger view

Seems like everybody has been playing around with Xobni lately and for good reason - it's and interesting tool to add to Outlook.

I have five - but let's try and help everybody else out too - You don't HAVE to, but it sure would be great if we could help out the GBM community...  Why??  Well, because when Rob put up his 10 invites, there were 60+ comments...  that's a lot of comments for 10 invites...

I will put up my 5 - then - people who get those 5 invites, it would be great if you head over to this thread and share just a couple of them.  If each person does that, then everybody can get one!  Follow the lead of ascalon and everybody can enjoy - even if it's just one or 2 of your invites.

First Five to post here start (or kill) the sharing frenzy!!  NOTE - make sure and leave your email address in blank on the form - if in the right place, nobody will see it but the GBM staff.

Ken Hinckley just let us know that version 1.1.425 of InkSeine has been released. Ken has all the details on the new release, but I've listed them here as a summary. Because AutoUpdate is now live in InkSeine, you should be able to get this new build by simply starting and then exiting InkSeine. If you have trouble, just head over to grab the new build. Be sure to visit our InkSeine forum to discuss this new build!

In addition, Office Labs just launched. This is a new website featuring some of the latest prototypes being developed by Microsoft interns and employees. Office Labs is a site you'll want to visit often to try out some of the latest ideas being floated about Microsoft.

New InkSeine features and bug fixes :

• Rotation and Reflection: InkSeine now supports rotation of any lasso selection.
• Antialiased Page Thumbnails: It's now much easier to recognize pages from their thumbnails.
• Search for & Open OneNote sections. Previous builds of InkSeine only handled OneNote pages that were saved into individual .one files. InkSeine now returns OneNote sections with its search results, and you can open them and insert hyperlinks to them in your InkSeine notes.
• File association fixed: The association for InkSeine files (.iks extension) now installs correctly.
• Saves the last Pen and Highlighter: InkSeine remembers which pen and highlighter you were using so they are ready to go when you next launch InkSeine, or open another note.
• Performance improvements, particularly while dragging selections.
• Improved Stroke Eraser: It no longer leaves "debris" on the screen on occasion
• Tool Ring bug fix: The Tool Ring will no longer activate the camera or the close icon if you happen to end your pen stroke over them while circling-to-scroll or while using the tool ring as a flickpad on Vista.
• AutoUpdate server is online! With the launch of the Microsoft Office Labs site, the Office Labs AutoUpdate server is also now online.
• To get updates, your computer must be on the internet. Start InkSeine and make sure that it has been running for a few minutes. When you exit, you will be prompted to install the update (build 1.1.425.0). Note: Make sure that "Automatically check for updates" is checked in the upper-right corner of the InkSeine options dialog. You can open the options from the question-mark menu. You may disable checks for automatic updates by unchecking this option, or by opting out during your initial installation of InkSeine.
  

Heads up - Lenovo is sending us one of the highly anticipated 11" U110 IdeaPads to review. I'm not sure if we'll get the red or the black, but either way, I'm really looking forward to reviewing the U110.

As soon as it gets in our hot little hands, I'll post up some initial video and impressions. What do you want to know about it?

Well - here it is . The HUGE Giveaway that we were talking about last week - The 31 Days of Dragon Giveaway. HP and BuzzCorps have hand-selected 31 "elite" sites to give away not just one, but  31 HP HDX systems - that's right - 31 chances to win a system with a retail value of over $5000! We are proud to have been selected to participate amongst the other fine sites listed to bring you an opportunity to win one of these entertainment beasts.

Here are the details on the prize being given away at each of the sites:

The HP HDX Dragon comes with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) and is powered by an Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor X9000 (2.80GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB). Other features include 20.1" diagonal WUXGA High-Definition HP Ultra Brightview Widescreen (1920x1200) 1080p, 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm), 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS, HP Imprint Finish (Dragon) + Fingerprint Reader + Webcam + Microphone, Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection and Bluetooth, 500GB 5400RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (250GB x 2), Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer, Integrated HP HDTV Hybrid TV Tuner and 4 Altec Lansing speakers with HP Triple Bass Reflex subwoofer, and 9 Cell Lithium Ion Battery.

