“Lantronix, Inc. announced the release of a new version (1.6) of its Premise SYS Home Control Software and several partnerships with leading consumer device manufacturers including iCEBOX (a division of Salton), ArialPhone and Global Cachet. Premise SYS version 1.6 is based on SYS networking technology that leverages PC-industry economies of scale and enables smart networked devices (such as security systems, entertainment systems and environmental control systems) to connect and work together over inexpensive consumer Ethernet networks...The Web interface has been updated and tested on Windows CE.Net, providing access to the latest Web tablets and wall-mounted devices...” (Source: Press Release)
Posted Friday, September 27, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: 4
“...In a few weeks’ time, the computer industry is launching what could be the perfect antidote for people who simply don't like computers - the “can’t type, won’t type” generation. The Tablet PC has an electronic pen with which they can handwrite their email and send it in graphical form - just as though it had been written on paper - or post doodles on the web...” (Picture and Story Source: SkyNews, UK)
Posted Friday, September 27, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
Will Sturgeon (of Silicon.com) and the ZDNET Reposts...
“...The Tablet PC, code-named e-DigiNote, employs Intel’s StrongARM SA1110 processor running at 206MHz and an 8.4-inch TFT LCD supplied by AU Optronics (AUO) and provides handwriting recognition capability. Notably, the device supports both the Microsoft Windows CE.NET and Linux operating systems...Daniel Chou, vice president of Aplux, said the company has begun developing a newer Tablet PC using Intel’s 400MHz XScale processor with 802.11b wireless LAN and the Bluetooth capability, which will be launched early next year...” (Picture and Story Source: DigiTimes.com)
Posted Friday, September 27, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: 5
“NetRegulus...announced the addition of the ActivityAnywhere module to its acclaimed PQIntelligence suite of software for the regulated medical products industry. The new module is designed for in-field users who may find it impractical - or impossible - to access the PQIntelligence database from the Web or via networked connections. With ActivityAnywhere, immediate connectivity is no longer necessary to retrieve the appropriate forms for data input. Forms will be conveniently available from a Windows-based laptop or PC tablet. This new module plugs an important gap in timely data entry for those users for whom access to the Web is temporarily unavailable. With ActivityAnywhere, physicians involved in clinical studies can capture important patient data as they collect it. Likewise, field personnel can enter product issues, service records, audit notes, and other critical quality data in real-time, thus reducing the likelihood of error or later misinterpretation...” (Source: Press Release)
Posted Friday, September 27, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“...The most publicized tablet this past year has been the uniquely designed Acer TravelMate convertible tablet. It looks and feels like a regular thin-and-light notebook with a regulation-size keyboard, but its display can be rotated 180 degrees and then laid flat, face up, on top of the keyboard, converting it into a writing tablet. Kontron Mobile Computing, a developers of ruggedized notebooks for military and field workers, also has a convertible-type tablet, one that's resistant to water, dirt, extreme temperatures, and shock. Motion Computing, along with others like Fujitsu and ViewSonic, takes a more traditional design approach. Such tablets, about the size of a legal pad, don't have keyboards built in. Yet many have interesting docking solutions that turn the tablet into a full-fledged pc with an upright monitor and keyboard.” (Source: PC Magazine)
“We’ve seen it, tested it, played around with it and now it’s time to do some work...”
“Portability of this information is also a massive bonus to the demographic Microsoft cringingly refers to as the ‘Corridor Warriors’. Even if you don’t want to put the Tablet through its paces, a cursory exploration of its uses shows it is the ultimate personal organiser...” (Source: silicon.com)
Posted Thursday, September 26, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“Adjusting” seems to greatly improve Transcriber on the Pocket PC; everyones handwriting is so differing. I guess I’d place my vote for empowering the individual; what is good for “all” may, in fact, not suit me. And why the recognition philosophy glaring inconsistency between the Pocket PC and the Tablet PC? I can see both sides. But wanting it both ways? Interesting questions... :)
“Microsoft is turning its keyboards in to ink - that is once it has worked out how to unravel your handwriting...”
