We already showed you a review of the thing, but now we've got an X60t of our own, and we thought you'd give you our impressions, along with a nice bevy of pictures of this tablet in the flesh. As always, you can find the pics after the break, so lets get on with the impressions. Tablet PC Review was no liar when it complemented the build quality of the X60t: the unit is a rock. The keyboard feels wonderful, the hinge is solid and even the TrackPoint "nipple" (of which we're not normally a fan) works great. The pen is solid, and when writing on the screen there's just the right amount of friction to make pen-based input feel just right. Aside from an overly zealous complement of pre-loaded, taskbar-hogging software, our only real problem was with the battery life, but it was a big one: the stock 4-cell battery choked out at around 1.5 hours of use for us. Granted, the display was at max brightness (which is plenty bright), and WiFi and Bluetooth were on, but it was still rather disconcerting to be able to visibly watch the battery meter lose percentage points, and then have the thing conk out altogether at a supposed 8 percent of battery left. So, if you can spring for the 8-cell, or stand to live without wireless or a backlight, the X60 comes highly recommended as far as Tablet PCs go, but we do have that minor caveat. Keep reading for the pics. (Source: Paul Miller, Engadget)
Laptops and tablet PC's are some of the newest tools students have for learning. With a computer, students and teachers are given an edge toward learning and teaching.
Students are able to take neat and detailed notes while professors can present well timed and organized multimedia presentations and lectures. Students can bring all their previous assignments and materials with them to class and have them at their fingertips.
With all these advantages available to students and teachers, why are students treated with contempt when they have a laptop in class? Rather than having teachers hassling students about having laptops in class, they should make learning more available to them by way of technology. (Source: Jared Larmore, SUUJournal.com)
Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 by ChrisD Rating: 3.17Comments (1)
Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, has chosen to partner with Lenovo, the world's 3rd largest PC vendor, for its new in-flight information management initiative, to be rolled out in the beginning of 2007.
This project is driven by Emirates' continuing growth and the ongoing development of the award-winning airline's services and is intended to strengthen Emirates' leadership position at both a regional and international level. The initiative is based around tools that support enhanced information flow between cabin crew and ground systems.
'Emirates is constantly and rapidly expanding its global routes, its fleet, and at the same time we are aiming to constantly innovate to improve our service delivery,' said Ted Green, Vice President, Business Planning & Development (Service Delivery), Emirates. 'Investing in sophisticated technology gives us the capability to develop and implement innovative applications to deliver unique services to our high valued customers. The fast growth Emirates is experiencing today means that we should always be two steps ahead and we believe that Lenovo is delivering the tools we need to stay there.'
To provide more value-added service onboard its flights, Emirates is enabling connectivity between the cabin crew and the customer service centre ground systems, to exchange real-time information such as passengers' preferred drinks or meal choices, favourite type of in-flight entertainment or certain special interests. Automating the process using the Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet PCs will mean speed of communication and automatic synchronization of the data.
The robustness and reliability of the Lenovo machines can withstand the wear and tear of daily usage in such a high volume and demanding application.
Taking information management into the air is a clear demonstration of the new applications that are being supported by pervasive computing: the use of rich information management and decision support systems that can, literally, give access to information anywhere. 'The Emirates Airline application of the ThinkPad Tablet PC marks a significant milestone in the adoption of this platform, and a pioneering step forward by the world's fastest growing airline,' said Milko von Dujil, Senior Vice President for Lenovo Group and President of Lenovo for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). 'This extension of mobile computing in the enterprise sector highlights the position of the ThinkPad tablet PC as a cost-effective integrated solution with industry-leading security and connectivity features. We look forward to being part of the successful launch of this initiative, and to developing our relationship with Emirates further in the near future. '
A convertible tablet PC offers the Emirates crew the choice of working in two ways - as a tablet with digital pen, or as a traditional notebook PC. Equipped with the ThinkPad signature full-size keyboard, the ThinkPad X41 Tablet provides 170-degree viewing, an optional integrated fingerprint reader for unsurpassed security, the latest ThinkVantage Technologies for reliability and convenient wireless connectivity. The tablet also offers standard anti-reflective and anti-glare coatings to maximize indoor visibility. (Source: Press Release)
Questions persist over the future shape of the Tablet PC platform, but as we examine, there is thriving demand and applications for these devices in key business sectors
Thanks to Vista, says Microsoft, a Tablet PC will now be able to better recognise a user's writing thanks to new features integrated right into the heart of the OS.
