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 [...]
CES 2008 is long gone and so is one of my shorter audition trips. I’ve got a longer auditon trip coming up in a few weeks. This year I’m delighted that, so far, my ““on the road kit†is performing well. In a previous post I wrote about the hardware that I was using, but [...]
This is one rugged UMPC we have on this video. The Switchback UMPC is built tough for the Military or any other use where the conditions are rough. In this video we find out some new stuff about the ‘backpacks’ that latch on to the back of the UMPC. There is also some in depth [...]
While at CES, Warner and I stopped by the Planon booth over in the Sands. This year they brought with them a new product to CES and that product is called the PrintStik. The PrintStik is a VERY small mobile printer. They gave us a demo of the printer working over bluetooth and both of [...]
This was my fourth or fifth CES, but my first CES as a press attendee, so I got a totally different view of the show this year than I have in year’s past. As an exhibitor, you spend a lot of time trying to be polite to people and make sure that they correctly understand [...]
I’m pleased to say that the devices and gadgets I took to CES 2008 (and the annual family pilgrimage to Chicago and Wisconsin) worked well for the demands (both work and fun) that I placed on them. That said, some things worked better for me than others. For a look at the mobile kit I carried check [...]
In part 3 of our 3-part video series with Motion Computing, we get to learn more about C5 and the man who headed up the product design effort, Michael Johnson. Michael is the VP of Product Development at Motion after spending 17 years at Apple working in product development. Download the high res version here [...]
>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 [...]
There were many personal highlights for me at CES 2008. One of those was working with mobile tech buddy, Kevin Tofel, on a video produced by PodTech. We were asked by Podtech producer Catherine Girardeau if we would spend some time sharing our respective opinions about MIDs and we did. To be honest, I was [...]
In part 2 of our 3-part video series with Motion Computing, I spend some time chatting with John Doherty and Scott Eckert, co-founders of Motion Computing. John Doherty personally designed the original Motion slate Tablet PC, the M1200. John and Scott talk about those early days at Motion, the story behind the design of their [...]
Every year, Yahoo! hold a survey that includes the Yahoo! readership on the best gadgets of the year. This year’s award winner at CES was Eye-Fi, which Warner covered on GottaBeMobile before. The Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card allows you to transfer your digital photos directly from your camera over a wireless network, to either your [...]
One of the things I love best about CES are the random encounters. I was trotting through the North Hall where all the car audio stuff it when, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted something that looked like a UMPC running Yahoo in a browser. Viliv, a Korean company, appears to mostly [...]
Samsung refreshed its vaunted Ultra-Mobile PC line without much pre-CES hype and the news is that the new Premium also comes with a premium price of $1399. Here is a quick interview with a Samsung rep that covers the new features on the new Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC. Note that they are planning to get [...]
I got an opportunity to catch up with Motion Computing’s CEO and co-founder Scott Eckert at this year’s Tablet PC meet-up. We chatted about the issues that were on your mind: the reasons behind the end-of-life LS800 Tablet PC and the announced but now unavailable LE1700 WriteTouch Tablet PC. Scott opened up about the reasons [...]
If you haven’t had enough of CES Coverage there is more to go around. Some sister sites in the mobile space did some great coverage of the comings and goings in Las Vegas. Here’s a quick rundown of some that caught my eye. The Student Tablet PC. It was great to finally meet Tracy Hooten [...]
In case you missed any of the action, here’s a roundup of the many videos we produced at CES 2008. It was quite a week of video action as we were using our Flip Video cameras to catch what we can. Hope you enjoyed the coverage. CES 2008: GBM Hands On With The Asus R50A [...]
Apologies to Nelson Algren for morphing the title. For what it is worth here are some of my thoughts and impressions on CES 2008. Insane. Fun. Exhilarating. Enlightening. Frustrating. Confusion. Stupid. Big Gambles. In the end not as much substance as I would have liked to see. That’s how I’d quickly characterize this year’s CES [...]
I’m pretty sure you all are tired of reading about everyone’s impressions of CES. However, we would be remiss by not offering up our own. Highlights: getting hands-on with Microsoft Surface. That was a total Wow experience and a definite highlight for me. meeting Otto Berkes, the man behind the UMPC. What we are seeing [...]