“Chief software architect Bill Gates is pushing to let the operating system begin to recognise an individual’s handwriting quirks and expand the database on that user’s machine. But others within Microsoft say such a capability could do more harm than good, and the company would do better to just update the operating system's master database periodically. “There's a big debate about it,” said Jeff Raikes, Microsoft group vice president. “On the one hand, it seems obvious, (but) there is a question of if you (let users) put new samples into (their) database, are you going to improve the recognition, or are you going to degrade the recognition?” By maintaining central control of the database, Raikes said Microsoft is able to judge whether a particular addition actually improves the accuracy of the handwriting recognition, an ability the company loses if the software adapts on an individual basis...” (Source: Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
Posted Thursday, September 26, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
Jack Schofield of The Guardian takes a look at the Tablet PC and also details a nice end-of-story timeline per pen-computing history...
“...It's an idea that is dear to the heart of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who has hyped the Tablet PC in his last two Comdex computer show speeches in Las Vegas in 2000 and 2001. “I'm already using a Tablet PC as my everyday computer,” he said last year. “It's a PC that is virtually without limits, and within five years, I predict that it will be the most popular form of PC sold in America.”
“This month, Microsoft finally delivered the software - Windows XP Tablet PC Edition - as part of the XP Service Pack 1. PC manufacturers are now preparing Tablets for the grand launch just six weeks away. They include Acer, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hewlett-Packard, China's Legend, Toshiba, Viewsonic, and Walkabout Computers. In the UK, both Research Machines and Time Group have signed up as hardware partners. Many more could follow. The PC industry has stopped growing and companies are looking for something, anything, that will kickstart sales...”
Posted Thursday, September 26, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: 3
“...Microsoft...will unveil the Center for Information Work, a permanent exhibit of office products and software that are at least five years away...In a meeting room, whatever is written on a white board shows up on everyone's Tablet PC, and vice versa. A Ring Cam at the center of the table automatically selects the person speaking to webcast...” (Source: Dan Richman, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Posted Thursday, September 26, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“Corel Corp. says it will introduce a hybrid graphics and collaboration application for the Tablet PC, the forthcoming booklike portable-computing device based on a special version of Microsoft Windows. Corel's Grafigo software is designed to let users take advantage of the Tablet PC's pen-based input capabilities to collaborate with co-workers and partners via handwriting or sketching. The application also lets users mark up and read documents using a symbol library. Quick adoption of the Tablet PC and related apps could give Corel a much-needed boost...” (Source: Paul McDougall and John Kreiser, InformationWeek)
Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“Psion Teklogix, provider of rugged mobile devices and wireless LAN system implementation and support...announced the addition of four new variants of its rugged hand-held tablet, Netpad. The Netpad now comes equipped with two new wireless connectivity options for LAN and WAN networks. The introduction of the netpad 5000 series with the choice of integrated 802.11b or GSM/GPRS radios provides additional wireless connectivity options for mobile workers...All four new netpad tablets will be available with a choice of Microsoft CE. NET or Symbian operating system, providing seamless compatibility with leading pen-based software solutions, and easy integration with other Psion Teklogix wireless devices...” (Source: Matthew A. Peretz, allNetDevices.com)
Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
Article about that virtual keyboard, but with more in-depth coverage per the Canesta Keyboard Perception Chipset...