It seems timely therefore to take a look at where the Tablet PC fits into today's enterprise, and examine where it adds value over and above more mainstream portable hardware. We look at some of the uses tablets are typically put to, the types of tablet available, the technologies they use to connect to corporate networks and the ways in which they can be integrated into an over all mobile armoury. (Source: Guy Mathews, IT Pro)
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway, Inc. the nation's third-largest PC company, today announced it was awarded a $1.6 million contract with United Independent School District (UISD) in Texas for M280 Convertible Notebook PCs and associated training, technical support and services.
As part of the three-year contract, Gateway will provide middle school students in the district with more than 1,000 convertible notebooks for use with day-to-day instruction and online testing.
The unique design of the Gateway(R) M280 Convertible Notebook enables it to be easily "converted" from notebook into tablet-mode by swiveling and folding down the display. This mode is ideal for the classroom environment, allowing students to use the PC for solving mathematical equations and taking notes with a digital pen. Students can also draw diagrams and edit documents directly on the widescreen display, which provides valuable extra work space over standard format displays.
"We are delighted that United Independent School District is investing in our tablet solution, which offers many advantages to the educational process and can help increase student engagement and learning," said Vin Riera, vice president of public sector, Gateway. "We have seen great results in computing programs leveraging convertible notebooks nationwide. As a solutions provider, we will work closely with UISD to deliver the best-in-class technology, service and support that will maximize their technology investment for years to come."
North American Based Telephone Support
While many PC vendors go off-shore to save service costs, Gateway's technical telephone support for U.S. customers is entirely based in North America. Customers are assured their calls are handled by knowledgeable, experienced, well-trained and dedicated support agents close to home. (Source: Press Release)
The Thinnest, Lightest 12" Convertible Tablet PC Available!
Taking users likes and dislikes into consideration Lenovo set out to build a Tablet PC that would provide people with a machine that is portable, innovative and packed with features to enhance the user experience and they succeeded.
Those who waited months for the release of the Lenovo X60 Tablet PC will not be disappointed. The new Lenovo X60 Tablet PC weighs in at 3.77 pounds, is 1.1" thin and offers users longer battery life and plenty of options and configuration choices.
12.1 inch MultiView, MultiTouch and high-resolution SXGA+. displays, support for up to 4 GB of memory, hard drives as large as 120 GB and a choice of the Intel® Ultra Low Voltage Core™ Solo processor or the Intel® Low Voltage Core™ Duo processors up to 1.83GHz (Source: Linda A. Epstein, TabletPC2.com)
Mobile Enterprise Magazines Mobilizer Awards selects NYC's Day Care Inspection system built on Global Bay's AccessPoint System as Best Mobile Deployment for 2006.
South Plainfield, NJ (PRWEB) November 14, 2006 -- Global Bay Mobile Technologies, Inc. (http://www.globalbay.com/) today announced that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Day Care division has been awarded the 2006 Best Mobile Deployment Mobilizer Award. The awards are presented by Mobile Enterprise Magazine and honor the most effective mobile technology deployments of the year. Mobile Enterprise Magazine is the industry leader in providing information on how the latest mobile technology is implemented within the enterprise.
The Department leveraged Global Bay's AccessPoint System to deploy the Day Care Inspection tool. With the AccessPoint System, approximately 11 day care inspection forms were consolidated into two easy to use inspection applications on a Tablet PC. Both applications offer inspection scheduling, day care background and inspection visit history look-up, citing and onsite printing of Notice of Violations and Inspection Reports and signature capture. The AccessPoint System integrated with the Departments DCATS system to offer a seamless data flow from the handheld to central systems.
Using the enterprise AccessPoint System, inspections and violations are tracked more effectively ultimately improving the safety and well being of New York's children under day care supervision.
Elliot Marcus, Associate Commissioner at the Bureau of Day Care stated "We knew we needed to standardize the inspection process so we could target trouble areas." Global Bay deployed the solution within 3 months, something that would typically take about a year. "Global Bay had a good handle on the way we work here and the roll out was very smooth," said Frank Cresciullo, assistant commissioner for the Bureau of Day Care.
