You may remember my call for contributors for jkOTR a few weeks back and have been wondering whatever happened with that. I have been corresponding with a few individuals who are interested in contributing posts to the site and am happy to announce the first volunteer. […] Read more »
A jkOnTheRun reader, Nick Hatcher, sent me this tip. Mob5 is a webpage creation tool and host that provides tools for creating mobile homepages complete with images, links and anything else you want to put there. The cool part is the Mobile Editing Tool which allows the user […] Read more »
The Fujitsu T4010 is a high quality convertible Tablet PC that is well constructed and very functional. It appears to be a good balance between weight and power which we’ve come to expect from Fujitsu Tablet PCs. Laptop Notebook Review has published a detailed review of […] Read more »
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Marc Orchant and I had a wonderful time visiting with Tracy Hooten on the last Tablet PC Show but the next day Tracy blogs about a broken backpack and her Tablet PC crashing to the floor. Yep, screen is broken. Fortunately she got the additional warranty […] Read more »
Merlin Mann of 43 Folders is one of my favorite writers when it comes to productivity tips. His insight into how to be more productive combined with his easy to read style makes his site one of my favorite stops. He has published the first of […] Read more »
Ubergizmo has some nice photos and information about the ODD-i P10 Portable Media Player. The P10 looks like a nice PMP but to be honest dedicated video players don’t interest me. I think any Windows Mobile based PPC does an excellent job of playing video and […] Read more »
Steven Hughes knows mobile devices (which is why he was a guest on a recent techADDICTION) and he’s not too shabby with the Tablet PC, either. He has written a great overview of what Vista will bring to the Tablet PC both from the viewpoint of […] Read more »
The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog points to an interview with Michael Robertson on engadget that divulges some information that I have not heard anywhere. Robertson is the founder of mp3.com and Linspire and his latest venture is SIPphone which puts him head to head with Skype/eBay. During […] Read more »
The big news this week is the eBay purchase of Skype for billions of dollars and I must have seen a dozen web sites asking why eBay would buy Skype? I think I have the answer, and it’s a lot simpler than most people think. eBay […] Read more »
The Atom Chip Corporation welcomes us to "the world of nanomicrons and beyond" with the promise of their notebook based on pure solid state optoelectronics. Promising the AtomChip notebook in January 2006 at a price of $8,500 – $15,000 "depending on the completeness" the SG220-2 is […] Read more »
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You want the best, nothing else will do. For you, creating the perfect computing environment is the ultimate goal and money is no object. You also are an extreme introvert and absolutely detest contact with real people. You want the Oculas from Hammacher Schlemmer: Developed over […] Read more »
If you use Microsoft Money 2006 and have been waiting for the Pocket PC version to be released from Microsoft then your wait is over. Money 2006 for the Pocket PC is now out and available as a free download from Microsoft. System requirements: Supported Operating […] Read more »
I am watching Sunday Night Football on ESPN and they just ran a TV commercial for the HP tc4200. The interesting thing is the ad was produced by CDW. Read more »
The Tablet PC Show #23 (MP3 – 16.1MB – 47min)LISTEN HERE 00:00 Intro- Marc Orchant & James Kendrick Marc and I had a fun conversation with Tracy Hooten, the driving force behind The Student Tablet PC blog. The Student Tablet PC blog is a wonderful source […] Read more »
First Josh Einstein gave us Tablet Enhancements for Outlook (TEO) which added much needed ink support for Outlook. Next we have Loren Heiny teasing us with his Ink Gestures in Word to add functionality that Microsoft left out of the Office application. Now, Tom Clarkson of […] Read more »
The techADDICTION Show #21 (MP3 – 17.2MB – 50min) LISTEN HERE What a great show as Kevin and I had an Apple session with discussion of Apple’s recent announcements of the nano, RoKR phone, and Harry Potter comes to iTunes. If you can afford it, that […] Read more »
There are a lot of portable USB hard drives on the market but the Fastora ExBoot has one big advantage. You can back up your notebook or Tablet PC to the 40 GB ExBoot and if your internal hard drive fails you can set the external […] Read more »
Having used a Bluetooth portable mouse for some time I can tell you it’s nice to carry a mobile mouse around without any receiver to keep track of. Logitech has recently announced their portable mouse that connects via Bluetooth and it looks pretty sweet. The V270 […] Read more »
My wife called me yesterday morning all upset. On her way to work someone in an older car slammed into her car from the rear and then took off, leaving us in the unenviable position of having to deal with the damage using our own insurance. […] Read more »
I have been using the MindManager Viewer beta with no problems but apparently some users reported some minor bugs that Mindjet has now fixed. The new version of the viewer is available on this web page. Read more »
