This is welcome news. Rob Bushway, one of the founders of GBM is returning to tech blogging after a long hiatus. No, he’s not coming back here officially to the pages of GottaBeMobile, which I know will be a disappointment to many. Instead, Rob is blogging on his site, RobBushway.com. Rob always has insights and [...]
Rob Bushway has his own personal blog going. And while he may not be gadget blogging like the rest of us addicts, he still weighs in on how things are going occasionally. Rob’s was and is a voice I always respect when it comes to things mobile and Tablets, and he’s posted a piece about [...]
Oh, no! They got Rob! Well, actually they didn’t get Rob, he, like other Dell Latitude XT users are having their Windows 7 drivers for the Latitude held hostage by Dell. We’re now into Day 5 and counting. I hope they at least give him some bread and water.
When I made the decision in February to sell GottaBeMobile to Notebooks.com and Xavier Lanier, my primary motivation was due to the time and energies caring for my daughter was requiring. Selling GottaBeMobile to Xavier was an answered prayer for me and my family, and I am very thankful for his loyal shepherding over the [...]
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 was so wrapped up with things at the theatre yesterday I forgot to post this. My apologies to Rob for that. Here’s hoping everyone will join me in wishing one of the planet’s all around great guys, Rob Bushway, a belated Happy Birthday!
Before we head inside and loose bandwidth Rob checks up on email with the Lenovo X200T
I love the beginning of a new year due to having a clean slate – anything is possible and the plains are wide-open. Here is my best guess for what 2009 holds for us mobile tech enthusiasts:
Christmas time is all about giving to those you love and care about. I’ve had some hits and misses over the years, but the best tech Christmas present I ever bought someone was an iPod for my mother-in-law. She’d been talking about getting one for a long time, and then to see her face as [...]
In many ways, the Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC has become one of my favorite Tablet PCs. It is very thin, light, has ample room on the wrist pad for typing, has a scroll wheel, and is generally pleasant to use in portrait mode. It goes to sleep and resumes very quickly. It is also [...]
As we head in to the weekend for some much needed time off, it would be wise to be reminded of these wonderful words from Randy Pausch, who has inspired millions with his “Last Lecture”. He died today after battling pancreatic cancer. By the way, Ken Hinckley, of InkSeine fame, was a PhD student of [...]
There are people you come across in life that impact you for the good all the way around. Loren Heiny is one of those folks. I’ve known Loren since 2002 when the tablet pc was first introduced. His enthusiasm for the platform was contagious, and in a large way, fueled my passion for the technology [...]
The blogosphere and tabletscape is all crazy about Mike Arrington’s “Web Tablet for under $200“. I think it is a great idea and I hope they are serious, but I don’t think that they are. What I do believe, and this is mere speculation, is that Mike is telling everyone that Apple is indeed releasing [...]
I’m a people watcher. Drop me in the middle of a mall or a bookstore, and I would be one happy man. I love to watch people interact with their family, grandparents play with their grandkids, teenagers use technology, people read, etc. I really enjoy imagining the story behind the smile, the worried face, and [...]
MobileDemand’s Matt Miller has been volunteering to help bring aid to those devastated by the floods in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He’s been filming and producing videos to help shed some light on just how badly people’s lives were hit. Learn more about donating to Iowan’s in need. Check out this video of all the folks [...]
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 [...]
Is that a funeral procession I hear coming down Bourbon Street, celebrating the death of Tablet PC? Absolutely not! Life in Tablet land is certainly not as vital as it should be, though, and this is a challenge the industry should take by the horns. We’ve heard quite a lot from readers, GBM writers, ISVs, [...]
Much to chagrin of the mainstream press, Bill Gates has been nothing but persistent over the years with regards to the Tablet PC and his belief that natural input technologies, like ink, will one day be common place. Gates will enter his “retirement” by spending much of his 20% Microsoft time on pet projects like [...]
Going in to a long Easter weekend, I thought it might be fun to have a discussion centered around mobility. So, here’s the question for this weekend: “What is your biggest struggle when it comes to being mobile?” My biggest struggle is not the technology, per se. I’m actually pretty pumped about Tablet PCs, the [...]
