Hey folks, Rob Bushway and Xavier Lanier here to bring you some exciting news. Since launching in February 2006, GottaBeMobile.com has become a foremost authority for news, reviews, and commentary in the mobile PC space. In the past three years, we have grown from a site with just two guys and a passion for tablet [...]
I just wanted to take some time to let you know of some changes to GottaBeMobile.com since we launched just a few days ago. We have listened to your comments and feedback (Thanks for that) and have put into place some features that we hope you enjoy. We also wanted to let you know about [...]
Well, you are probably noticing that things look a little bit different today! I am pleased to announce the launch of our new website redesign, using a much more powerful publishing engine by WordPress, a new design theme by SoloStream, and many new features that we hope you will come to enjoy over the [...]
Good news: The GottaBeMobile.com team is heads down on converting the news publishing engine over to WordPress this weekend. The bad news: there will be no news posted over the weekend while we concentrate on this effort. In addition, you might experience some intermittent connectivity issues while we work on importing our vast amount of [...]
Big kudos to my main man Warner Crocker on being re-awarded Microsoft’s MVP for Tablet PC for the 4th straight year. Warner, you give so much to the mobile pc community and this site wouldn’t be what it is without you. Congratulations! Technorati Tags: Warner Crocker,Tablet PC,MVP,Microsoft
I’m honored to be a freak. So is Rob. The ubiquitous Robert Scoble has created a ““hand-picked list of the people who provide the most interesting tech blogging/tweeting/FriendFeeding.†Rob and I both made Scoble’s list. It is good to see that Scoble is still something of a Tablet PC freak (he was a big advocate [...]
We have a wonderful community here at GBM and in the Tabletscape and Mobilescape in general. Here’s hoping that we can garner some support from that community to help a friend in need. A friend and member of our community who works at Lenovo is asking for some support. His wife suffers from PLS, a [...]
Back before Rob’s most recent difficulties with his daughter Maggie’s health issues (see Rob Bushway.com for updates), Rob was interviewed by Christian Computing Magazine. Kevin Purcell’s interview with Rob covers a host of topics including Tablet PCs, Mobile Technology, OneNote, GottaBeMobile.com, and Rob’s own program, TabletBible. If you have followed any of Rob’s writings here or elsewhere, you [...]
Our community has been absolutely overflowing with support, love, and prayers for Rob’s daughter Maggie and her health issue. There have been some amazing offers of support that Rob and Kathi are doing their best to acknowledge. I know the many comments and emails as well as the support that has been shown are much [...]
This is a brief update on Maggie Bushway. Rob, Kathi, Maggie, and the entire Bushway family are very grateful for the well wishes and comments folks in the community are passing along during this very difficult time. Maggie is now at St. Louis Childrens Hospital and is undergoing some very rigorous and aggressive procedures to try [...]
As some of you may be aware Rob Bushway’s daughter Maggie is suffering through another series of tough medical challenges. Maggie had a brain tumor removed awhile back and her seizures have unfortunately returned. Doctors in Colorado and St. Louis are working on the case. At the moment, the family is planning to head to St. Louis Children’s [...]
One of the best things to have happened to me since launching GBM was partnering up with Warner Crocker. He is an awesome friend, a wise counselor, hilariously funny, and someone who absolutely loves mobile technology. They don’t make them any better than Warner. Join me in wishing Warner a Happy Birthday! [...]
It seems the tidal wave in conversation has begun shifting from Twitter to FriendFeed, and I’m moving my mini-blogging conversations to FriendFeed, too. If you are interested in following stuff I share or post about while out and about, then you can follow me via FriendFeed here. A lot of the stuff I share and [...]
In the two and a half years that GottaBeMobile.com has been toiling away in the mobile pc space, we’ve seen tremendous growth in our traffic and participation from our readers. In the past year alone, our unique visitors have grown by more than 100%. I think people enjoy what we are doing here, which is [...]
July 1 was a big day for Tablet PC MVPs it seems. We’ve already seen news that our own Matt Faulkner was re-awarded, along with Steve Seto. We also saw news that Sierra was awarded MVP for the first time. Well, another key player in the Tabletscape also got re-awarded for his great service yesterday [...]
Today is the day for handing out kudos, and with good reason. Steve Seto, a frequent contributor of GBM hardware and software reviews, has also been re-awarded by Microsoft as an MVP for Tablet PC. Congratulations, Steve. I don’t think they make them any smarter than you!
Major shoutout to our very own Sierra Modro on being awarded Microsoft’s MVP for Tablet PC! Well done, Sierra. Microsoft was pretty smart to recognize the contributions you’ve been making in the Tablet PC space over the past five years. Keep up the great work! We love what you do for the community here on [...]
Big shoutout to our own Matt Faulkner on getting reawarded Microsoft’s MVP award for Tablet PC. Keep up the good work, Matt!
We certainly are not getting any younger around here, you know with the likes of Warner and all. So, it is definitely good to have some young blood, like Matt Faulkner, around us. The problem is, he’s getting older, too! Join me in wishing Matt a Happy Birthday while he is still young and not [...]
As I mentioned several weeks ago, we are rounding out the natural input technologies that we cover on GottaBeMobile.com, by adding speech recognition to our regular content coverage. Well, good news is in store. John Gannon has agreed to come on board as a contributing writer for GBM covering speech recognition. As a self-described heavy [...]
Cool. Congratulations to Rob Bushway. The Colorado Springs Gazette did an interview with our intrepid leader here at GBM and it has just been published. In the interview Rob talks about the Microsoft MVP program, Rob’s web design business, Rob’s forecast’s for the future in Mobile computing, and of course what’s going on at GottaBeMobile.com. [...]
