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The HP 2710p is happily inserted into my daily work and it’s time to present a "typical day in the life" article, something that I try to do with every device I use in my work day.  Yesterday is the day I am covering since it […] Read more »

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MacBook owners have been dealing with broken adapter wires for quite some time and Apple is now redesigning them to prevent the wires from breaking.  They have pulled the adapters from their online store and have halted shipments to resellers while they ready the new adapters […] Read more »

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Don’t forget I am guest hosting the TechByte radio show on KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston tonight from 8 -10pm CST.  It will be a lot of fun so tune in if you can or stream it live from the show web site.  We take calls […] Read more »

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We all love Google.  The search, the maps, the betas, and the Reader.  Why do we love Google so much?  Why are they the good empire that loves us as much as we love them?  Here’s an example:  yesterday the F11 key stopped toggling full screen […] Read more »

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I’m all beside myself right now.  One of my most used programs, Firefox, and my most used service, Google Reader, today are not cooperating, at least fully.  My main method of using Google Reader with Firefox is to hit the F11 key which sends FF into […] Read more »

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Yesterday began like many other days in the Manor, early to rise with some light feed checking and blogging.  Early commute to Big Oil Co. and hard at work by 6:30.  Busy day and then off to the coffee shop by early afternoon to make an […] Read more »

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A lot of readers are asking me how inking is on the HP 2710p Tablet PC as some users are complaining about inking (pen) problems on theirs. I am so happy with the ink experience that I had to ink this post. No problems at all! Read more »

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You may remember my problems with the beta Vista SP1 on the Fujitsu P1610 which had me rolling back to XP.  I’ve been using the Fuji for a week with XP and I figured it was time to give an update over how that has been […] Read more »

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We’ve been hearing about the so far vaporware Google phone for a very long time and rumors have heated up recently that the search giant is preparing to bring it out soon.  The hazy descriptions of the "gPhone" have not shed any real light on what […] Read more »

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Apple has been running a Song of the Day in conjunction with Starbucks that provides a free song each day for customers in the store.  When you pay for your latte they give you a card with information about the free song of the day on […] Read more »

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Yahoo! has improved its mobile search, OneSearch, to now include pertinent items from Yahoo Answers and Wikipedia in search results.  I am not familiar with Yahoo Answers but including Wikipedia in results can only be a good thing.  Yahoo also has added the ability to search […] Read more »

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Verizon created quite a buzz earlier this week when they announced the imminent release of four new phones on their network to take place this year.  The next version of the BlackBerry Pearl was announced along with the Juke, Venus and the phone that caught everyone’s […] Read more »

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HP has the undeniable honor of having produced the best Tablet PC I have ever used, the tc1100.  That hybrid Tablet PC is to this day the most innovative mobile PC that has ever been produced.  All of the subsequent Tablets that HP has produced have […] Read more »

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Good friend Arne Hess of the::unwired got some brief hands-on time with the most buzz generating UMPC, the HTC Shift.  He’s posted some photos and impressions of using the keyboard on the Shift.  He only played with it a short while so what kind of impression […] Read more »

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So I’m in my local coffee shop which is really hopping today.  Wall to wall customers, mostly business types using laptops of one type or another.  Most of them are dressed in typical business casual, slacks and button down shirts, you know the norm these days […] Read more »

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It seems that speaker/ USB hub combos are becoming all the rage and this offering from Pyramat looks to cash in on that.  The Lap Blaster (sounds painful) is a USB hub/ dock/ speaker system that you pop your notebook on and get better audio.  At […] Read more »

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You may remember when I was a guest on the TechByte radio showhere in Houston.  The show is a 2 hour weekly show that is largelycomprised of callerswith questions about anything to do with computers, from Linux to Macs.Of course Windows questions are accepted too.  :)  […] Read more »

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The big news yesterday was the release by Microsoft of four patches to Vista that addressed a lot of issues that are affecting many Vista users.  This was surprising news because a lot of the issues these patches address are reported to be issues that the […] Read more »

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It finally arrived this morning and I shot a brief video of the unboxing experience.  The HP 2710p Tablet PC is so thin and light, something you’ll really appreciate on this video.  I also give you a brief look at the ultra-slim battery and the ultra-slim […] Read more »