Sandeep Bhanote, CEO of Global Bay commented "We at Global Bay would like to congratulate the Department of Health for winning the Best Mobile Deployment Award. Mobile Enterprise Magazine is a leading voice in the mobile industry and focus on enterprise class deployments. I look forward to many more joint efforts with the Department of Health as they embark on an initiative to standardize mobile data collection using our AccessPoint System."
AccessPoint automates mobile business processes, delivering enterprise strength configurable mobile applications that seamlessly integrate with existing systems. The end-to-end solution ensure critical data is moved from the field quickly and accurately and accessible enterprise wide; providing cost-savings and the power to make better business decisions, faster.
The technology allows rapid conversion of paper forms into rules-driven mobile database applications that run on the Windows Mobile platform. This is all accomplished without the need for custom programming.
AccessPoint also offers two-way wireless synchronization of data between the field and enterprise while offering support for off-line and on-line modes. In addition, the architecture enables support for web-service mash-up applications. For example, a field user on our system can pull information from two separate systems simultaneously.
AccessPoint is offered through a SaaS model and enterprise licensing model.
The AccessPoint advantages include: • Deploy in days, not months • No programmers, developers or custom coding required • Configurable -- base system can be configured to your exact needs • Includes web-based user, device and report management • Integrates with existing systems through web-services • Supports wireless and cradle synchronization • Works on all major handheld devices (Source: Press Release)
In an interview with The Associated Press, Gates said the experience of being a parent of three kids — ages 10, 7 and 4 — has led him to spend more time thinking about schools.
His fifth-grade daughter doesn't ask for help with her homework but she does e-mail tests to her dad from her tablet PC, Gates said.
"I'm willing to help with homework. My kids have so far been pretty independent," he said. (Source: Associated Press, KGW.com)
Clad in a glossy piano black and glossy white chassis, the LG C1 Express is a convertible tablet version of the LG A1 Express. Slightly larger and heavier than the latter, it will cost S$3,999 (US$2,544.22) when it hits the stores in mid-November. The price and availability of the LG A1 Express will be released at a later date. (Source: CNet)
Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 by ChrisD Rating: 2.77Comments (0)
Bill Gates also spoke of the development of mobile devices. Today the opportunities that pocket PCs and smartphones offer are only limited by the screen size, so it crucial, head of Microsoft believes, to provide simpler ways of transferring data from mobile devices to PCs and make interaction easier between them. This proves to be particularly important since all pocket devices like cell phones, pocket PCs, digital wallets, etc will eventually be combined in one multi-functional device that will possibly feature an expandable screen.
Microsoft is currently actively engaged in the development of tablet PCs. According to Bill Gates, these will eventually replace textbooks in schools and colleges, another step forward in digitizing all spheres of life. (Source: Lyudmila Yaremchuk, Computerworld Russia )
Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 by ChrisD Rating: 3.30Comments (0)
Lenovo is keen to emphasise this is the lightest 12.1in convertible tablet on the market, but that doesn't mean you can expect a featherlight system: it's still 1.7kg and 33mm thick. Lenovo could have slimmed the X60 down by using an ultra-low voltage processor and a 1.8in hard disk, but instead has opted for performance with a standard Intel Core Duo chip (up to 1.8GHz) and a 7,200rpm SATA hard disk. The end result is an incredibly responsive system, and it will be interesting to see how well a full-production system copes with our benchmarks.
Despite this increase in performance, Lenovo claims the battery life has actually improved from 2.6 hours to 3.3 hours with the standard battery in place. With the extended battery, life will theoretically increase to eight hours. For anyone intending to start a family, though, I should warn that the ThinkPad ran quite hot, so it may not be wise to sit the X60 Tablet on your lap for extended periods.(Source: Tim Danton, PC Pro)
Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 by ChrisD Rating: 3.18Comments (0)
An Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) is a fully functional computer that is small, mobile, and runs a complete version of a Windows operating system (currently Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and soon Windows Vista). UMPCs present many new and exciting opportunities for application development. Join us to find out what is involved in developing for the UMPC, and learn how to create outstanding applications for these new devices. (Source: Microsoft Website)
Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 by ChrisD Rating: 2.41Comments (0)
"The mobile nature of the healthcare and life sciences profession has always made tablet PCs the logical computing solution," said Terry Cronin, director of marketing, digital products division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. "By incorporating the flexibility of Toshiba's tablet PCs and bundling its own healthcare application, Newgen has created a value-added computing solution,” he added. (Source: EFYTimes)
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