�Electrovaya Inc. announced...that it has developed the world's most mobile Tablet PC, SCRIBBLER, with up to three times more computing run time than other Tablet PC's. SCRIBBLER uses Electrovaya's patented SuperPolymer lithium ion battery, with the highest energy density in the world to provide the longest lasting power on one charge of any Tablet PC announced to date. The battery will power SCRIBBLER for 10 to 16 hours depending on the applications used.�
�Electrovaya's SCRIBBLER is a superior Tablet PC, with 100 Watt hours (Wh) of run time from Electrovaya's super thin, light-weight SuperPolymer(TM) battery instead of the standard 20-30 Wh battery. The design, incorporating keyboard and pen capabilities, as well as the batteries, weighs less than four pounds. Electrovaya provided the original design and the manufacturing will be done by a Tier 1, $7 billion Taiwanese ODM. SCRIBBLER will run Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition using Intel's Ultra Low Voltage Intel Pentium III 866MHz processor.� (Source: Press Release)
�Microsoft executive Erik Moll got his 11-year-old daughter to teach him how to master the latest technology for entering information into computers. She has been helping him brush up on his handwriting -- a skill long neglected by many keyboard-pecking professionals -- as he prepares for the launch next November of Microsoft Corp.'s pen-based Tablet PC platform.�
�This back-to-the-future technology will not only revive the art of handwriting in the enterprise, but it will also profoundly change the way people store and access information, says Mr. Moll, Windows XP senior product marketing manager for Mississauga, Ont.-based Microsoft Canada Co...� (Source: The Globe and Mail)
Posted Friday, September 6, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
News Bits
�Microsoft has alerted potential testers that the beta for the next version of Microsoft Office, code-named Office 11, will begin shortly. The beta will include Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, FrontPage, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Scribbler, which is designed for Tablet PC devices, along with a hosted SharePoint Team Services Web site for �exploration and use� during the beta time period...� (Source: Paul Thurrott)
�Dolch Computer Systems extends its leadership in rugged mobile computing solutions by offering a new hand-held wireless touch display interface for its FlexPAC family of portable computers. The Dolch FlexPAC is the most space efficient, easily expandable rugged portable in the industry, and now offers the mobility of a lightweight wireless hand-held interface. This optional mobile touch screen wireless display communicates with the FlexPAC through a peer-to-peer 802.11b protocol up to 150 feet away, regardless of the application.� (Source: Press Release)
BSquare to build wireless device - �Handheld-software maker BSquare is getting hip to wireless and is working with partners Intel and Microsoft to bring mobile devices to large businesses. The company announced...that it has developed a reference design for a PDA (personal digital assistant) geared toward enterprise customers looking for a gadget that lets workers make voice calls and wirelessly access data to surf the Web, read e-mail and access corporate networks. The design, called the Power Handheld, is built around Intel's XScale chip and Microsoft's operating system for embedded devices...� (Source: Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
Posted Thursday, September 5, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
Steve Outing, of Editor and Publisher, takes a look at the Tablet PC and WiFi in relation to the news-gathering/publishing industry...
�The vision of news-industry futurist Roger Fidler is finally coming into focus. Fidler, who spent much of his career at Knight Ridder and now directs the Institute for CyberInformation at Kent State University, first began writing about the use of portable digital tablets as news-reading devices back in 1981. What he envisioned in the 1980s and '90s looks much like what is coming to pass with the Tablet PC and the proliferation of public Wi-Fi -- though for many of those years, �people thought I was pretty crazy," he says.