“The company's Keyboard Perception Chipset integrates electronic perception technology that permits machines and electronic devices of any nature to 'see' by tracking nearby objects in three dimensions in real time. The chipset itself-- which consists of an invisible light source, a pattern projector for the keyboard, and a unique sensor chip--is designed to be integrated into the cases of small mobile devices. According to the company, designers will be able to integrate the chipset into wireless devices with little or no size penalty...” (Source: e-inSITE)
Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
• Tablet PC to Launch Nov. 7th (German) - Roughly translated: Microsoft and different hardware manufacturers will introduce the “Tablet PC” on 7 November, which is a cross between a pocket computer and Notebook [on the market] Microsoft announced on Wednesday in Hamburg. (Source: Press Release)
• Socket Adds Bluetooth Capability to Bar Code Scanning Cards - “By adding Bluetooth to our In-Hand Scan laser scanning card, we have combined the lightweight highly portable features of laser bar code scanning with a Pocket PC, Pen Tablet or other handheld device with the ability to wirelessly network the scanned information,” said Michael Gifford, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Socket's Embedded and Industrial Business Unit. “Data can now be easily transferred real time over a short-range wireless link to a central data collection device, to a Bluetooth-enabled mobile printer to create a hard copy record of the scanning results, or to a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone for transfer over a wide area network anywhere in the world.” (Source: Press Release)
• Device dominance - “...Intel will be seeding the market with a reference design for a Digital Media Adapter, an IEEE 802.11x-enabled add-on for PCs that will connect all of the electronic devices in the home. In addition, the company will offer developer toolkits for creating applications that work across all of Intel's various chip architectures...Intel announced it will release to developers the specifications for an “experimental media distribution software stack utilizing industry standard UPnP technologies...” (Source: Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld)
Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“Acer America...announced that the Acer TravelMate C100, the first convertible Tablet PC, has been chosen by the industry's leading value-added resellers and solution providers as the recipient of the prestigious Best of VARVision Award in the category of systems and peripherals at VARVision Fall, held September 3-5 in San Francisco, CA. VARVision focuses on the small to medium business client, hosting the industry's top value added resellers. Winners are selected not only for the excellence of their product but also for their contribution to the channel. “Acer is honored to receive this award," said Mark Hill, Director, U.S. Channel Sales, “It is especially meaningful to be selected by the channel partners to whom Acer is truly dedicated.” (Source: Press Release)
Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“...The Domain 5000 comes loaded with Ubiquity, Destiny Networks' configurable software application that eliminates custom programming. By simply clicking on menus, the dealer configures both the software that controls the home and entertainment components and the software that creates the user interface for those components. This ease of configuration is true for both home control (lights, heating and cooling, fans, curtains, etc.) and entertainment control (whole house audio, home theaters).”
“...For those who prefer a touch screen display with elegant, user-friendly graphics, home and entertainment control is also available from a browser running on a networked computer, tablet PC or web-tablet...” (Source: Press Release)
Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“A Canadian battery manufacturer reckons it can produce an XP Tablet PC with up to 16 hours' untethered life...Electrovaya made the announcement a fortnight ago, and the news only percolated around the specialist sites. However, it’s the one we'd most like to see, when the Tablets are launched in earnest at this year's Comdex...” (Source: Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
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Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2002 by wmf Rating: n/a
NewsBits
• Microsoft expects modest PC business growth - “...Mr Raikes' business would be launching Microsoft's Tablet PC on November 7. He said he expected the product, which allows users to write on the laptop's screen using a pen, would eventually become standard sub-note book product. “If the manufacturers can provide pen and ink for a price that is less than 10 per cent more, then it will become standard,” he added. (Source: The Financial Times)
• Samsung Looks for Middleground in Handheld Market - “When combined with the full Windows CE OS, NEXiO's 5-inch TFT LCD display offers 800 x 480 resolution giving users the same Windows experience as a desktop. Conventional PDAs on the market based on the stripped-down Pocket PC platform only have resolutions of approximately 320 x 240. “We think there's a space between where the PDA is and where the notebook is,” said David Nichols, director of product marketing at Irvine, Calif.-based Samsung Electronics America. “I think a tablet is going to fill some of that but this has much greater attributes...” (Source: internetnews.com)
• Philips iPronto TSi6400 Remote Control “Tablet” - “The new $1699 MSRP Philips iPronto TSi6400 wireless home control panel expands the Pronto line in a brand new direction. This device combines the best of two infotainment worlds: home theater system control and 802.11b wireless broadband Internet access. Turn on your A/V system, find out what TV programs are available via the included program guide, then browse the web to find the information you need – all without the use of your computer!” (Source: remotecentral.com)
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
Oon Yeoh of The Edge Singapore, on his impressions of the Tablet PC...
