Stories for Jul. 30, 2005

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Join me today in wishing Tablet PC Show co-host Marc Orchant a very happy birthday!  It is a very special day for Marc as he can now get that big discount at Denny’s!    :) Read more »

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There is little doubt the Motion LE1600 Tablet PC is one of the most capable slate Tablets available today and anyone who has followed Tablet MVP Rob Bushway’s journey with his LE1600 can see how great the device is.  Rob has chronicled his experience with the […] Read more »

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I am testing the BlogJet program for creating blog posts offline for upload at a later time. BlogJet looks really nice since it works with just about every blogging service out there (TypePad included) and most importantly lets me include graphic smileys!    I have used […] Read more »

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Windows world is all tipsy topsy over the release of new Internet Explorer 7 Beta which has amazing ground breaking features as tabbed browsing. Apparently, it is/was breaking the Google toolbar and some of the Yahoo’s older toolbars. There is word of the Beta screwing up […] Read more »

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We all know and love the XTen Softphone. Well, we all might have to call it with some other name, because the company has been in a bit of legal tussle over the name with Xtend Communications Corp, a New York-based company. Xtend had filed a […] Read more »

Stories for Jul. 29, 2005

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that HP will stop reselling iPod. It was a bad idea to begin with, and now its over. HP accounted for about 5% of total iPod sales. HP will still distribute the iTunes software on its computers. It was a […] Read more »

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iTunes 4.9 has changed my life. (Okay, not my ENTIRE life, but a large part of it). I’m totally digging these podcast things, and iTunes makes it easy and simple to download new episodes and sync them with my iPod. However, there are a few issues […] Read more »

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I wonder what OS X will be offering at the end of 2006… Read more »

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YPulse points to yet another social networking site, gasp…. for Beautiful People. Beautiful People got itself coverage in USA Today. Don’t bother visiting the site with any of these browsers – Safari, Camino and Firefox – i.e., the browsers of choice for the smart set. Message: […] Read more »

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Folks I am on multiple deadlines for the magazine this week so the posting has been slow. Perhaps it gives you all a chance to catch up on the reading… seriously, its been a rough week and I will likely be posting at crawl speed over […] Read more »

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Skype says it is cutting prices on SkypeOut service. The service that allows Skype users to call PSTN is now going to cost 0.017 Euro per minute. Skype is trying to spin this, but price cut show that that the SkypeOut adoption is slower than what […] Read more »

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The Washington Post took a look at the Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC and according to the reviewer "gets it right".  The reviewer likes the feel of the pen on the screen and the quality of the hinge swivel mechanism.  If you are interested in another […] Read more »

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I have been a long-time follower of Jeff Kirvin’s Writing on your Palm website because Jeff’s writings are usually right on the money where mobile technology and PDAs are concerned.  While a big fan of Palm devices Jeff has never hesitated to use other products like […] Read more »

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France Telecom is making a concerted effort to converge home communications and entertainment services into the Livebox service that has been available to customers for some time.  They recently announced the addition of "Liveservices" which adds a WiFi-based cordless home phone to the internet, telephone and […] Read more »

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The story of Brice Mellen of Lincoln Nebraska is one of the most amazing ones you will ever hear.  Brice has been blind since birth and has used his 17 years to learn to play video games.  Well, he doesn’t just play them, he is regularly […] Read more »

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Pretec has introduced a new 4 GB SD card that is a high speed addition to the company’s growing line of memory cards.  The 4 GB card has access speeds up to 20 MB per second making it one of the fastest cards on the market.  […] Read more »

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The Technorati experience just got a little richer for those accessing the web from mobile devices with the introduction of Technorati Mobile.  The new mobile edition is formatted specifically for the small screens of handhelds and mobile phones and provides the same rich search capabilities of […] Read more »

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As discussion has intensified over potential problems with the shuttle re-entry due to the foam problems I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed over NASA’s public grounding of the shuttles while Discovery is in space.  This is something that could surely have waited until the […] Read more »

Stories for Jul. 28, 2005

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“The halo effect enabled them to go after PC users and sell them Apple products,” said Will Poole,, the Microsoft executive in charge of desktop operating system products. Read more »

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Huawei, might be becoming a fixture in telecom bids around the planet, but its low-cost products are finding few takers among the US telecoms, reports The Wall Street Journal. The company which is on a tight leash from its masters in China made all the classic […] Read more »

