Archive for September 2005
In a press conference in Greece Acer announced the new TravelMate C200 Tablet PC which uses a sliding mechanism to convert from notebook configuration to slate. The C200 eschews the rotating screen that is normally used in convertible Tablet PCs and uses an innovative sliding pop-up … Read More »
I do a lot of writing and am always excited to find blogs that are produced by professional writers, especially those that share the author’s experiences and advice to other writers. One of the best I have found and that I visit regularly is Angela … Read More »
In an effort to track readership more efficiently (gosh that sounds The Man-ish)…we need everyone to update the feed URL you currently use for The Apple Blog, to this new one:
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Doing so will ultimately make everyone (especially us) happier. Thanks!
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Linda Epstein of Tablet PC2 got a good look and some photos of the Fujitsu P1500 at the PDC. The Fuji she saw was running the beta of Windows Vista with the Tablet PC bits installed and it’s safe to say it made a good … Read More »
IBM, like parents and companies in technical sectors, is worried that the US is not as competitive as it should be with educating our kids in the sciences. The large company is taking an innovative step by financially backing employees who leave the company to become … Read More »
The excellent text entry program for touch screen and Tablet PC devices by IBM that was previously known as SHARK is now called ShapeWriter. I am not sure why IBM decided to change the name but it certainly sounds more commercial, doesn’t it? ShapeWriter is … Read More »
Here is the latest from the Silicon Valley grapevine – the ultimate networking maverick, Tony Li, is leaving Cisco. Again! He had rejoined Cisco only a few months ago. He sent out an email to others at Cisco. Right now, file this in “rumored” category, but … Read More »
The US Patent Office today announced a patent filed by Apple Computer, covering, amongst other things, a camera built into the latch of a portable computer. “The portable computer further includes a latch including a data capture device such as a camera that is configured to … Read More »
Now that the Telecom Act of 1996 has been sent to the mortuary for all practical purposes, there is need for a new bill. (One way of keeping the pesky politicians busy. The new 77-page proposal has been tabled by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. … Read More »
If you’re looking for nothing more than a basic, pocket sized mobile phone, Samsung’s E635 is a solid bet. Mostly unremarkable, this tiny phone—which recently went on sale with T-Mobile—does manage one thing really well: making phone calls.
It’s also really, really small. Just one of the … Read More »
The Canadians are taking a lead on the US, and are putting together a nationwide fixed wireless broadband network, according to Digital Home Canada. Two Canadian incumbents – Rogers Communications and Bell Canada have decided to pool all their licensed wireless broadband sepctrum into a … Read More »
More Must Reads
By James Kendrick
Sep. 16, 2005, 7:26am PT
Memorex announced the smallest 4 GB USB drive available currently– the Mega TravelDrive. The tiny hard drive measures just 1.75 x 1.96 x .56 inches and features a pivoting USB connector that gets out of your way for transport. MSRP $149 available in October.
(press release)
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By James Kendrick
Sep. 16, 2005, 7:20am PT
You know you want wireless headphones to go with your MP3 player of choice (nano nano) but you just can’t put up with looking dorky. Enter the Saitek A-350 Wireless Headphones that look to fit both those criteria. The A-350 are black and in ear … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Sep. 16, 2005, 7:07am PT
A CNET article published today discusses the handwriting “personalization” feature in Windows Vista that aims to improve handwriting recognition even further. The author describes the process that personalization will entail and mentions new gestures for navigating through web pages, send email and other common tasks … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 15, 2005, 10:24pm PT
If you have been experiencing a blog slowdown, let me say, it has been an unusually busy week! I have had more than five meetings every single day of the week, phone calls that never end, filled one moleskin notebook, and spent fighting a cold that … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 15, 2005, 10:14pm PT
Is it me or does anyone else see the irony in this? One media conglomerate aka News Corp. is buying into the Internet, and spending cash like a drunken diva let loose on Rodeo Drive with a Black AmEx. And Time Warner, looking for an … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Sep. 15, 2005, 2:51pm PT
Those folks at batterygeek.net are at it again and have just announced the new GeekPod 100. The GeekPod is an external LiON battery pack the size of a deck of cards that will run your iPod for over 100 hours. The little battery pack is … Read More »
By Chris Holland
Sep. 15, 2005, 2:34pm PT
By James Kendrick
Sep. 15, 2005, 7:02am PT
Sanyo has announced the W31SA II OCR phone that is designed to let you snap a photo of a document and then OCR it for uploading to your word processor. This is cool technology that I wrote about quite some time ago and it is … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Sep. 15, 2005, 6:47am PT
It is no secret I am a huge fan of OneNote– I live in the program almost all day long. It is an incredibly powerful note-taking and organization program but as with all programs there is always room for improvement. Microsoft Product Manager Chris Pratley … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 15, 2005, 2:50am PT
Updated Again: So I am getting old. It took more three days to find out all the skinny I needed to find out on Stoke. That’s my excuse for slow blogging, by the way. Here is an update on Stoke.
