Parallels Desktop is my favorite way to run Windows on my MacBook Pro and I see on MacMinute today that version 3.1 has been released. The update adds user profiles and better Coherence mode that includes Expose and transparent windows support among other improvements. Kevin recently […] Read more »
So I’m sitting in one of the comfy chairs at Starbucks very close to a table with four people, two sisters who look to be 12 or 13 and two oldsters in their 70s, I assume Grandma and Grandpa. I hear the following conversation, at least […] Read more »
Engadget has discovered that Sony is set to release an update to the Sony Reader. The PRS-505 will come in either silver or blue and still cost $300. It looks like some of the buttons have been moved around but not much else is different, and […] Read more »
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Those clever folks at SBSH are always busy producing good programs for Windows Mobile smartphones and they have just released a public beta for a new product, SBSH Clock. Clock is a cool looking app that displays multiple time zones and makes working with them very […] Read more »
I don’t do a lot of web surfing on my BlackBerry but when I do find the need to hop online I favor the Opera Mini beta browser over the WAP browser that is preinstalled on the RIM. I am always on the lookout for good […] Read more »
I had a conversation with OQO a couple of weeks ago and they outlined their plans under embargo to refresh the entire Model 02 line. The embargo has been lifted and here’s what I was told about the new line. The Model 02 Better and Best […] Read more »
Kaz 911 has snagged an interview at Gitex with the HTC General Manager of the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In that interview Kevin Chen has confirmed something that I have been telling anyone who’d listen that the HTC Shift does NOT have Windows Mobile. This […] Read more »
Time for a roundup of the top articles on jkOnTheRun for the past week: First reviews of Fujitsu T2010 Tablet PC showing up jkOnTheRun interviewed at BarCamp Houston Eric Mack talks Tablet (again) HP Quicklook lives! Freeware of the Moment- FireTune Palm to Windows Mobile transition: […] Read more »
Early adopters comprise a group of dedicated geeks who are the first to grab a new device hot off the press for a number of reasons. There’s the "I gotta have it first" group the "I love new technology at all costs" group and there’s the […] Read more »
Kaz 911 Rescue Service has posted some new information and photos of the HTC Shift which is being shown at GITEX this week. The HTC Shift has garnered quite a lot of speculation since the information was revealed of the dual OS nature of the device. […] Read more »
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I remember reading about a unique search tool, Scout, back in January when Mary Jo Foley first mentioned it. It seems that Microsoft Research understood that with the new ribbon interface in Office 2007 users were going to have a hard time finding commands and settings […] Read more »
You may have heard about a little issue that caused early iPhone adopters to get a bit outraged over the announced price drop of the phone. The New York Times has an article today, "iPhone owners Crying Foul Over Price Cut" which takes a look at […] Read more »
Unfortunately I didn’t have a camera handy when I saw a fumy license plate this morning but I wanted to share it anyway: Priceless! Read more »
I will be meeting a jkOnTheRun reader at Starbucks tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 Houston time to demonstrate a few mobile devices. It will take place at the Starbucks at 249 & Jones road and I’ll be bringing at least the following: Lenovo x61 Tablet PC HP […] Read more »
Loren Heiny has taken advantage of the newly released Silverlight to make a comparison of the handwriting recognition technologies used in Vista and in Mac OS X. The resultant video comparison is very interesting and as far as I know the very first time the two […] Read more »
As you may recall I was recently invited out to the HP campus here in Houston to sit down with both the consumer and enterprise folks at HP. The impromptu meeting took place in the Executive Briefing Center and I had to immediately inform HP that […] Read more »
HP announced no fewer than 56 products yesterday at a press event in NYC, most of them refreshing the flagging iPAQ line. Up front we find five devices: iPAQ 900 Series Business Messenger – 3G phone with QWERTY keyboard iPAQ 600 Series Business Navigator – A […] Read more »
HTC has rolled out an update bringing the x7500 to Windows Mobile 6. You have to register for the HTC e-club to get it but it’s free so if your Advantage is the earlier model you will want to get this update. It’s a flash update […] Read more »
Executive Boardroom, Apple Inc.- early this morning Exec #1- so what are we going to announce today? Color iMac? SJ- been there, done that. Engadget said we should make an iPhone without the phone. I think that’s what we’ll do. Can’t let that Palm dude trump […] Read more »
It’s always mass hysteria when the faithful gather for a confab with his Jobsness and Kevin’s already got all the details over all the wonderfully cool things he announced today. I will say this, Jobsy has something to say to all of you who picked up […] Read more »