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I was very fortunate to be one of the first people in the US to get my hands on a FlipStart and one of the only complaints I had about the little clamshell was how expensive it was.  The people who produce the FlipStart agree and […] Read more »

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I love speech recognition and the boost in productivity it can provide in appropriate circumstances.  The two biggest programs in the genre are certainly Dragon Naturally Speaking and ViaVoice.  There’s another option for mobile workers and that’s a couple of handheld digital recorders that come bundles […] Read more »

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If you aren’t in the beta program for Vista SP1, and you might not be missing much if not, word comes out today that Microsoft has released four patches for the regular Vista install.  Each of these patches is designed to address some of the major […] Read more »

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Verizon has been busy releasing new phones on their network and one of the latest announced new entries is aimed directly at the iPhone crowd.  Engadget has the scoop on four new Verizon phones being released in time for the holidays, but the Voyager is the […] Read more »

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Dwight Silverman has not been a big fan of the Tablet PC platform, Lord knows I’ve tried.  That may be changing slowly as he’s recently been evaluating both the Lenovo ThinkPad x61 and the HP 2710p Tablet PCs.  He’s written a double review of the two […] Read more »

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As Dwight Silverman told me when he pointed out an article in ComputerWorld, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.  I don’t think that author Mike Elgan likely saw my similar post days before his was published but he makes a lot of the same points […] Read more »

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Vista doesn’t work well on UMPCs and other mobile PCs as they are shipping today.  I’m not the only one who’s been ranting on this lately, you don’t have to look far to find consumers who are not happy with the current situation in the mobile […] Read more »

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According to an email from HP a shipment is leaving today for Mobile Tech Manor and since the 2710p is the only piece of my order I haven’t received yet I’m thinking there’s a good chance it’s the Tablet PC!  It’s not showing up yet at […] Read more »

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In what can only be a very smart move on their part Nokia has announced today their purchase of mapping giant NavTEQ.  Even if you don’t know who NavTEQ is you probably are using their maps as they are used by Yahoo!, Google, Garmin and TomTom […] Read more »

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Today has found some much needed down time so the lack of posting is to give Kevin and I some much needed rest.  RestfuIl day aside I couldn’t pass up wishing Gear Diary, one of my favorite sites, a happy first birthday!  To celebrate they are […] Read more »

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The mess that Vista SP1 made of Miyagi, my Fujitsu P1610, just got worse and worse.  I was getting a BSOD every 10 minutes or so and Miyagi was totally unusable as a result.  It was evident I was going to have to rebuild the Fuji […] Read more »

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The estimated shipping date of the HP 2710p Tablet PC was today but i received an email from HP today saying that the order might be delayed.  A quick call to HP confirmed that they are now showing they won’t receive any 2710p’s until 10/3 next […] Read more »

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The Asus R2H UMPC has always been one of the most full-featured UMPCs out their even though its horsepower wasn’t that great.  It was one of the first UMPCs with integrated GPS and the innovative design has always been a hit.  Asus announced the refresh of […] Read more »

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Allan Horii, a reader and physician, sent me an email last night pointing me to a new Doctor in NYC who is set up to be a totally mobile practitioner.  Dr. Jay Parkinson of Williamsburg, Brooklyn has just started his medical practice in the past few […] Read more »

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We’re all extra lucky today, at least I am because we get another Coffee break post.  One thing I like about the local Starbucks I frequent is there is often a lot of HP employees having "meetings" here.  You see, this Starbucks is around the corner […] Read more »

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I finally got out of the house and am now happily embedded in a chair at my local Starbucks doing some work and blogging.  As soon as I set up here and turned on my Bluetooth mouse it was quickly apparent that the batteries are getting […] Read more »

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The FedEx guy just dropped off the package from HP and sure enough it contained the docking station, er, the expansion base, for the HP 2710p Tablet PC I am so impatiently patiently waiting for.  The reason for this post is to point out that unlike […] Read more »

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Verizon Wireless has released a new USB BroadBandAccess modem that is smaller than earlier models and offers a microSD slot to boot.  The Verizon USB727 is EV-DO Rev A compatible and is available for $150 with a 2 year contract.  The microSD slot is a nice […] Read more »

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The HP 2710p and the MacBook Pro both have ExpressCard slots instead of PC Card slots so I updated my EV-DO modem to the v740 from Verizon.  That little modem card works wonderfully in both of those devices and I have been very happy with that […] Read more »

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