Every year I attend CES, I learn some things to help in next year’s coverage. This year was no different. As a team, we definitely learned some things last year that impacted how we approached CES this year. On the whole, I believe we were quite successful. There are definite areas for improvement, but I [...]
Several days ago, we brought you news of Splashtop, an instant-boot application bringing you internet connectivity. It created quite the stir. A rep from Spashtop happened to be present at the Bloghaus during our live uStream and answered questions from our readers. Checkout this picture from the Splashtop blog of us in the Splashtop booth. [...]
During CES, we had some good meetings with HP, discussing the TX2000 Tablet PC and the 310 Travel Companion Series. We had several questions from folks after our first hands on, so we got Matt to give his impressions, as well as demo the TX2000 being used with a Wacom Cross Pen. By the way, [...]
During the Tablet PC meetup at CES, I got the opportunity to meet with Alex Chow of PLX Technologies. He demonstrated a great USB utility, called USB Duet, that adds a USB client port to a mobile pc and enables the port to have multiple functions, like sharing files and printers. This is a great [...]
Gizmodo thought they’d be clever in that old hacker prankster way at CES. They took the TV-B-Gone clicker that will allow you to turn off a TV screen and basically shut down any screen they could find at CES. I think the laughs lasted about 10 seconds before the word got out. Can you imagine [...]
We’re all exhausted and headed out of town. CES can wear even the hardiest geeks down as you can see from a collapsed Rob below. (A geek is never far from his devices.) It was a great time. Not only will I be traveling back to Chicago, but this weekend, I’m on the driving leg of [...]
Matt and I left for the airport at 3:00 this morning for 6:00 flights. We knew the CES crowds would be out in force, and in force they are! We are all totally exhausted, but had more fun than ever. I’m already working on an article on the successes / challenges I faced covering CES. [...]
Let’s try this again. I had posted what I thought was this video earlier but things got crossed up. Here is the correct video. Apologies. While at the Intel Booth we got to check out the Clarion and the Samsung MIDs. A Samsung MID you say? It sure looks like a Samsung Q1 UMPC doesn’t [...]
Matt and I caught this the other morning on one of the ultra-large screens (where talking 2 stories high) at the Luxor Hotel where we are staying. Doesn’t it look interesting. Tags: CES+2008
When Warner and I were at the Sands Convention Center we stopped over at the NoahPad Ultra Portable Computer booth. We have a great video showing the unit on all sides, the keyboard in action and at look at how it’s used as a mouse pad. It’s really interesting how it works. The ‘keyboard’ is [...]
Cable clutter tangles us all up at some point when we are trying to charge up (you should see the number of cords hanging out of the sockets in our hotel room.) But their are some solutions out there to help with the mess. Bluelounge has some unique offerings for just that kind of problem. [...]
At the Sands Convention Center Matt and I stumbled across LinPus Linux, a company that makes an interesting Linux GUI Front End for all sorts of devices. They were showing them off on what they call Ultra-Mobile PCs, but then as this week has proven more often than not, that moniker is quickly loosing its [...]
On Tuesday, Sierra and I spent some time with Asus’ newest UMPC, the R50A. As you’ll see, we had some performance issues with it, but they could be early production models. Guess we’ll find out as folks begin to get them in their hands. Enjoy! Click To Play
Seirra and I spent some time at the Samsung Booth where they have the Q1 Ultra Premium set up in a unique display. As you can see from the video you sit and sort of drive the Q1, while what you have on the screen is displayed above you. Clever, but to my why of thinking [...]
On Monday, we let everyone know about TabletKiosk’s new Ultra Mobile PC, the eo i7300 Ultra-Mobile PC. In this video, we get more indepth with the new eo, the new dock for the Sahara i440D, and the TabletKiosk / Getac Rugged Tablet PC. Click To Play
At the Tablet PC meetup last night, MobileDemand announced the "unreleased Tablet PC" that I had brought with me from Colorado Springs – the xTablet T8700 Rugged Tablet PC. It features a 1.2 ghz Core 2 Duo processor, support for 2 GB of RAM, and SSD support. It has an 8.4" screen that can switch [...]
Yesterday, Sierra posted about our interview with Intel’s Pankaj Kedia. Watch our video interview with Mr. Kedia, and take a look at several of the new MIDs, including one from Aigo featuring a qwerty keyboard. Click To Play
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