Here are some random things going through my head as I ponder the mobile pc space: 37Signals has a great write-up on Apple’s iPhone SDK “What we saw today was the beginning of two-decades of mobile domination by Apple. What Microsoft and Windows was to the desktop, Apple and Touch will be to mobile. ” [...]
Next Saturday, my wife and I will be taking our daughter, Maggie, to St. Louis Children’s Hospital for some medical tests. I’m already in the midst of planning what I’m taking with me, how I’ll get work done while away, and the best devices for the job. I’ve also got a ton of regular work [...]
We are on a continuing process of improving what we do on GottaBeMobile in order to bring you the very best in mobile pc coverage. From daily news coverage to InkShows, Podcasts, and forums, we offer a wide range of mediums to bring you the information you are most interested in. Now, although we love [...]
Here goes – my best shot at what 2008 holds for us mobile pc enthusiasts: Dell won’t sell many XT Latitude Tablet PCs to the small business sector, and will reevaluate by spring / early summer; just in time for their competitors to one up them on price and features. Dell will finally understand what the community [...]
We posted about the launch of Dell’s Latitude XT Tablet PC last night. I’ve been reading comments here and elsewhere about the launch and I’m not surprised at all with what everyone is saying: heaping praise on the weight and capacitive touch, but unanimously slamming it for a starting price being $800 – $1000 over [...]
We are one tight-knit group of folks gathered around the Tablet PC / UMPC space. It is one reason why Marc Orchant’s current situation has stunned us all. We’ve been following Marc’s writings and listening to his podcasts for years, growing to know him more and more each day. He truly is one of the [...]
When Microsoft and their partners launched Tablet PC five years ago, there was a lot of hope that new user interfaces and applications would be spilling out like ink from a fountain pen. Initial excitement was high among independent software vendors ( ISV ) to be among the first of a potentially explosive new growth [...]
Warner wrote an excellent post this weekend about the lack of good note-taking on small mobile devices. He’s absolutely correct. For the most part, I don’t use a UMPC because of the vectoring issues. It is why I use an OQO Model 02 instead. Motion Computing’s LS800 Tablet PC was the UMPC before there was [...]
I’ve been watching Amazon’s Kindle Demo video while impatiently waiting for UPS to deliver my Kindle. I’ve also purchased three books, while waiting, to see how Kindle handles the automatic download. Gadget arrival day will certainly try your patience. It struck me while watching the video, how similar it is to the early Tablet PC videos, [...]
Bjorn, of UltraMobileLife.com, points out that contrary to what James Kendrick thinks, that slate UMPCs are not dead. As examples, he points to the Amtek T770, a second generation UMPC, as well as the Samsung Q1 Ultra. Why are we seeing more keyboards integrated in to UMPCs then? What we are seeing in the marketplace [...]
I’ve been without a Tablet PC for the past several weeks as they have either been out on loan to friends or getting upgraded. So, I’ve been using my MacBook instead. I’ve gotten along swimmingly, except for the nagging need to want to take notes, sign PDF’s, etc. Since Vista supports tablet features natively, and I can run [...]
I can’t believe what I just read. CrunchGear.com, a supposedly reputable tech reporting site, is telling folks how they can get Leopard for $40: The writer, Vincent Veneziani, recounts how he did just that: lie by getting a student to buy it for him, then split the license with a friend ( ie piracy ). [...]
Several months ago I decided to upgrade my HP Media Center to Vista. It worked ok, but the fan kicked on a lot and was very loud, had trouble turning off / going to standby, etc. No problem, I thought, I’ll just take it back to XP using the official “HP Recovery Media”. After putting [...]
Man, one look at all of my equipment, and it is becoming quite clear to me that a few things have got to go. I might have to reclaim my title of “man of many tablet pc’s” :-) What all do I have and what am I going to get rid of? Hit the Read [...]
It wasn’t too long ago that I viewed mobility primarily through a Microsoft lense: smartphones, PDAs, mobile computers, web services, application software, etc. However, as I’ve been experimenting with different stuff the past year, I have found myself becoming more and more mobile platform agnostic, and as a result, I’ve grown in my appreciation for [...]
The Tablet PC community is picking up on Dell’s Tablet PC video that I posted this morning, and the words are not kind for Dell: James Kendrick says the trash talk is leaving a bad taste in his mouth, and some of his readers are seeing it as a foolish move. StudentTabletPC.com says that Dell [...]
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