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Remember what I said about the Samsung wrist strap during the Q1 unboxing video? It reminded me of those "leashes" I’ve seen parents put their kids on for safety. I’m all for the safety; hey, even though I can act like a kid, I have kids […] Read more »

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We’ve been waiting a few months for this and boy, this looks like it was worth the wait! About three months back, NewsGator bought SmartRead and to eventually add this mobile RSS reader into the fold. Josh Bancroft already downloaded it and has a few screenshots […] Read more »

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I love to reuse old hard drives; any device that has one gets the hard drive removed before I toss the remainder in the trash. I’ve used enclosures in the past to turn an old laptop drive into a portable drive, but this USB 2.0 universal […] Read more »

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Well, since my two week return actually expired yesterday, it looks like I’m keeping the Samsung Q1 UMPC. I’ll have a full review and my reasoning as soon as I can. I actually thought my 14-days expired today, but James set me straight via a Skype […] Read more »

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TabletPCReviewSpot tips us off that Fujitsu’s P4210 Tablet PC is now available. Among one of the many new features is a unique bi-directional swivel hinge for the screen so that you can rotate the display in either direction. Pricing for a basic package starts around $1,729 […] Read more »

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While you’re signing up for the Windows Live Mobile, you might want to stop in the "Windows" aisle of Beta Central too. Vista Beta 2 is available in public beta, so if you’ve got the bandwidth and the drive space, it’s all yours for the testing. […] Read more »

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My father, an architect for 35 years, would appreciate this. Then again, he told me that my Tablet PC pen was "dry and out of ink" the last time he was has over. Hmmm….anyway: Bluebeam Software announced Tablet PC functionality in their various CAD software applications. […] Read more »

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Sony Ericsson has a successor to their GC85 card, aptly named the GC86. The GC86 is a 32-bit, Type II PC Card that supports frequencies in the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands for GPRS and EDGE connectivity. You’re still looking at a relatively low 247.4kbps download speed and […] Read more »

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Major League Baseball is trying bat Sling Media around according to CNET. The claim is that viewing content on multiple devices should require paying for that content multiple times. Sling Media’s Slingbox allows you place-shift television content from your TV to any single computing device, which […] Read more »

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I just got an invite to Box.net from my buddy Ben over at HDBeat. Box.net is conceptually similar to Gdrive, giving you a gig of online storage that you can access via a web browser. There’s a bit more to Box.net than meets the eye, however. […] Read more »

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Aside from connectivity, power consumption is arguably one of the most limiting factors to mobile technology. After all, what use is a mobile computing device that can’t power on or runs through a battery in just an hour or two? AMD and Via might have set […] Read more »

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After reading review after review of folks bashing the UMPCs for lack of a keyboard, I had to look deeper into it. Personally, I think these people don’t fit the definition of mobile users; their idea of mobility is moving their large laptop from one desk […] Read more »

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If true, and I have no reason to believe it’s not, this is a disgrace. The MSFP, or Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5 phones has been around for at least six months, if not more. Other carriers have already integrated it for […] Read more »

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This could be a precursor to the lower-priced AMD powered Samsung UMPCs we’re hearing about. For $699, you can pre-order a Pepper Pad 3 from Amazon and hope to see your handheld around mid-August. Let’s see if these few form factor details sound familiar at all: […] Read more »

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CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 49 is 33:07 minutes long and is a 30.4 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion, additional mixing by James Kendrick. HOSTS: David Ciccone, James Kendrick and Kevin C. Tofel TOPICS:Listener […] Read more »

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jkOTR reader, Lloyd, wrote in with some information on Q1 accessories and actual unit availability. He says that he stopped in Fry’s last night and walked out with the Samsung Q1 USB Keyboard for $99. Of course, Lloyd set the sales manager straight who thought this […] Read more »

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I hope Akihabara News is wrong about this new Tablet PC from Panasonic (although they’re usually right); the T4 is a laptop that runs the Tablet PC Edition OS, but the screen doesn’t rotate into slate mode. Yikes! Is this just a gimmick or a mistake? […] Read more »

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When I first read the press release on the merger completion between Philips and TPO, I basically dismissed it. Later I thought to go back and dig a bit; I know Philips makes a decent HDTV display as I covered their booth at CES. I still […] Read more »

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My largest mobile tech device has to be the 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid SUV; I get 18 more miles per gallon over the vehicle it replaced, which is a huge savings with today’s gas prices. Until Hybrid vehicles are more commonplace, you might hear about creative […] Read more »

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As I’ve previously mentioned, I don’t want to over-saturate this space with personal Samsung Q1 UMPC posts; one a day is probably more of Kevin and "Sammy" than most people can take. We did just get a few jkOTR reader questions specific to the UMPC device, […] Read more »

