AT CES 2012 we caught up with Mike Stinson, the Vice President of Marketing for Motion Computing, a Tablet PC manufacturer known for rugged and work friendly tablets. We’ve looked at how company’s like SAP are expanding tools and deploying Android tablets and the iPad into the Enterprise segment, but sometimes a consumer tablet just won’t cut [...]
While testing various scenarios with Ink and Touch on the CL900 I am reviewing I found several significant issues with the reliability and consistency of Ink on this tablet. I reached out to Rob Bushway to discuss his experiences with this device and the digital pen. He told me he was not experiencing any problems [...]
We spend time with the Motion Computing CL900 slate. It has multi-touch, digital ink, and up to eight hours battery life in a small, light slate. Does it live up to it’s potential as the perfect companion in the office, on the road, and sitting on the couch?
Rob Bushway has his hands on the Motion Computing CL900 Tablet and has put up a few posts and videos about his early usage on the slate that is being billed as light and rugged. You can check out all of Rob’s posts so far here, here, here, and here. Rob, as you would expect [...]
For users that need a full fledged Windows 7 tablet solution that is light and can handle the occasional drop, the Motion CL900 Tablet PC is an excellent choice and is now shipping. The Motion CL900 weighs in at 2.1 pounds, brings pen and finger touch input and a Gorilla Glass 10.1″ display that adds [...]
The Motion CL900 Tablet PC is now on sale and as we mentioned earlier, the device is rugged. Motion released a video today demonstrating its durability. The tablet was dropped from a height of 48″ onto plywood over concrete 26 times to live up to MIL-STD-810G specifications. In the video you can see that the [...]
Motion Computing is now taking orders for the CL900 Tablet PC and expects to begin shipping units out to customers within four weeks. The 10.1″ slate runs Windows 7 and has some durability features, including Gorilla Glass. We first saw the Motion Computing CL900 back at CES 2011. The device looked pretty solid, but it [...]
This morning I received an email from a long time reader asking the question in the title of this post. Here’s an except from that email: I’m a vice president in a large company and have relied on my tablet for more years than I want to admit. WHERE IS ONENOTE IN ALL THIS MESS? [...]
Motion Computing has just released an update to its enterprise-targeted C5 line of tablets in the form of the C5v, which brings a lower cost Intel Core i3 option to the slate. Previous models of the C5 line use the Intel Core i5 or i7 processor, and the addition of Core i3 support will provide [...]
Motion Computing’s CL900 Tablet PC might look like a consumer slate at first glance at first glance, but the device is all business. The docking station and accessory module look sharp and will help businesses adapt the CL900 to their needs and working environment. In these photos you can see how the CL900 might be [...]
I went to my doctor on Friday and as always we ended up talking about technology. Dr. John Selle is ahead of the curve when it comes to technology and has used Tablet PCs for a long time. He excitedly showed me that he’d upgraded to a Motion Computing J3500. He really likes having the [...]
Motion Computing announced two new support programs designed to minimize downtime caused by faulty or damaged Tablet PCs. Many of Motion Computing’s customers work in rough environments and a downed Tablet PC can have a serious impact on their organizations. Customers who purchase Motion Express Tablet Exchange service will receive a replacement C5v, F5v or [...]
More good news about ritePen this week, following last week’s the release of 4.0. Recognizing the power of the new version, Motion Computing has signed up as a reseller of ritePen, offering it to their Tablet PC customers.
It’s great that Steve Ballmer is getting people fired up about Windows 7 slates and that Microsoft is promoting the concept at their Worldwide Partner Conference. A lot of people seem very excited at the prospect of a slate running Windows 7. Here’s an idea: if you’re excited about Windows 7 slates, why not buy [...]
Very nice. Motion has released the J3500 Slate Tablet PC, a ruggedized entry into their lineup that in review testing seems to be not only a reliable performer but one that will give users an excellent touch and pen experience. I was fortunate enough to spend a few days with the J3500 Slate, and I’m [...]
Last we visited, I was questioning where Netbooks fit in my mobile life. Since that time I’ve traveled with a variety of Netbook hardware, (brief comments on each below), the iPad arrived on the scene, and I continue to love my Motion J3400. Before all of the questions of where each of these approaches to [...]
Motion Computing is releasing updates to its vaunted slate line of computers the F5 and C5. Both now sport options for I5 and I7 processors and other advances. These rugged beauties descend from Motion’s work in the medical niche with the original C5. When the F5 made its debut it was targeted at folks who [...]
Xavier mentioned in my intro that I am lucky enough to have access to all kinds of Tablet PCs on a daily basis. And I do enjoy getting to try out so many different Tablets. When Xavier asked me to write about how I use a Tablet PC, I have to admit that I had [...]