“...The standalone version looks very sleek. The one I was shown at the Microsoft Singapore headquarters was shiny black, and literally made me go “wow” when I first saw it. The input device is a special stylus; however, you can also use an external keyboard. It was made by Fujitsu, which is no slouch in the industrial design department (its Lifebook laptop easily rivals Sony’s Vaio in terms of looks)...”
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“When devices running the specialized operating system hit the market Nov. 7, they'll support English, French, German, Korean, Japanese and both simplified and complex Chinese. However, they won't be able to make heads or tails out of Spanish or Italian, among other languages...”
“...As for the languages that are not included, Raikes said it's nothing personal. Microsoft is releasing Tablet PC in the languages in which its handwriting recognition databases are the strongest. “The recognition takes years to develop in a given language,” Raikes said. (Source: CNET News.com)
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“Following the debut of its panel and Tablet PCs at the end of May, Gigabyte Technology is planning to introduce more IA (information appliance) products, either in samples or commercialized forms, in the fourth quarter. Products on its current roadmap include mini-PCs, 10.4-inch Tablet PCs and 15-inch LCD monitors. In the future, Gigabyte will extend its business scope further into the e-book and LCD TV markets.”
“Gigabyte has begun shipments to fulfill its ODM orders for panel and Tablet PCs in the third quarter, all manufactured and assembled in its Ningbo, Zhejiang Province factory in China. The company noted that the Ningbo plant will serve as its production base for IA products.” (Source: Emma Wang and Christy Lee, DigiTimes.com)
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“...One area that has started to see some change already is the mobility space. However, there is still a long way to go at getting highly successful and automatic integration of mobile devices such as Pocket PCs and Tablet PCs with traditional desktop and server machines. The next few versions of Windows are going to bring all of these disparate devices together in a more cohesive fashion. As wireless networking becomes much more accessible and access to the internet becomes easier--more and more Windows components will take advantage of “hotspotting” where synchronization of data happens when possible as opposed to real time, all the time...”
“Other speculations by outside developers that haven’t been denied outright by Microsoft are an increased usage of alternative input devices. We’ve already seen the launch of the Tablet PC, and that used in conjunction with some of the new UI advances is going to make interacting with our PC’s a different enough experience. But consider adding to that proper voice recognition running right throughout Windows by default, including security measures with your “voiceprint”... (Source: Andrew Parsons, ZDNet Australia)
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“Flowfinity Wireless, a leading provider of ‘multi-tasking, always-available wireless applications’...announced its vision for seamless integration of wireless handhelds with existing enterprise infrastructure and applications. Flowfinity's products and technology provide innovative, yet pragmatic, solutions to the problems of extending enterprise applications to the mobile, frontline staff responsible for managing relationships, managing valuable assets, and managing critical information...” (Source: Press Release)
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“...The V1100 features a 10.4" SVGA TFT touch screen, 866MHz PIII-Mobile processor, Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system, 256MB SDRAM (expandable to 512MB), 20GB hard disk drive, built-in 802.11b mini-PCI Wi-Fi LAN, RJ-11 56kbps modem, RJ-45 ethernet, 2 USB and Firewire. The PC measures 288mm x 252.5mm x 28.5mm and weighs 1.54kg. It goes on sale in the UK on November 7th and is set to cost £1,699...” (Source: T3 - Future Publishing Ltd.)
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“...Founded in Buffalo five years ago, the group refurbishes used computers and provides them to schools. It also holds summer and after-school programs in software instruction and PC repair.”
“It will be hard to work in this country if you don’t know how to use a computer,” said Microsoft Corp. executive Dana Manciagli, the keynote speaker. The software maker and PC manufacturers are teaming up to make technology that is easier to use, she said. Manciagli showed off a “tablet” computer, to be introduced this November. The notebook-sized tablet allows the user to write in script by hovering the tip of a pen above an electrically charged screen. The tablet - which runs on a specially tailored version of Microsoft Windows software - can translate the handwritten notes into a typewritten page.” (Story and Picture Source: Buffalo News)
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
Blogging with ink?
