Hmmm? In the continuing “hurry up and wait” that those waiting for Vista Drivers for the Asus R2H are quickly becoming accustomed to, there’s been some word trickling out that there may be an Asus R2H coming to market with Vista pre-installed. The Orgami Portal tracked down some info and it is intriguing, but color me skeptical. First there’s [...]
Warner and I have been playing – OH, I mean working – with our respective Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PCs machines the last couple of weeks trying to get certain things working under Vista. During some of this we have seen and heard folks questioning whether or not Vista’s ReadyBoost feature will or will not work [...]
In continuing experimentation with Vista on the Asus R2H, I found a newer video driver (courtesy of Jay on the forum at the Asus site) that I gave a try tonight. I haven’t had much time to see how this driver affects some of the stability issues I’ve been having, but I do have screen rotation [...]
Well, I’m not exactly on the beach here in Florida, but I have been enjoying doing some work around the cabana at the place we’re staying. Even when I’m on vacation work occasionally requires a bit of my time. (Of course having mobile gear available makes this possible which is both a blessing and a [...]
We’ve got a good thread running on in the forums about OEMs shipping Vista installed Tablet PCs. Among those listed is the new Asus R1F Tablet PC. Forum member T Lewis just let us all know that ProPortable.com has the Asus R1F with Vista Business in stock. Looks like a really sweet widescreen Tablet PC. With [...]
A loyal GottaBeMobile.com reader, Lars Goldenbogen from Munich, Germany, has shared this comparative review of several popular Core Duo tablet PC’s as published by CT Magazine of Germany. It is published in German and will be a great resource for our large and growing German readership. Included in the review are the Asus R1F, the Fujitsu T4215, HP tc4400, Lenovo X60, and [...]
We’ve concluded auditions at the UPTA conference and if you follow any of my writings on my mobile experiments you may remember I was planning to give the Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC a real workout in one of my more intensive work situations. I’ve been accustomed to using a Tablet PC in these instances before and was [...]
I’m on the road and auditioning again, this time at the UPTA conference in Memphis. We’ll see over 800 actors in four days. The big test over these four days is how well the Asus R2H performs as my only computer. Given that I’ve had some difficulties after installing Vista on the R2H, I did [...]
Have you seen this picture that adorns the new Ultra-Mobile PC site for Microsoft? Wonder why the guy holding up the Asus R2H is sort of hiding behind it? Probably because installing Vista on the R2H is not for the faint of heart and can leave you with a sour taste in your mouth if [...]
If you’ve followed any of my blogging about Tablet PCs and UMPCs you know that my primary reason for using a Tablet PC is in my work as a theatre producer, director, and playwright at Wayside Theatre, where I serve as the Artistic Director. Sunday night we opened Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story, a tribute [...]
What an absolutely insane week this has been. I’ve been away on a casting trip, and returned to the final week of rehearsals for The Buddy Holly Story. My posting has been down here because of that, but in the next few days, I’ll be rolling out a series of posts about how I used [...]
GBM reader Clifford B. has sent us to a link of some great pictures of an Asus Tablet PC with a custom Windows Vista logo on the front. From what it says, it’s backlit… Looks kind of cool – What do you guys think? I thnk I would rather see a slideshow window on the front, [...]
Last week, we celebrated the 100,000th InkShow download. We ran a little contest to see if folks could guess our two most popular InkShows. We had a lot of correct guesses for the most popular one, but absolutely none for the second most popular. It is interesting that our two most popular InkShows represent two [...]
I’m back on the road again this week for a two day auditon trip. Not a long trip, and not one where I”ll have time for much mobile computing. So for this trip, I’m leaving my Tablet PC behind and just taking the Asus R2H to use for any needs I have. They are really [...]
This looks promising. jkkmobile has posted a video of Vista Ultimate on the Asus R2H UMPC. Also remember Josh Bancroft had done a video of this earlier. I’m looking forward to giving this a try myself when I have the time. Matt Faulkner and I are discussing doing a series of tests. One of us [...]
Tiffany Boggs has reviewed the Asus R1F Tablet PC for TabletPCReviewSpot.com. She concurs with those who call it the Lamborghini of Tablet PCs and of course this is one of the few Core 2 Duo Tablet PCs out there. Of course she provides the usual range of specs and benchmarks that the sites reviews are famous [...]