Any FriendFeed.users out there? I just created a GottaBeMobile.com room for folks to stop by and chat a bit. Come on by and chat / share something if you find yourself on FriendFeed for a bit. By the way, if anyone is interested in following my FriendFeed, you can subscribe to it here. I have [...]
As we cover the areas of mobile and natural input technologies, we do a thorough job of covering ink, tablet pc, touch, ultra-mobile pcs, multi-touch, mobility, accessories, and more. One of the most overlooked areas for us, though, is that of Speech Recognition. It is our desire to cover speech recognition technologies as thoroughly as [...]
We are testing a new comment system called Disqus. This new comment system will allow for threaded discussions, and help cut down on the amount of comment spam we get. In addition, readers can create a profile and have their avatar show up next to their comments. All old comments previously entered will still show [...]
Many of our readers have come to appreciate the insights of Craig Pringle, a fellow Tablet PC MVP, and more importantly a good friend to GBM and many in the Tablet PC space. Craig is wickedly smart and passionate about Tablet. He is a die-hard slate user and is not ashamed to admit it! Craig [...]
A hearty congratulations to GottaBeMobile’s main man, Rob Bushway, for being re-awarded Microsoft MVP for Tablet PCs again this year. This is Rob’s fifth year in a row as a Tablet PC MVP, and he is certainly more than deserving for all the great work he does on behalf of the community and the platform. [...]
Well, it has been quite a day here at GottaBeMobile.com. Our blogging software, DasBlog, choked big time and the site went down. The server was responding fine, as evidenced by the GBM Forums staying up, so we were able to identify that DasBlog was the culprit. Rob spent the day diligently working, trying to figure [...]
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been working on a new design for the GottaBeMobile.com site and am pleased to unveil it today. There were several goals I had for this new design, which were confirmed from the “Open Mic” session we had several weeks ago. Improve the page load time – the new design [...]
There’s nothing like a little "atta-boy" to get your day off to a good start. InformationWeek has compiled their Top 60 Little-Known Technology Websites, and wouldn’t you know it, GottaBeMobile.com made the list! The list is grouped by technology focus, but is not ranked. This Web site delivers news, reviews, and commentary on everything related [...]
We hope that your Christmas is one filled with joy, laughter, and relaxation as you spend time with close friends and family. We’ll see everyone on Wednesday. Until then, enjoy this wonderful rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas by Straight No Chaser.
Are you hitting the online stores today, taking advantage of all those specials? Do us a favor, and start your holiday shopping here. Follow these links before you begin your shopping, and you’ll be helping GottaBeMobile in the process. Thanks! Amazon.com Apple.com Buy.com BestBuy.com Dell.com Lenovo.com OQO.com
I promised my wife that I would not turn on my computer on Thanksgiving Day, so I’m posting this up a few hours early. Otherwise, I could end up like Big Bird. :-) On behalf of the entire team at GottaBeMobile, I’d like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve you. It [...]
Tablet PC and UMPC news moves pretty quickly here on GottaBeMobile. In addition to our own features, editorials, and reviews, if there is something happening in the mobile pc space, we work diligently at bringing it to everyone’s attention. Besides visiting the homepage, we offer a variety of services to keep you "in-the-know": subscribe to [...]
For those that have been around the Tablet PC space from the very early days, Sierra Modro is someone you have come to know, trust, and respect. I came to know Sierra through our working together on TabletPCBuzz.com, and got to know her more through various conferences and meet-ups we would attend. I’ve always appreciated the [...]
One year ago today, we launched forums on GottaBeMobile.com. In that one year, we have grown forum membership to close to 2,000 members, posted more relevant news, added a number of Contributing Writers for news and features, added three new feature series, started producing a podcast ( up to number 35! ). Because page-views and visits [...]
Enter your email address to subscribe to GottaBeMobile updates.
12 iPhone Photography Accessories – Lenses, Stands, Filters and More To Enhance Your Photos
Apple made a lot of shutterbugs happy with the camera upgrades in the iPhone 4S — more pixels and a bigger sensor means an even better “best camera” to carry everywhere. Want to take the iPhone even further than that? With some additional accessories and apps you can turn this device into a mobile photo and video studio worthy of your enhanced skills.
Droid RAZR MAXX First Impressions and Unboxing Video
The Droid RAZR is just months old, but Motorola has already seen fit to introduce another mmber to the RAZR family, the Droid RAZR MAXX. The Droid RAZR (review) was known for a super thin design and Kevlar back, but it lacked in the battery life department. We saw 11-12 hours of battery life in [...]
The Next Nexus: What It Needs to Stay Ahead of the Pack
Late last year, Google and Samsung released the third rendition of the Nexus smartphone. The first of course was the HTC-made Nexus One which arrived in 2010 to great fan fare. Then, in late part of 2010, the Samsung-made Nexus S launched which eventually became available in two variants, the regular Nexus S and the [...]
iHome iB40 Headphones: Decent Sound at Budget Price
If you’re looking for a budget set of headphones that still produce decent sound and rich bass, then you should give the iHome iB40 Headphones a look. They’re comfortable, have an understated look, and produce good sound for the money. I hate ear buds! When I’m around the house and want to listen to some music [...]
Droid 4 Review: Incredible Keyboard, Awesome Speeds
The Droid 4 is the most recent of Motorola’s Droid line. The original Droid kicked off the Android revolution on Verizon, so it is good to see that the company is still thinking of users who want a physical keyboard. The Droid 4 marks the first time Motorola has included Verizon’s super fast 4G LTE [...]
Samsung Series 7 Slate Review: First Impressions
These days whenever someone mentions the word “Tablet” visions of the iPad or something similar dance in their heads. Not that long ago a tablet was something quite different: a Windows-based slate computer. Since the rise of the new idea of the tablet there have been a few Tablet PCs trying for relevance in an [...]
