Nokia has announced the new release date for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is now Q4 2005, with rumors placing it anywhere from November to before Christmas. They cited the release has been moved back “to enable more mature software at launch. A decision that we […] Read more »
I am sitting here hitting my head against the wall. Literally. In a move that no one on the planet can understand Macromedia has stopped providing the free Flash Player for Pocket PC and replaced it with a paid stand alone program that costs $499. I’m […] Read more »
Lora has issued a request for developers looking to get their work published to contact TabISV@Microsoft.com. Read more »
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Emperor Linux has put a Linux distribution on a Lenovo X41 Tablet PC. The Raven comes in either a Linux-only version or a dual boot with the standard Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 and has the following specs: integrated Biometric Fingerprint scanner works in Linux train your […] Read more »
Office 12. PDF. Office 12 will output PDF directly. Yowza! Read more »
San Francisco (CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment Exposition) September 27, 2005 – SplashData, Inc., the leading developer of “virtual wallet” applications for mobile devices, announced that its award winning SplashBlog photoblogging solution is now available for additional mobile devices—Windows Mobile and Symbian Series 60 and UIQ. Also, new […] Read more »
There is nothing worse for me than running out of battery juice when I am mobile. To help prevent that I have two standard batteries for my HP tc1100 Tablet PC which gets me between 6 and 7 hours of total battery life with power management […] Read more »
I am having a blast at the MVP Summit in Redmond this week and have seen some really cool stuff. The very best part of the Summit for me is finally getting a chance to meet so many people I have been talking to online and […] Read more »
The F2K FlashPhone is a “personal communicator” that allows you to make VoIP calls from a little USB memory stick. Just plug the F2K into any computer’s USB port and instantly make calls with Google Talk, MSN, SIP or Skype. The F2K has the following features: […] Read more »
mobile.review has published a preview of the Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox N520. Expected to be released at the end of next month (October 2005) this Windows Mobile 5.0 device sports GPS, 802.11g (yes G) and Bluetooth. Estimations put the release price of the N520 in the […] Read more »
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Grainy cell phone photo of the Channel 9 guy doing the Tablet PC. Read more »
Tatung has announced two new Tablet PCs that are designed to be ultra-thin and light. The TTAB-A12D is a 12 inch slate with a either a Pentium M 1.6 GHz processor or a 1 GHz Celeron and only weighs 3.08 pounds. It is designed for professionals […] Read more »
Pocket PC magazine (soon to be renamed Smartphone & Pocket PC) announces Finalists in its Fifth Annual Best Software Awards at http://www.PocketPCmag.com/awards/ Over 80 Windows Mobile experts have cast their on-line ballots to determine the best Pocket PC and Smartphone software. They voted on over 700 […] Read more »
Met up with a group of Mobile Devices MVPs at a Starbucks this morning. It was great finally meeting Steven Hughes, Don Sorcinelli and Jack Cook in person. They are much uglier in person than I thought they’d be. Seriously, these are all great guys […] Read more »
It seems that engadget has the scoop on the new Blackberry 8700 and anticipates the official announcement to take place any day. It’s another brick form factor, instead of the phone factor of the 7100 series, though supposedly thinner and narrower than the 7200 series. You […] Read more »
RIM announced that future Blackberry’s will be using Intel’s new chip, code named ‘Hermon’, that adds EDGE technology. Based on other features and past reports the ‘Hermon’ should support 3G and WiFi. Now all that’s left is to wait for the announcement of the new Blackberry’s. […] Read more »
OQO announces Windows XP pocket computer, the Model 01+. Sporting a 1GHz Transmeta Crusoe it measures in at 4.9” x 3.4” x 0.9” and weighs in slightly under a pound (14oz). The Model 01+ has built in WiFi, Bluetooth, USB2.0 and FireWire, everything you’d expect from […] Read more »
I guess we could have filed this under “immobile tech” or “thankfully something other than the Treo 700w” but that might have been pushing just a little too far. Spotted this originally on Gizmodo but a trip out to the HotSeat site shows this is one of […] Read more »
Shortly after the announcement, maybe verification is more appropriate, of the Treo 700w Motorola announced that it’s Q Smartphone will be ready by Christmas instead of Q1 2006. Both phones are Windows Mobile 5 devices with moderate displays (the Q is 320×240, the 700w is so […] Read more »
No, not the Hipster PDA you’ve probably heard about- this is the Hipster Personal Trailer. No, not trainer, trailer. It will get all your gear from here to there, you’ll just get beat up repeatedly during the trip. (via TRFJ) Read more »
Tomorrow I am heading off to the MVP Summit in Redmond and will be gone for the rest of the week. I will still try to find time to post some interesting stuff but it may be spotty. Bill and Jeff are going to step in […] Read more »