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Andy says “In marketing, it’s what makes you different that matters.” Andy is right, Michael Robertson should articulate why Gizmo is better! And it is – for many reasons. Open, elegant, simple to use, and it works with many different SIP networks. Read more »

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Dan Gillmor discovered that Macromedia was putting stuff in the shopping basket which he did not order. They call it convenience, and it is everything but. I hope they fixed this glitch. One of Macromedia employees has been in touch and is working on getting it […] Read more »

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Sonos might have set the bar for digital music systems for the home, but that doesn’t stop others from trying, and knocking it off its perch. The latest is San Francisco-based Olive Inc, which has just launched Symphony, a wireless music hub powered by IBM PowerPC. […] Read more »

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So what’s the big news about a new review of the several years old Sharp Zaurus SL-5500?  The SL-5500 is antiquated by today’s PDA standards and even Sharp has released a couple of later models of the Linux-based PDA.  Readers may be interested in the Sharp […] Read more »

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Alera Technologies announced the availability of the USB Copy Cruiser Plus (UCCP) that provides a direct USB to USB connection between two devices eliminating the need to connect either device to a computer to copy files back and forth.  The UCCP has two standard USB 2.0 […] Read more »

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Tapwave has posted a notice on their website informing customers the Zodiac has been discontinued and that service and support are no longer available.  This is really sad as the Zodiac was one of the most innovative handheld devices to hit customer’s hands in a long […] Read more »

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MSNBC columnist Brad Stone pokes fun of his digital life and all the work, scheduling and planning that goes into maintenance of his high-tech gear.  It’s a very funny read so if you find yourself trying to find time to schedule that defrag or backup give […] Read more »

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Rob Bushway has updated is first impressions of the Motion LE1600 Tablet PC and the result is a good review of the new slate from a user’s perspective.  Rob covers the slate, convertible keyboard, battery and even the bump case.  For a complete overview of the […] Read more »

Stories for Jul. 27, 2005

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America Online is one step closer in its bid to transform itself from a dial-up ISP into a content powerhouse. The company has just announced MyAOL (it must be 1999, Yahoo people are thinking.) The most exciting part of the news is that they are taking […] Read more »

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I just got Skyped by Dave Ciccone who points me to a video demonstration he’s done showing how to capture podcasts directly onto the PSP.  This requires a new 2.0 ROM and of course a WiFi connection.  Cool stuff, Dave! Read more »

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Business 2.0: How do you get people to pay for a Web browser? Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner found the answer by diving into wireless. I interviewed him, and asked him how come he can charge for a product that is available for free. “But […] Read more »

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Business 2.0: It uses less power than a night-light and plugs into a TV. Best of all, as the first $100 computer, it’s affordable enough to propel the rest of the world into the digital age. The inside story of Novatium, an Indian start-up, that has […] Read more »

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I caught this on MacNN a couple of days ago. Henrico County Public Schools is preparing to sell some of its used iBook computers that had been used as part of its effort to provide that provided laptops to every middle- and high-school student and teacher […] Read more »

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Just like cell phone companies trying to lure you with free phones, now VoIP providers are offering free hardware with their service package. Chris has tips on how to use it with the Gizmo Project SJ softphone. Read more »

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Apparently, Teleo-software is no longer available for downloads. Did Microsoft swallow them so quickly? Repeated requests for clarification on Microsoft-buying-them have elicited no response thus far from the company! (thanks Rick) Read more »

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Sheri and SuZan’s Real Women Show is available for download on The Podcast Network or iTunes.  The girls are getting really good at this podcasting stuff so give it a listen.  Their blog Celebrating Women is now famous as the New York Times referenced a post […] Read more »

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The Shared Spaces weblog is an incredible source of information that gives a lot of useful information to help anyone achieve greater productivity, particularly in the area of computing technology.  Michael Sampson is the productivity guru behind Shared Spaces and is an expert on team collaboration […] Read more »

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Checking through the RSS feeds this morning I found something that shows how hard it is to predict the future of a given technology: TechWeb:  Tablet PC Faces Uncertain Future, Analyst Says The article quotes the In-Stat report that has been mentioned this week on numerous […] Read more »

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Thomas Hirsch send me this link which apparently says that Vocaltec, which has been in bit of trouble laid off 70 of its 100 employees. The VoIP pioneer has fallen on hard times, and still waiting for its white knight. There was some talk of Vonage-Vocaltec […] Read more »

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