We first heard about the mythical leather-clad ThinkPad earlier this year through a viral marketing segment that Lenovo unleashed. We received word from Lenovo that in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the ThinkPad notebook line the ThinkPad Reserve is launching today. The $5,000 ThinkPad is […] Read more »
Long-time readers of jkOnTheRun probably get tired of seeing posts like this one today marking my sixth anniversary of open-heart surgery. It seems like yesterday that I went through that life-changing ordeal and like I do every year I am linking to my personal chronicle of […] Read more »
As we see more notebooks and Tablet PCs adopt a widescreen display format it seems only natural that a projector is needed that works in the same format. Toshiba has announced such a projector that is quite economical, too. The TLP-WX2200U is an LCD projector that […] Read more »
Say what you want about the Palm Foleo smartphone companion it has generated a lot of conversation in the mobile tech space. That conversation is about to get a lot louder as Palm CEO Ed Colligan announced on the Palm blog that the Foleo is being […] Read more »
You remember DualCor, the people that were going to bring the innovative cPc to market last year? Neither did anyone else so to get their name in the news they have sued none other than Intel. Hey, they have an airtight case, Core Duo processors can […] Read more »
I like mindmaps, they organize my thoughts yet let me rearrange them on a whim, and that makes me more creative. I use MindManager 7 all the time and can’t recommend it highly enough. Since I’ve been playing around with the HTC Advantage, I got to […] Read more »
I love Firefox, it’s full-featured and I’ve added just the extensions I want. I will admit that Firefox can sometimes get a little slow, especially with complicated websites, and I’ve read numerous articles about tweaking the configuration file to get better performance. It can be a […] Read more »
If you have been a long-time visitor to jkOnTheRun you might remember my coverage of the HP Quicklook utility on the tc1100. Quicklook enabled me to access my Outlook data on the tc1100 even when the device was turned off or in standby. I was playing […] Read more »
Productivity guru, technologist and good friend Eric Mack sat down with productivity consultant Kelly Forrister and had a 50+ minute discussion about the Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet PC. He’s released this discussion as a podcast and I highly recommend it if you are curious about the […] Read more »
Listen here ( MP3, 17.7 MB, 51 minutes) or Subscribe to the show with this link (RSS) Marc Orchant and James Kendrickare back with show #40, yes, Marc is back for this show! Our hostshave a typically far-ranging discussion that covers diverse topicsrelating to the Tabletscape. […] Read more »
When I first received the HP 2710p Tablet PC on evaluation from HP I went to the HP online store to check the pricing. I found that the configuration I am testing, 1.2 GHz Core 2 Duo, 100 GB hard drive, 2 GB memory and 2 […] Read more »
I attended the BarCamp Houston last week and besides having a lot of fun and meeting a bunch of people I was also interviewed briefly by Mike McGuff, a producer for the local ABC affiliate channel 13. It was the first time I got to meet […] Read more »
The Fujitsu T2010 Tablet PC is Fujitsu’s latest convertible Tablet PC offering and it already looks like a real winner. Linda Epstein of Tablet PC2 has published her first look at the T2010 and the screen has her using superlatives like "wow" and amazing. Knowing how […] Read more »
Those boys at GottaBeMobile are planning a meetup in Colorado Springs on September 8 to get a chance to meet their readers. They will have lots of Tablets and UMPCs to play with along with lots of swag so if you’re in the area drop by. […] Read more »
According to the::unwired the HTC Shift is to be officially announced at GITEX in Dubai next week. The Shift is the UMPC with multiple personalities possessing a slider keyboard and dual operating systems, although the inclusion of Windows Mobile 6 has not been confirmed by HTC. […] Read more »
I mentioned in my first impressions of the HP 2710p that the lack of a jog dial like that on the tc1100 was a big oversight on HP’s part. This is particularly evident while web browsing, especially reading feeds in Google Reader. Without an easy way […] Read more »
The HP 2710p Tablet PC has been in my hands (literally) for less than a day but it’s already making some strong impressions with me so I felt I should share those. Judging from the number of inquiries I have received about the 2710p there are […] Read more »
Podcast co-host Matt Miller and I have been using an HTC Advantage for about the same length of time and have both been surprisingly happy with the unique device. That’s pretty funny because Matt and I have used just about every type of device ever made […] Read more »
People called us crazy when we announced we were giving away an unlocked Dash, OK they call us crazy anyway, but even so the contest was a smashing success with over 150 entries! Kevin’s kids have rolled the old "pick a winner" dice and the winner […] Read more »
Yesterday was a typically busy day with the added excitement of the delivery of the HP 2710p Tablet PC that I am evaluating. I raced home mid-day to find that FedEx wouldn’t leave the HP because there was no one to sign for it. The tag […] Read more »
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