Ugh. I don’t know why I bother looking at anything in the mainstream media that mentions Tablet PCs. Oh right, I run all those feeds through my reader and filter anything with the term. Too bad I can’t filter out the items that do no justice to the term.
A couple of Aussie tableteers took a Motion Computing J3400 for a test flight in a small airplane to see how it’d perform in the cockpit. The pilot is looking to replace his HP TC1100 and it sounds like he found a good alternative in the J3400. The outdoor display seems like a must-have for [...]
Motion Computing is introducing a two peripherals and some software that should help tablet users that work in the healthcare industry. The motion folks are exhibiting their wares at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference in Atlanta. The ReadyDock is a cabinet that can be configured to securely store up to 20 C5 [...]
Give Motion Computing credit. They are at least trying to be aggressive in the wake of all the hype/rumors/buzz/genuflecting that is going on about the Apple Tablet. There’s speculation that Apple is looking at it’s game changer as a vertical market device in addition to a consumer device and the medical profession has been mentioned [...]
It seems like just about everyone is weighing in on Tablets here in the rush to tomorrow. (I guess that can work both metaphorically and literally.) Motion Computing’s Mike Stinson (VP of Marketing) has an interesting post on the Motion Computing Blog called Year of the Tablet? Focus on Purpose-Built Devices. His point? Apple and [...]
We’ve covered the Motion Computing J3400 slate before, but if you’re considering buying one you should check out this quick accessories walkthrough that was recently posted on YouTube. Both the docking station and traveling keyboards look like must-haves if the J3400 is going to be your primary work computer.
Motion Computing and Corning announced that Motion’s C5 and F5 will be the first ruggedized tablets to be outfitted with Gorilla glass. The stregnthened glass is being offered with the Motion Computing’s View Anywhere display option. This $249 option improves outdoor readability in addition to preventing damage to the display. According to Motion Computing and [...]
This month’s edition of Bluebeam Insider, the official newsletter of Bluebeam Software, is loaded with Tablet PC love. At the top of their list is a Q&A with two real world users of Revu, their PDF creation and editing tool, on their Tablet PCs. Both are architects who use a Lenovo x61 and a Motion [...]
I’m a slate guy. Since 2001 I’ve had a tablet with me. For meetings, development, writing, and keeping in touch while on travel, it’s my primary mobile, travel, and home technology. I’ve nearly nine years of notes in OneNote that have migrated from my first tablet, (A HP TC1000 that’s still in use by a [...]
OK, Matt Faulkner, I think you need to make a field trip. Verizon stores in 3 Indiana towns (Jefferson Point, Kokomo, and Castleton) are piloting the use of Tablet PCs for their sales personnel. Verizon is planning on having Tablet PCs in 120 stores by the end of the year. The picture looks like a [...]
A construction site would normally be the last place a one would expect to see a Tablet PC. With the number of rugged tablet models being made available today, though, more and more companies are beginning to see the value of a full Windows operating environment paired up with a rugged inking system. Doster Construction [...]
Motion Computing announced today a new standard (yes, standard, not option) for the displays on their F5 Rugged Tablet PC and C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) Tablet PC. The Hydis AFFS+ (Advanced Fringe Field Switching), which they first used in the J3400, offers lowered power consumption, improved transmission of color and images, internal LCD panel [...]
You’ve all been waiting for it and here it is – a head to head video review between Motion Computing’s J3400 Tablet PC and Fujitsu’s ST6012 Tablet PC. This has to be the most indepth head to head review I’ve ever done, as I compare pens, batteries, ports, screens, bezels, how to hold the tablet [...]
It looks like Motion Computing’s LE1700 days are numbered, which is unfortunate because the nice tapered design was always one of my favorites. A newsletter was just sent out saying that the LE1700 would only available while supplies last, which means they are not making any more. If interested, contact a reseller today for $100 [...]
The great thing about Tablet PCs is the flexibility it offers in getting work done. From managing to-do lists, signing PDFs, or tracking projects, a Tablet PC plus the right software solution, can bring immediate benefits to any business. Checkout this case study from Bluebeam on how one of their customers uses Bluebeam and a [...]
What good are specs if you can’t show something off, right? Well, in this GBM Shortcut I demo Motion Computing’s J3400 Tablet PC with their improved 1.6 ghz processor, 64 gb SSD, 4 gb of RAM, and Windows 7 Build 7201. Cold boot: 26 seconds Shutdown: 5 seconds All GBM Shortcuts are sponsored by Lenovo
You know that Motion Computing J3400 Tablet PC I’m enjoying the heck out of? Well, Motion has now made the Core 2 Duo 1.6 ghz option available for ordering, the first slate vendor to do so, thus making it the fastest slate tablet pc out there. Update: Watch our boot speed test video here. Press [...]
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