I’ve been looking forward to this day for awhile and not just because it was a travel day to Vegas for CES. I knew I had a 3 hour and 40 minute or so flight so I wanted to put the Asus R2H UMPC through some paces as a media device. If you recall this [...]
Always interesting (to me at any rate) when the main stream media takes a second look at mobile devices, and this article from the Washington Post certainly is one of those. The reporter, Dennis O’Reilly, takes a look at the Asus R2H and the Samsung Q1B and likes what he sees here especially with the [...]
Before heading out for our extended trip it only makes sense to do a road test of the gear that I’m going to be using. You certainly don’t want to have something not work when you need it to. As I’ve stated earlier, I’ve got three real usage scenarios planned for the Asus R2H. Mobile [...]
I’ve never had the great desire for touch as an input method the way some have. Since acquiring the PPC 6700, I see the benefits, but honestly, as I was contemplating a UMPC purchase touch was not really one of the features at the top of my list. I knew it would require a lot [...]
So, did you ever have one of those new gadget experiences where it arrived, and you were thrilled, and yet life and work kept you from really getting to play with it. That’s my case. I’ve barely had enough time to do anything much with my new Asus R2H as I’m busy getting ready to [...]
We just received word from Motion Computing that they have added Asus as an original design manufacturer of Motion’s Tablet PCs. Compal will continue to manufacturer Tablet PCs for Motion as well, so this adds a lot of manufacturing support for them. Considering the success of the LS800 and of the Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC, [...]
Nothing draws more skepticism these days than pictures of Apple Tablets or Mac Software running on a Tablet PC. The word Photoshop almost leaps off of your tongue. So, yesterday when I saw a post containing a picture of the OSX running on an Asus R2H UMPC, I pinged fellow GBM’er Matt Faulkner and we [...]
If you own or are about to own an Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC, you can now journey to the Windows Vista Express Upgrade Site to make your upgrade. The R2H is now listed and eligible for the Business edition of Vista. Remember some OEMs may be handling this differently so if you can’t find your [...]
This third installment of the Asus R2H Ultra Mobile PC InkShows is focused on the GPS functionality. In this InkShow, I go out with the R2H in my car to see how the built in GPS unit keeps track of my position. I give an overview while using Microsoft MapPoint 2006. I take a quick drive to demonstrate the [...]
If you’re looking for the extended battery that contains the stand on the back for the ASUS R2H Ultra-Mobile PC you might want to check out ProPortable. They’ve got them available for $149.00. Hat Tip to Josh Bancroft
Josh Bancroft has produced a 30 minute video of Windows Vista running on his Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC. He covers the installation process, how Word 2007 and OneNote 2007 look, and why he went back to XP for the time being. Check it out.
If you are still thirsting for Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC info and pictures head over toTiny Screenfuls. Josh Bancroft not only has his unboxing video for you to check out but has posted something like 162 pictures along with a hardware review. This ought to keep you oogling for quite some time.
As if Matt’s Asus R2H Inkshows weren’t enough to keep you glued to the tiny screen, Josh Bancroft has put up a video of his Asus R2H unboxing on Tiny Screenfuls. Check it out here. Lots of good info there. Check out Matt’s Asus R2H Inkshows here and here.
Lots of talk about the Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC these days, and there has been some, but not as much talk about the Asus R1F Tablet PC. This might change the conversation a bit. The Asus R1F Tablet PC is the first notebook (smile Sumocat) to receive the Vista’s x86 Premium logo. No, that’s not [...]
Well, Matt continues to work and play with his new Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC. And we continue to get reports from him on how it is going. When he saw that the folks at OnlyUMPC were talking about installing Vista on an Asus R2H, he couldn’t be stopped. So he’s done the install and sent [...]
Steve at CarryPad.com just spent some considerable time getting the Asus R2H Ultra Mobile PC lean and mean . He and a friend, Ian Emmett, cleared up 25 processes and 200mb of memory. Steve has documented the process at his blog. The funny thing about this process is that they used the TabletKiosk eo i7210 [...]
This week I received a new UMPC! The new unit is an Asus R2H Ultra Mobile PC with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. I’ve been busy playing, I mean working, with if for the last couple of days, and let me tell you it’s been fun. This is my first chance to use this form factor, and so [...]
GottaBeMobile.com forum member Pyxus just purchased an Asus R1F Tablet PC and has been chatting it up in the forums. One of the most interesting topics he has started is the comparsion shots he has of the R1F, Toshiba M200, and a TC1100. Well worth checking it if you want to see just how close in size [...]
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