�Fidler's institute is currently working on a digital-newspaper prototype for the Tablet PC. The research is being underwritten by Adobe and conducted in cooperation with a "major publisher" (whose executives are not yet ready to reveal themselves). He says the prototype is designed to take a newspaper and make appropriate conversions -- initially using human editors and designers -- for presentation on a Tablet PC. It blends the best of newspaper and Web design into a new format. Fidler says the expectation is that the prototype will be used by other newspapers (and magazines) to create Tablet PC editions, once it's rolled out with by his partner publisher. He expects the final prototype to make its debut sometime next year...� (Source: Editor and Publisher)
�Psion Teklogix...announced an enhanced Symbian operating system (OS) and an upgraded PC card slot allowing ISDN and General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) connectivity for its netBook mobile computer, a sub-notebook-sized solution for the mobile sales, service and professional field workforce. The enhancements mean greatly improved connectivity options for the mobile user, with both wired and wireless Ethernet, an improved TCP/IP stack for more stable LAN and WLAN communications, plus connectivity to ISDN and GPRS...�
�Falling in between a tablet-based PDA and a notebook in size, the netBook supports Java, HTML, C/C++ and OPL (Organiser Programming Language) development environments, and offers the benefits of a traditional PDA such as portability, 'instant -on' capability and long battery life, along with the ease-of-use qualities associated with a notebook such as a large screen and a touch-type keyboard...� (Source: Press Release)
Posted Thursday, September 5, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
�The Canadian Baseball League is hoping to dig into the batter's box next season at Burns Stadium. �We love Calgary,� the chairman of the CBL, Tony Riviera, said Tuesday night from Vancouver. �It's a great baseball town and a perfect fit for our new league.� The CBL, of course, was to have made an earlier debut, but it sent itself back to the dugout when its idea began to unravel. �But we've taken this year and a half to make absolutely sure we got our act together,� acknowledged Riviera and, now, the league says it has attracted a high endorsement and an even higher roller. �Everyone who has looked at our business plan, including (Seattle Mariners' chairman and CEO) Howard Lincoln, feels it's a brilliant idea.�
�And that, according to Riviera, has piqued the interest, also the commitment, of Charlton Lui, late of Microsoft. �Mr. Lui, the co-inventor of the Tablet PC and someone who worked so closely, right next to Bill Gates, will be our league's president and CEO.� (Source: Calgary Herald)
Posted Thursday, September 5, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
�Students are back to the daily grind. As their teacher lectures, they take notes with a stylus on a thin, clipboard-size computer. When their first paper is due, students retrieve it from their tablet computers and e-mail it to the teacher. After grading the paper, the teacher e-mails it back to the student and cc's the parents. Students today may not recognize this hypothetical classroom. Perhaps they don't want to. But if Microsoft has its way, this typical school day is inevitable, as early as this school year...� (Source: Wired)
�Transmeta has announced that it has received certification on Windows CE.NET for its x86 compatible Crusoe TM5500 and TM5800 processors. This announcement follows on the heels of Transmeta�s partnership with Microsoft to run Tablet PC on Crusoe processors in an attempt to provide Tablet PCs with increased battery life and decreased weight. With the recent commitment to Windows XP embedded, the Windows CE.NET announcement, at first blush, may seem odd...� (Source: Ken Smiley, Giga Information Group)
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
John Taschek on a possible future Tablet PC development...
�The first Tablet PCs will be shipping in early November. However, Tablet PCs still follow most of the same design principles as notebooks. The only difference is that some have pen input screens, and some are convertible. It's clear that traditional processor architectures were indeed an obstacle to great small designs. The designers had to build around fans, heat exchangers and the size of the chips. Hence, Transmeta's raison d'�tre. With its forthcoming Banias chip, Intel is clearly aiming at the Transmeta market. Banias isn't due until the first quarter of next year, and Intel will detail a more complete road map at its developer conference next week. But the major initiative in Banias is mobility, specifically around extended battery life and connectivity. Banias will also include dual-band 802.11a and 802.11b chip sets, and, separately, Intel is working on Project Rainbow, a national 802.11-based wireless network.�
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“Diners at upscale Aureole restaurants have something more to goggle at besides the four-story wine cellar, extravagant flower arrangements and too-gorgeous-to-eat desserts. At both the Las Vegas and New York locations, the Aureole wine list arrives at the table in the form of an e-book on a tablet PC. The electronic wine list helps discerning drinkers choose from among the restaurants' 550 offerings, categorizing choices by color, region and varietal...” (Source: M.J. Rose, Wired)
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“Toshiba's Computer Systems Group (CSG)...announced the receipt of Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Software. Over the next two months, Toshiba will be working diligently to integrate the unique software and other Toshiba enhanced utilities into its future hardware design. Toshiba's Tablet PC will be part of the company's award-winning Portege family of computers, and enable mobile customers to experience their PC in new and exciting ways. Together, Toshiba and Microsoft will bring enhanced functionality and capabilities to today's notebook PC including digital ink. “The Tablet PC represents the future of mobile computing Toshiba is excited to be working with Microsoft to bring customers pioneering technologies and products,” said Oscar Koenders, vice president product marketing and worldwide product planning, Toshiba CSG.” (Source: Press Release)
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
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