Acquisition is in the air with the announcement that Access Co., Ltd., a Japanese company, has acquired PalmSource for over $320 million. Access is the company behind the Netfront browser technology and apparently they wish to broaden their reach in the OS segment. PalmSource has been […] Read more »
A Reuters item today reports that eBay is reportedly in talks to buy Skype. Talks are in a sensitive stage and could fall apart at any time, with eBay looking to purchase the VoIP giant for a price between $2 and $3 billion. Neither company will […] Read more »
Pocket PC users who interface with Microsoft Exchange are all too familiar with the inability to look up names in the Exchange address list meaning you can’t send them email nor invite them to meetings. Not anymore. Microsoft has a free tool that is intended for […] Read more »
Tracy Hooten has written another good article explaining how she has configured GoBinder to make all the textbooks she has scanned into the program easily available for use in the classroom. Tracy routinely scans her textbooks into GoBinder for easy searching, annotating and reference and students […] Read more »
Toshiba is showing a new portable LED projector at the IFA 2005 in Berlin that weighs just 565 grams and conects via USB. Video resolution of the unnamed projector is SVGA (800×600) with a battery life of 2 hours. Estimated price when it ships by year […] Read more »
Loren Heiny is teasing us again with his latest progress report of Ink Gestures in Word. Loren shows us a couple of new features he’s added and the coolest one for me is the select function that lets you draw brackets around text in Word you […] Read more »
On the Gateway support site the widescreen Tablet PC is called the M280 which PC Magazine reports is the consumer version of a new CX200 which is aimed at the business market. The primary difference centers around the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) which provides advanced security […] Read more »
Scott Guthrie has a 3 minute video that answers the question “why students need tablets”. It’s a lot of fun and a good showcase of some Tablet PC programs. Worth the 3 minutes, for sure. (via The Student Tablet PC) Read more »
My old Netgear Travel Router is getting a little long in the tooth and having to carry the adapter with me is a pain. The relatively new Linksys WTR54GS solves this problem by integrating the adapter into the body of the router which is a very […] Read more »
It has been rumored for a while that Gateway was going to introduce a convertible Tablet PC and a sharp eyed Tablet PC Buzz member has spotted it on the Gateway support site, of all places. The M280 looks to be the first widescreen Tablet PC […] Read more »
Linda Epstein of TabletPC2 tells us that TabletKiosk will be producing a special pink Sahara i215 Tablet PC in October which is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Portions of the proceeds from sales of the pink Tablet PCs will be donated to breast cancer research. Linda will […] Read more »
Mindjet, the producers of the mind mapping tool par excellence MindManager, will be releasing a free map viewer tomorrow morning. I have been testing it for a few weeks now and I must say it is excellent! The viewer can be downloaded from the download site […] Read more »
Skype released a couple of new betas this past week that look very promising. Skype 1.4 for Windows adds some nice new features and bug fixes: Improved call quality Call forwarding Personalized sounds, ringtones and pictures Improved search, adding contacts and finding contacts from Outlook, Outlook […] Read more »
Blogger Crashless (don’t you just love the internet) has a new Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC and is blogging the first impressions of the beautiful device. The review goes into great detail about the build quality, trackstick and other stuff such as the power management software […] Read more »
You read that correctly, Samsung announced a new desktop replacement notebook that has a 19 inch screen. This is definitely aimed at the consumer looking to replace the desktop with a notebook because at that size you’re sure not going to be carrying this baby around […] Read more »
Opera is the most robust browser for mobile devices and it is good news indeed that T-Mobile has chose Opera for some of their upcoming cell phones. The first device expected to appear with the Opera browser is T-Mobile’s SDA II Smartphone. Windows Mobile supporters should […] Read more »
People are getting more mobile than ever and software that can install on a USB flash drive or iPod is gaining in popularity. Where can you go for a comprehensive list of software you can download to build that flash drive just like you like it? Nedwolf […] Read more »
Do you spend a lot of time in Google, or is Google your homepage? If so you may want to look at the Google Ultimate Interface, or as it is otherwise known, GUI. Read more »
Today is September 6th, a day that doesn’t mean that much to most people but one I celebrate every year as it is important to me. Today is the fourth anniversary of my emergency open heart surgery that saved me even though at the time I […] Read more »
If you have been wanting to give Linspire a spin but have been put off by the price then now is your chance. Through September 6 you can download a full copy of the simplified Linux variant directly from the Linspire folks. Sounds like one of […] Read more »
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