Tracy from The Student Tablet PC is doing a great job posting screen shots of real life note taking with some discussion about how she’s accomplishing it. If you’re a student or have a student and are on the fence concerning the utility of a Tablet […] Read more »
Robert posted a link to this thread on the tabletpcbuzz forums detailing why owners of the X41T may be hearing a lot of clicking from their hard disks. Apparently some of the Hitachi drives that were used have defective caches. So far, everyone on the thread […] Read more »
I get a lot of email and IMs from friends and readers asking which applications I use and recommend to others. In the course of a normal day I tend to use a lot of programs depending on the task at hand so my list is […] Read more »
Verso Technologies recently announced the first carrier grade Skype filtering technology. This filter can also block P2P messaging, streaming media and instant messaging. This filtering is done at the carrier level so filtered communications can be blocked at the provider level. “This is a first of […] Read more »
Owen Braun of the OneNote development team is now blogging about the next version of OneNote. His post A squadron of notebooks details the thought process used for adding multiple notebooks to OneNote and how they envision people might use them. Read more »
Tech S2 has launched CaseScribe for healthcare professionals that offers wireless dictation and transcription via Windows Mobile handhelds. The service uses ScanSoft’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking to capture the dictation on Windows Mobile devices with wireless Internet access. The dictated information is uploaded to the application server where […] Read more »
Power has just come back on and I must say it’s been an emotional roller coaster having come from what was projected to hit us to what we actually experienced. We have received virtually no rain except a few sprinkles, the wind is still occasionally gusting […] Read more »
Rob Bushway has done what many Tablet owners fear– spilled coffee over his new Motion LE1600 Tablet PC, rendering it fully caffeinated but inoperable. He’s going to return it to Motion for repair but will be attending the MVP Summit next week sans Tablet PC. As […] Read more »
Rita has moved inland. We all went to bed last night at 11 pm and all was well. We were awakened this morning at 5:20 am when the power loss alarm went off in the house. No TV stations are live on the portable TV. EVDO […] Read more »
The latest update by those who track hurricanes has moved the projected path of Hurricane Rita even further to the east. This means my house is no longer in the predicted path of the eye of the storm. We are now expecting roughly 80 mph winds […] Read more »
Palm has announced the upcoming press conference that will no doubt announce the release of the Windows Mobile Treo. How do we know that? The press conference will include Ed Colligan, CEO of Palm, Bill Gates of Microsoft, and Denny Strigl, CEO of Verizon Wireless. Looks […] Read more »
And I’m the latest guest author for jkOnTheRun. The concise version: I’m a 30 year old guy that loves to code and is married with an eighteen month old baby girl who already has me wrapped around her finger. My technical background began in linux and […] Read more »
The Tablet PC Education Blog recently mentioned Microsoft Student 2006 which is an excellent platform to aid students in handling their studies, homework and research. Marc Orchant+’s son has been using Student for over a year and he has only great things to say about the […] Read more »
I just received word that my Mom and group arrived safely at their destination near Dallas. They ended up leaving the mandatory evacuation route due to the traffic problem and went all over back roads until they got there about 1:30 this morning. Cell phone service […] Read more »
Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo reports that he is starting to see Tablets used at Yahoo and posted a pic of a couple of tc1100s at a meeting. In the photo one of the Tablet PC users was using it in notebook mode and the other in […] Read more »
Now the wait begins. All storm preparations are done and we are hunkering down for the big show that should start later today. Predictions have us beginning to feel some wind and rain around noon CST today with a gradual strengthening until landfall tomorrow noon. The temperature has […] Read more »
The next version of OneNote is really looking sweet and I’ve already summarized what was known about new features at that time. Chris Pratley has divulged some other goodies coming up in OneNote that leaves me really wanting the next version to hurry up. Here’s a […] Read more »
I have been playing around with Vista on my HP tc1100 when not busy doing other things (like getting ready for Hurricane Rita) and it’s pretty cool. The tc1100 only has a 32 MB video controller which is not enough to automatically enable the slick Glass […] Read more »
I have been following the progress of The Million Dollar Homepage since it first went live and there is no question it is the most ingenious use of the Internet I have seen thus far. TMDH is the brainchild of 21 year old Alex Tew of […] Read more »
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