* Founded in March 2004, and funded … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 15, 2005, 1:49am PT
Nearly ten years ago, long before the Internet madness started, I met Danny Rimer. At the time at-least, he was one of a kind – an Internet analyst. He toiled away in the not-so-posh offices of Hambrecht & Quist, trying to make sense of a … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Sep. 14, 2005, 7:21pm PT
I’ll let you in on a little not-so-well-kept secret– Tablet PC Show co-host Marc Orchant and I are big fans of MindManager. It is simply the best mind mapping program on the planet, and when you throw in the outstanding ink support and Tablet … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 14, 2005, 6:53pm PT
By James Kendrick
Sep. 14, 2005, 5:25pm PT
By James Kendrick
Sep. 14, 2005, 4:47pm PT
Kevin Tofel was asking me just a couple of days ago if I knew of any program that would turn a Tablet PC into a remote control and look what I found today. WebGuide 3 is a free program that allows users to provide scheduling … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Sep. 14, 2005, 4:39pm PT
Apple Insider reported today that Apple has made two filings to tradmark the term “iPodcast”. This might be carrying the trademark / patent thing too far since Apple only recently jumped on the podcast bandwagon but we’ll see. The really cheeky part of the filings … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 14, 2005, 3:02pm PT
As Ajax spreads it wings, folks are using it to come up with cool new apps. Writely, was one. Latest – Meebo, a web-based IM client. Through Ajax, the folks at meebo were able to create a virtual application-like experience within a single web … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 14, 2005, 10:46am PT
ABI Research notes, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of 802.11n.
>The eagerly-awaited enhancement to the 802.11 wireless LAN standard, that promises wireless users throughput of 100 Mbps and more, has been bogged down in a two-camp battle over the shape of the specifications to … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 14, 2005, 10:38am PT
New Zealand broadband operator Woosh Wireless launched of its low-cost Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone service, that runs over a TD-CDMA mobile broadband network, leveraging IPWireless’ mobile broadband technology. According to Woosh, “Our phone and broadband plans represent savings for all Woosh customers of up to 50 … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 14, 2005, 10:37am PT
Olive Media has announced (not released) Musica, a digital home jukebox that features a whopping 160 GB drive, and works with Macs and PCs. It allows users to burn and copy music CDs, record music from analog sources such as turntables or tape decks, access … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 14, 2005, 10:34am PT
For past few days I have been tough on eBay. (Can you blame me?) Anyway their head evangelist Adam Trachtenberg has mashed up Google Maps with eBay Motors information. Check it out. EBay plans to open source it. By the way, you can get … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Sep. 14, 2005, 7:30am PT
MikeWo’s Musings has the cool 8.4” Motion LS800 Tablet PC and has written a detailed review of the little Tablet. His review is very objective and he takes care to indicate both what he likes and dislikes about the LS800 and anyone interested in this … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Sep. 14, 2005, 7:15am PT
I am a Verizon customer on their CDMA network so I don’t have the advantage of having a phone with a SIM card that can be shuffled from phone to phone. The rest of the world does have one though and if anything ever happens to … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Sep. 14, 2005, 7:07am PT
The newly announced user interface in the upcoming Office 12 has generated a lot of oohs and aahs from many, and a few groans from those who don’t like it when an interface changes. I am usually in the latter category but after watching the Read More »
By James Kendrick
Sep. 14, 2005, 6:56am PT
Yesterday’s news of touch screen devices soon to be available with the Tablet Edition 2005 installed led me to immediately think of the Fujitsu P1500. The P1500 is a sub-notebook with a convertible touch screen that Fujitsu originally shipped with plain old Windows XP. Lora Heiny … Read More »
By Chancey Mathews
Sep. 13, 2005, 11:35pm PT
James asked me to introduce myself. I’m Bill Sodeman, the "new guy" at jkontherun, and I teach information systems courses for a university in Honolulu. I use a variety of mobile devices every day while I run my classes and manage the graduate program.
My posts … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 13, 2005, 10:22pm PT
By Om Malik
Sep. 13, 2005, 9:58pm PT
By James Kendrick
Sep. 13, 2005, 7:43pm PT
By James Kendrick
Sep. 13, 2005, 7:21pm PT
Steve Makofsky (the furrygoat experience) is a Microsoft employee and general nice guy as he sent me my very first Moleskine notebook. He’s also blogged that he has been hard at work on something that was rumored to have been dropped from Windows Vista– the … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Sep. 13, 2005, 7:15pm PT
Hilton Locke of Microsoft gives some details about the announcement at PDC today that OEMs will be allowed to ship touch screen devices with the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. This gets me very excited because I know first-hand how useful touch screen devices … Read More »