I recently began delving into the ?blogging? phenomenon. In some sense, I've been a blogger since I founded my first web site (http://www.internetbookinfo.com) in April 1994. But the tools that are available now -- e.g. http://www.blogger.com -- are clearly making blogging a more interesting and more dynamic phenomenon. Which raises a great question for Tablet PC users ...
When will there be ink-enabled blogging services?
Can existing blogging tools incorporate .MHTML or .TIFF images output from Microsoft Journal?
When will we be able to annotate a friend's blog, or our own, using ink?
When will we be able to post .jn* Journal files to a blog?
Ink-enabled blogging could be a big deal -- who will be first across the finish line? Developers, are you working on this?
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by wmf Rating: n/a
Daniel Robinson of IT Week with his impressions of the Tablet PC...
“...I find that writing on a screen just doesn't feel right compared with pen and paper. The screen surface is smooth and slippery, and doesn't “give” like paper does under pressure from a pen nib, so the experience is more akin to writing on wet glass with a poker. My feeling is that people won't take to writing on the screen unless this is improved, but on the other hand, I can see them taking to the stylus as a mouse substitute...” (Source: IT Week)
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“...An optimized version of PowerPoint accepts handwritten notes and highlighting--entered using pen input, just as people now might mark up a printout of a slide show. And the version of Outlook for the tablet PC will accept “ink mail,” or handwritten notes input by pen and dropped into e-mail messages. Software developers are accommodating alternate input, Raikes said. He gave a preview of a Franklin Covey calendar program, codeveloped with Agilix, that accepts input by keyboard or pen and graphically resembles a standard desktop organizer on the screen. Pen entries are searchable based on handwriting recognition...” (Source: Peggy Watt, PCWorld.com)
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“The Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference was announced today by the Open eBook Forum (www.openebook.org/tabletpc), an event focusing on the impact the Tablet PC platform from Microsoft Corporation will have on ePublishing markets. Scheduled for Thursday, December 5, 2002 at the McGraw-Hill auditorium, the one-day conference will showcase the powerful new features of the Tablet PC platform and how book, magazine, newspaper and other publishers can provide digital versions of their publications for an excellent on-screen reading experience. Sponsors include Microsoft Corporation, OverDrive Inc., McGraw-Hill, New York University Center for Publishing and Palm Digital Media. Presenting the keynote address will be John Frederiksen, Product Unit Manager of Microsoft Corporation's eReading group...”
Thursday, December 5, 2002 (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) McGraw-Hill Auditorium 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd floor (between 48th and 49th streets) New York City
Posted Monday, September 23, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
“Global IT player, Microsoft Corporation, is ready with a software to launch a Tablet Personal Computer (TPC) by November in India and has already identified some domestic hardware companies to manufacture the devices. This was announced by Microsoft Corporation Regional Director (South Asia) Sanjay Mirchandani, while giving a live demonstration of the Tablet and Pocket PC at a press conference here today...” (Source: The Hindu newspaper)
Posted Monday, September 23, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
Tablet PC Developers Create 404s, too
A bit sad to see that even with all the advantages of .NET, the Tablet PC SDK, and so on, the Microsoft site Tabletpcdeveloper.com still generates such low-tech, archaic errors as ?404 not found? when you click on THE ONLY ITEMS EVEN LISTED ON THEIR DOWNLOAD PAGE...
The moral of the story is that high-tech, emerging technology is nice, but even with the Tablet PC, you still have to put the content where you say you're going to...
Posted Monday, September 23, 2002 by wmf Rating: n/a
“...Alexandra Loeb, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Tablet PC Group, who was in Singapore for the media summit, said she had seen at least seven different designs for the Tablet PC. “At the official launch of the Tablet PC in two months, there may be at least 20 different designs that you can choose from,” she said. (Source: Zatni Arbi, ASIA WorldSources, Inc. and AP)
Posted Sunday, September 22, 2002 by ChrisC Rating: n/a
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