The entertainment notebooks will come with these evaluation software titles: Microsoft Office, Corel PaintShop Pro X2, Corel Painter Essentials, Corel Ulead Video Studio Plus  11.5, Symantec Norton Internet Security.

For the gamers in us the winners will receive the following games: Viva Piñata,Microsoft Flight Sim, Microsoft Flight Sim Expansion Pack, Gears of War.
And since this is an entertainment beast, you will enjoy the following Blu Ray movies out of the box: Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End.

Now, you'll need to visit the following sites during the days listed to learn the details of their particular contest. Each contest runs 7 days. GottaBeMobile's contest is from June 1 - June 8. So you'll want to visit the other sites first and participate in their contests. Each site has some great content, too, so I'm sure you'll enjoy broadening your news reading. Each contest promises to be unique and fun. Each day, we'll remind you to head over to a particular site to begin participating in their contest. The first contest starts May 2 over at AbsoluteVista.com !

02 May - 09 May www.absolutevista.com
03 May - 10 May www.arstechnica.com
04 May - 11 May www.osnn.net
05 May - 12 May www.jkontherun.com
06 May - 13 May digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
07 May - 14 May www.bostonpocketpc.com
08 May - 15 May www.the-gadgeteer.com
09 May - 16 May www.thedigitallifestyle.com
10 May - 17 May www.digitalhomethoughts.com
11 May - 18 May www.windows-now.com
12 May - 19 May www.windowsconnected.com
13 May - 20 May www.geekstogo.com
14 May - 21 May bink.nu
15 May - 22 May www.mediablab.com
16 May - 23 May www.last100.com
17 May - 24 May www.labnol.org
18 May - 25 May www.notebooks.com
19 May - 26 May www.slashdotreview.com
20 May - 27 May www.neowin.net
21 May - 28 May www.geek.com
22 May - 29 May www.lockergnome.com
23 May - 30 May www.planetx64.com
24 May - 31 May www.thegreenbutton.com
25 May - 01 Jun www.istartedsomething.com
26 May - 02 Jun www.bleepingcomputer.com
27 May - 03 Jun www.hardwaregeeks.com
28 May - 04 Jun www.geeknewscentral.com
29 May - 05 Jun www.geekzone.co.nz
30 May - 06 Jun www.thetabletpc.net
31 May - 07 Jun www.gearlive.com
01 Jun - 08 Jun www.gottabemobile.com

On Sunday afternoons, I normally sit back in a quiet area in our house to do some reading, as well as planning for the next week. I'm normally in tablet mode, sitting back in a recliner, working in MindManager for the planning part. The really nice part of a Sunday afternoon is turning the Tablet off and getting in to some good reading ( which typically leads to a great nap! )

In our weekend discussion of why a person should look at a Tablet PC, the value of the below MindManager map is hard to explain to someone. Notice the personal handwriting, links to Outlook emails, links to sections in OneNote, and more. This is typically a map I'll work out of the entire week, make changes / additions, etc. Sure, a person can MindMap and hyperlink with a regular notebook, but nothing compares to working in tablet mode and doing it with a pen. I'm able to stay much more creative when working with a pen than with a keyboard.

Ok, time to run. There is a big, fluffy pillow calling my name.

One of the first things I do when setting up a new computer is to set one of my virtual printers (OneNote Send-To, XPS Document Writer, Bluebeam PDF, etc)  as the default printer. By setting one of those as my default printer, any time I press the print button, they are all stored electronically rather than on paper. Paper is still an option, but I have to choose to print to paper, rather than the other way around.

That is one way to 1) save money, 2) save space, and 3) save trees.

I'm John Doe in XYZ office and I'm looking for a new notebook computer for me and, potentially my staff. Talk to me about why I should even consider buying a Tablet PC. Where am I going to see the benefits? What can it help me or my office staff do more productively than what I'm currently doing with a traditional notebook or desktop? Is the pen a new fangled toy or is it really beneficial? What software would you recommend I look at and why?

Already added to my RSS reader is the new OneNote Tips and Tricks Blog.  Starting off with an introduction and a tip, the blog was created by Jeff Cardon from the Microsoft OneNote Team.

OneNote's user base has been steadily increasing over the years. So I thought this would be a good forum to share some of the useful tips and tricks in this fantastic software application that have made people's lives more productive.

Head over and check out the first post and the first Tip about screen clippings.