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Yes, Uniden has a VoIP phone for Windows Live! Messenger. No, it does not have a blue screen and no, you shouldn’t need to reboot it. There, we’ve got the tough questions out of the way first; now onto the details. Somehow, I missed the announcement […] Read more »

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Eric Lin over at Phone Scoop has a bang-up review of the new Motorola Q that is a must-read for anyone looking at the new Smartphone. Eric covers just about every function of the phone and even comments on some functions that aren’t present, but ought […] Read more »

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Now I didn’t measure the physical hard drive in the Samsung Q1, but it sure looked like a 2.5-inch drive to me. Maybe there’s hope for future UMPCs to up the 40 GB of storage to 200 GB or more based on the perpendicular recording technology […] Read more »

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Lest you think ink is a Tablet PC luxury only, don’t forget that Pocket PCs have had some inking capabilities for years. Sure, they’re not as sophisticated as ink methods on tablets today, but for several years prior to the Tablet PC Edition of Windows XP, […] Read more »

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Each month, Tablet PC Review Spot posts a list of the top 10 Tablet PCs based on input from the readers. The list doesn’t fluctuate too much, at least not until new models are announced, and this month, there are two newcomers to the list. Both […] Read more »

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Brace yourselves, because this isn’t pretty. It’s one thing to have an unboxing video of the Samsung Q1, but viewing the UMPC stark naked is a whole ‘nother matter. In fact, just to keep it clean for those under 18, I’ve only put a thumbnail pic […] Read more »

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Although I’ve never used it, many folks swear by the Fitaly keyboard method of text entry on mobile devices. In speed tests, people have achieved upwards of 50 words per minute using Fitaly, so it clearly has to work if you can get used to a […] Read more »

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Barry Doyle has a nice little weekend project over at TabletPC Review Spot and given that it IS the weekend, you might want to take a look. Barry figures that you don’t need all of the services that XP runs automatically, so he takes you step […] Read more »

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Thinking they can take on the 802.11b/g VoIP offerings from Linksys and Netgear, D-Link appears to be ready to throw their phone into the wireless ring. Perusing the FCC site, we saw the D-Link "we don’t have a name yet, so insert model number here" entry […] Read more »

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Gotta have the new Motorola Q smartphone, but don’t want to part with a few hundred dollars? Consider subscribing to the Microsoft Windows Mobile newsletter, since every subscription is entered for a chance to win a Q. Don’t bother subscribing a zillion times; only one entry […] Read more »

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If you’ve always had a burning desire to watch movies on your TomTom GO GPS receiver, Makayama has a solution for you. With their Media Studio for TomTom software, you can easily transfer DVDs or other videos to your TomTom Go device. You’ll need Makayama’s software […] Read more »

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If you’re ever read an article at Brighthand, then you know that Ed Hardy is a highly regarded peer in the mobile space, particularly with handheld devices. It looks like Ed has expanded his horizons with a fantastic article called "Better Than Useful"; the article details […] Read more »

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So we DO know that Asus pushed back their entry into the UMPC market until later this summer. Do we know the real reason though? Paperback PC is reporting that the Asus R2H UMPC model might surprise us with an Intel Core Duo processor running at […] Read more »

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Ilium Software, the company that makes mobile software like eWallet and NewsBreak, turns 9 years old today, but you get a present. They’re offering their popular software titles at a discount today only via this special link. Take your pick from: eWallet Professional ListPro Professional KeepTrack […] Read more »

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I noticed the other day that Carrypad listed the battery discharge rates of the Paceblade P7 UMPC in their review, so I promptly downloaded the same application they used and gave it a whirl on the Samsung Q1. If you’re interested, the software is called Notebook […] Read more »

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Sorry we don’t have breaking news that going forward Apple is giving away iPods. We can share news on the free, 194-page iPod book, however. This is version 2.0 of the book and is available as a download over at iLounge. You’ll need iAdobe to read […] Read more »

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Fellow tableteer Josh Einstein rocked the Outlook world back in April with his Tablet Enhancements for Outlook version 3 beta. TEO version 3 is now in the second beta, and you can get in on it today! The free beta trial is good for 15 days […] Read more »

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Out of all the technologies that Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer could have specifically mentioned at yesterday’s Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference, he chose this: "I look in this audience, and I see a lot of paper and pencil. Ten years from now, I won’t see paper […] Read more »

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I was having some e-mail conversation with a jkOTR reader and fellow Tablet PC owner over the past few days and after several correspondences, I got the following question in a note: "How are you inking your e-mails?" It hit me that although Outlook 2003 (and […] Read more »

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Many folks swear by the low-tech, high-class note taking method provided by a Moleskine notebook. If you’re not familiar with Moleskine, they’ve been used for a few centuries; in fact, Vincent van Gogh used one as a sketchbook and that very Moleskine is on display in […] Read more »

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