James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun shows off the HP tx2051 Entertainment Notebook that is also a fine, although a bit heavy, Tablet PC. The tx2051 has dual digitizers providing a very nice touch screen and an active digitizer for use as a Tablet PC. James shows us how well the touch screen works for interacting with the screen and demonstrates inking with the Wacom pen. Enjoy the video.
Kevin Tofel spends 20 minutes showing every aspect of the MSI Wind with Windows XP. The 6-cell battery with this netbook should last for at least five hours. It's quick to sleep and resume!
James Kendrick of jkontherun.com takes a quick look at the BlueAnt V1 voice activated headset. The V1 has the voice recognition stuff integrated into the headset so it can be used with any phone that lacks that feature. It is a Bluetooth 2.1 headset and has dual microphones and noise cancellation technology. Enjoy the show
Just to give you an idea in the performance difference between the new Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium and the older Q1P, I've got a comparison of H.264 playback. A 720p HD movie trailer in Quicktime, to be specific. At a 5.8 Mbps bitrate, this pushes a little beyond the limits of what should be expected from a UMPC, but I think it's important to see how these devices handle it.
James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun is one of the first reviewers to get his hands on the brand spanking new HP Mini UMPC. The HP Mini is an ultra-portable notebook computer starting at $499 making it a fair competitor with the Asus EEE PC. Join James as he shows us the remarkable build quality on such a cheap notebook PC.
Although most folks have read the good news by now, James and Kevin cover what's going to change now that jkOnTheRun is part of the GigaOM fold. Long story short? Nothing, other than more focus and great mobile tech coverage!
We got a loaner FlyBook for two weeks and put it through the paces of our mobile grind. The most innovative feature has to be the integrated SIM slot and WWAN capabilities. You can make celluar calls right through the FlyBook!
This video shows the Pinnacle PCTV HD USB tuner that plays TV, records TV, and does everything your Media center will do on either a Mac or a Windows box. This demo shows the TV on a MacBook Pro.
Kevin Tofel and James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun have a geek session that is an unboxing of the newly available Acer Aspire One netbook. The Acer that Kevin shows us is the Linux version with 512 MB of memory and an 8 GB SSD. Kevin shows us how fast it is to get this baby out of the box and hard at work and it is definitely an attractive notebook for $379.
Who needs an iPhone when you can have a vPhone? The Vista Smartphone Interface runs on Windows Mobile Smartphones and Phone Edition devices and is a really cool interface for working with the phone
James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun has his hands on a unique device, the Redfly Mobile Companion by Celio. The Redfly is a small laptop form that simply couples wirelessly with a Windows Mobile smartphone and expands the screen to 800x480 while providing a full QWERTY keyboard and a touchpad. Watch the video to see why James is so excited by this $499 device.
James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun gives a ten minute look at using all the features of the iPod Touch. Special emphasis is on the Safari web browsing experience which is the best mobile browser bar none.