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InkShow: MobileDemand xTablet T7000 at the Shooting Range

9 March 2010, 2:42 pm by: Xavier Lanier
MobileDemand is just starting to ship the xTablet T7000 out to its customers and they were kind enough to send one over for us to torture. The first place I decided to beat up the xTablet T7000 was at the shooting range. Just to get this out of the w...

MiFi Opportunities About to Increase

9 March 2010, 9:34 am by: Warner Crocker
With a word, Steve Jobs has ruled out tethering the iPad to the iPhone. In an email he basically just said “no.” On some levels that makes absolutely no sense, but then when you consider AT&T’s well chronicled network woes it ma...

The Future of Windows from the Big Brains (and Xavier too)

9 March 2010, 7:12 am by: Sumocat
Pondering the future of the Windows operating system, Technologizer asked a group of 28 revered journalists, technologists, and former Microsoft employees how Microsoft can keep Windows relevant. Fortunately, one of them declined and Xavier was asked...

Is the Web a Fundamental Right?

9 March 2010, 6:38 am by: Warner Crocker
Reuters is reporting that a BBC survey reveals that four out of five respondents believe the web is a fundamental right and not just a privilege. 78% of 27,000 respondents in 26 countries said that the web gave them greater freedom. Intriguingly 65 p...

Pixel Qi DIY Kits Available in the 2nd Quarter

9 March 2010, 5:23 am by: Warner Crocker
For those of you who can’t wait for an OEM to include a Pixel Qi screen in a Netbook, Tablet, or other device, this might be for you. Mary Lou Jepsen of Pixel Qi is saying that DIY Pixel Qi kits will be available in the 2nd Quarter. She’s...

Deal of the Day: Lenovo ThinkPad X201t Tablet

9 March 2010, 4:25 am by: GBM Staff
Lenovo has the new Lenovo ThinkPad X201t Tablet on sale for $2,134 including free shipping. The Lenovo ThinkPad X201t Tablet weighs under 3 pounds and offers a configurable display as well as an Intel Core i7 processor. This configuration includes a...

Flashy HP Slate videos show off Flash

8 March 2010, 1:01 pm by: Sumocat
Well, well, seems Apple wasn’t the only company showing off their flashy slate this weekend. HP managed to sneak a couple of videos into their YouTube channel as well. The first is a demo of Adobe Flash and AIR on the slate running Windows 7. T...

Motion Computing J3400 Goes for a Test Flight

8 March 2010, 10:16 am by: Xavier Lanier
A couple of Aussie tableteers took a Motion Computing J3400 for a test flight in a small airplane to see how it’d perform in the cockpit. The pilot is looking to replace his HP TC1100 and it sounds like he found a good alternative in the J3400...

Will Pretty Gaming be the Killer App for Apple’s iPad?

8 March 2010, 9:31 am by: Xavier Lanier
As the first iPad commercial showed us,  the device can do a lot of things. In the 30 second spot, we’re shown that the iPad can be used to browse photos, watch videos, surf the web, manage calendars, write email, read eBooks and create docume...

10 Pros and 5 Cons of the Nexus One

8 March 2010, 8:16 am by: Xavier Lanier
Early this morning I wrote about the hardware issues I’ve had with my iPhones. I already have a T-Mobile SIM card and I’ve been eying the Nexus One since they were announced a couple of months ago. Judie, Larry and Dan have each had a cha...

iPad’s first TV ad puts all other tablet ads to shame

8 March 2010, 7:06 am by: Sumocat
Yeah, I know that headline isn’t saying a lot. Last TV commercial I saw for a tablet was for Lenovo’s ThinkPad X41T and it never even showed the thing in action. Hence, when I saw Apple’s iPad commercial last night during the Academ...

Ink demo of the Dagi stylus on Lenovo S10-3t

8 March 2010, 5:49 am by: Sumocat
On his freshly minted blog HGGADGETS, Hector Gomez is churning out the videos of his new Lenovo S10-3t convertible tablet in action. His latest shows off the ink action on the capacitive touchscreen using a Dagi stylus. The video starts with the Dagi...

Deal of the Day: Lenovo ThinkPad X201s w/ Intel Core i7

8 March 2010, 5:22 am by: GBM Staff
Lenovo is offering the 12″ Lenovo ThinkPad X201s with Intel Core i7 for $1,349 plus free shipping. The Lenovo ThinkPad X201s weighs less than 3 pounds, is under an inch thick and comes with 2GB RAM and a 160 GB hard drive. Visit LogicBuy for mo...

My 9th iPhone in Less Than 3 Years

8 March 2010, 1:49 am by: Xavier Lanier
Late last week I got my eighth and ninth iPhone.  I bought an iPhone the first day they went on sale back in 2007, an iPhone 3G the next summer and an iPhone 3GS last year. The other six were replacements for bad apples. My most recent visit to the...

Viliv S10 Blade Fails the Palm Rejection Test

7 March 2010, 8:13 am by: Warner Crocker
Disappointing but not unexpected news. Steve “Chippy” Paine of UMPCPortal got his hands on the Viliv S10 Blade and does a quick unboxing and tour of the device. I’m not sure why I was hoping for better but as the video shows, the Bl...

Netbook Shootout with Sascha

7 March 2010, 7:57 am by: Warner Crocker
Sascha Pallenberg at Netbooknews.com (known as the Netbook King) sits down with three of the newer netbooks on the market and checks them out. In the video he’s look at the Gigabyte T1000, Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t, and Viliv S10 Blade all of which...

Microsoft Shows Off Some of that 3 Screens Strategy with Gaming

7 March 2010, 7:30 am by: Warner Crocker
At TechEd Middle East, Microsoft Eric Rudder showed off a little bit of that “3 screens and the cloud” strategy Microsoft has been crowing about. The example was all about gaming. Rudder shows off an Indiana Jones game that he plays on an...

Mobile Tech Humor: The ePad

6 March 2010, 7:29 am by: Warner Crocker
With mobile geeks going gaga over Tablets and handhelds, it is always good to see that some have a good sense of humor when it comes to blowing they hypemeisters out of the water.  TUAW unearthed this parody. Enjoy.

Misleading Courier Photo Reveals My Years of Deception

6 March 2010, 5:40 am by: Sumocat
Larry O’Brien of Knowing .NET has taken to task the main photo from the latest Courier sneak peek, calling it “misleading” and pointing out that the writing shown on the screen could not have been written at that size. He went so fa...

Poll: Where Are You Spending Your Tablet Allowance?

5 March 2010, 8:45 am by: Warner Crocker
Apple’s iPad is being released in just a few weeks. There’s new news on Microsoft Courier. Heavy Tablet PC hitters Lenovo and HP have weighed in with updates to existing Tablet PCs that are top of the line. Hanvon and countless others are...

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