Last month I bought the HP tx2000z for less than $1000. There were all sorts of deals like free shipping, free webcam/microphone/fingerprint scanner, free RAM upgrades, free hard drive upgrades, free Bluetooth upgrades, etc. Of course I shopped around and Tablet PCs with similar specifications from other manufacturers were more than double the price! Just about everyone I’ve told about this has quickly picked one up for themselves. Typical configurations include dual core AMD Turion …
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Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.Fediverse Profile
Apple Compares its 3G Speed to Really Old Windows Mobile and Symbian Devices
In the WWDC 2008 conference keynote today, Steve Jobs compared the iPhone 3G’s 3G internet speed to the Nokia N95 and Palm Treo 750; two devices that are about 6 months older than the original 1 year old iPhone. Apple is notorious for distorting statistics and such in order to make their products seem better than they really are and this might be another good example. I wonder if newer HSDPA devices can get the …
Continue readingFITALY 5 Now Available
Back in the old days, when I would predominantly use touch-screen-only phones, and Windows Mobile 2003 was all the rage, the FITALY software input panel was a great way to enter text using a stylus. Its one-point-friendly keyboard layout made typing text very quick and easy. Well, Fitaly is still around, and it’s now at version 5! You can find detailed descriptions of what’s new, on their website. Many of you will be most happy …
Continue readingTouch Diamond’s TouchFLO 3D Usability
You’ve already seen the Touch Diamond’s boot up video which teaches you how to use the TouchFLO 3D interface. In the video below I’ll show you around a little more and add some of my thoughts on the interface. As Horace Luke of HTC said in a press conference about the Touch Diamond and its new TouchFLO 3D interface; “You should be able to carry a bag and walk down the street and get to …
Continue readingThanks to all Windows Mobile Partners!
Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business Senior Vice President, Andy Lees, has written a letter to all Windows Mobile Partners, thanking them for helping to make Windows Mobile such a successful product. Today, more and more competitors are jumping into the smartphone market or announcing upgrades, with features we delivered to customers years ago. Overall, we all benefit from the increased attention on everything that a smartphone can do and the difference it can make in people’s …
Continue readingThe Touch Diamond’s Boot Up Video
HTC’s marketing verbiage for the Touch Diamond says “the HTC Touch Diamond™ signals a giant leap forward in combining hi-tech prowess with intuitive usability and exhilarating design.” We’ll see how true that is as I continue my review of the Touch Diamond, but to give you a hint about its intuitiveness, one thing you may not know is that the Touch Diamond actually plays a full-screen video for you the first time you boot it …
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