Mobile PC (Tablet PC) - Thoughts and Ideas : Maundering

Size Matters? Maybe, for an Artist

wnewquay — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:27:00 GMT

When it comes to sketching on a Tablet PC size probably matters. With the recent announcement of the Toshiba Tecra M4, the most compelling new specification (for me) was the screen resolution / size. (1400 x1050 on a 14” screen). There are lots of other interesting differences (physical size, weight, video processor, cpu, optical drive), but for today I will focus on screen resolution / size matters.

Join me as I contemplate the question: Does Size Matter?

Link: Size Matters - Artist

If I Knew Then What I Know Now - Part II - Investments

wnewquay — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 06:08:00 GMT

Continuing those notes to self, if I could post a letter back in time, this time I'm trying to prepare myself for some of the harder-to- quantify aspects of Tablet PC ownership. Let's talk about investments.

Link: If I knew then, what I know now... Part II - Investments

If I Knew Then, What I Know Now

wnewquay — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 06:12:00 GMT

Here's a collection of thoughts I would put in a letter and send to myself in a time machine. The date: A couple of weeks before I purchased my first Tablet PC.

Link: If I Knew Then, What I Know Now

Are Tablet PCs Too Expensive?

wnewquay — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 02:26:00 GMT

How often have you read or thought that Tablet PCs will not enter the mainstream until the price comes down.

Let's ponder that awhile and explore the question,
"Are Tablet PC's too expensive?" Today let's ponder ...

Compared to What?

I think it is a tragic failure of logic to look at a Tablet PC and see a portable computer. This will be the first of several mini-articles addressing the question.

Link: Too Expensive? Compared to what?

What IS a Tablet PC?

wnewquay — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 04:24:00 GMT

You have to wonder, if Tablet PCs are so great, why don't we see more of them in day-to-day life. You rarely see them in peoples' arms, in lecture halls, libraries or at a conference table. You might see one in an Internet Café, but you probably won't.

Could it be that even those that have one just haven't found a way to define it. We don't have a virtual machine model or common understanding to share.

Join me while I ponder this.

Link: What IS a Tablet PC?

Take my Tablet PC ... Please!

wnewquay — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:12:00 GMT

... Take my Tablet PC ... Please!
- With apologies to Henny Youngman
Much to my surprise, a well known personality in the Tablet PC space wrote to me asking my opinion of the HP TC1100. I know that he is familiar with The Tablet Rationalizer tool, and my first inclination was to suggest he use it.

Reading his note again; he did not ask which Tablet PC to buy, but rather:
"Do you like TC1100? Would you recommend it to others?".

Link: Take my Tablet PC ... Please!

Tablet PC - Transparent Computing

wnewquay — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:43:00 GMT

I think the Tablet PC platform is a winner because ...

It is for me the most transparent computing technology in my computing cluttered life.

It allows me to::

To do real work without having to focus on the technology.
When I do this in the presence of others (after the initial oooh ahhh phase), the technology does not intrude on interactions with the other people. Instead, it usually enhances it.
When I lecture walking around with my Tablet PC, what I do on my screen, including inking shows up on a projector or participants machines, in real time. This elicits a certain amount of wonder at first, but becomes normal very quickly.

Read the rest

Link: Tablet PC - Transparent Computing

Have you lost your Tablet PC Pen?

wnewquay — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:36:00 GMT

The answer to this and other life's mysteries awaits.

Link: Have you lost it?

Thinking in Ink

wnewquay — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:24:00 GMT

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For Fritz who wanted something in ink

Musings of Fountain Pen Writer

wnewquay — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:19:00 GMT

I knew that one day my idiosyncrasies would mature into eccentricities. My penchant for pens and particularly fountain pens seemed a waif in the sea of technologies in which I was adrift. My direction set, I could not comprehend my desire for a visceral interface to the offset the sterility of the binary device.

Join me as I explore Uncapping the Pen