Introducing the QuadPad 1

28 November 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Hardware, Low Budget Tablets

Here’s a slate-based Tablet PC many of you probably won’t have seen before and for good reason. A product of Quaduro Systems, a small company based in the UK, the QuadPad 1 is a Tablet PC that has had its previous marketing focus directed towards the automative and logistic industry. However, confident that the QuadPad 1 can also perform to a similarly high level of function and effectiveness in schools, Quaduro Systems are now beginning to focus their attention on the educational sector, primarily in the UK.

The Amazon Kindle: A Yin for the Tablet Pc’s Yang?

21 November 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Digital Books, Hardware

Well the much anticipated Kindle e-book reader from Amazon has arrived (at least in the US - heaven knows when those of us who live elsewhere in the world are going to see it..sob!) and as you’ve no doubt seen for yourself already, it’s causing quite a bit if a stir on the blogosphere. The love/hate camps have sprung up, with the geekamentalists in the ‘love’ camp proclaiming the dawning of a new technological age, while the ‘die hards’ in the ‘hate’ camp are lamenting the death of the book in its traditional form (and also moaning a lot about the price :o)). I’m kind of midway between both camps (love the reader, hate the high price point) but wherever you’re inclined to pitch your tent, one important question remains - What value, in terms of usability, does the Kindle hold for the student who already uses a Tablet PC?

From Where I Sit: A must-read blog for the young professional

19 November 2007 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Blog Related

Michael Hyatt, President and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishing, has a blog titled “From Where I Sit” where he frequently explains the secrets to his success and the success of those around him. I don’t know about you, but any time the head of a successful company offers free advice, I listen intently.

Where to begin? His blog has given me so much advice and hints for the workplace that I feel I should thank him when I get my first promotion. From reading his work you can tell he’s a true gem of a person and would be wonderful to work for/with (makes me sad I’m not in the publishing industry!).

Long’s visual lowdown on the specs for Dell’s Latitude XT

19 November 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Choosing a Tablet PC, Hardware, News

As we all know there’s been a lot of chit-chat on the ‘net-vine’ about the specs for Dell’s eagerly awaited Latitude XT Tablet PC. However Long Zheng of istartedsomething.com has posted a nice little run-down on the ‘official’ specs which he’s enhanced with a few visuals. Interestingly one of the ‘visuals’ that Long has pasted up, is a piece of internal documentation that suggests that Dell should have been shipping the unit into our eager sweaty hands already (it’s nice to see Europe would have got it earlier than the US for a change as well :o)). Oh well if nothing else Dell is teaching us all to be patient

Crayon Physics

18 November 2007 Posted By: William
Posted in: Blog Related

I have to recommend that everone has a shot at this great game that is brilliantly suited to tablets. It’s short, challenging and an incredible amount of fun.

It’s free and many of the game elements are under CC. Get it here:

Kloonigames » Blog Archive » Crayon Physics

Giveaway of the Day: Wow……EverNote!!

15 November 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Software

Every now and then Giveaway of the Day comes up with an exceptional giveaway and today must be one of their best ever - the incredibly useful and Tablet PC friendly EverNote. You may remember I highlighted EverNote as one of the primary tools in my ‘Back to Uni software box.’ It’s absolutely one of the best Tablet PC notetakers out there so if you haven’t tried it already then get yourself along to Giveaway of the Day fast!! ::via GottaBeMobile who credit discovery to jkOnTheRun

I’m back and Tablet news recap

15 November 2007 Posted By: William
Posted in: News

Hey again everyone, hopefully now that its the summer holidays (Australia remember) ill have a bit more time to post a bit more tablet related content. Unfortunately its been pretty busy lately with being featured on engadget (I’m the one on the right) for a major competition I won and also completing half (the Computer Science part) of my degree with a handful of exams.

Fortunately though, all of the Tablet news for a while seems to have condensed itself into the past 2 weeks. Here is a rundown of some of the main stories.

Take a productivity break with a Cup of Chai

2 November 2007 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Blog Related

Here’s a special guest-author post from a site with similar theme as ours called Cup of Chai (though this blog focuses more on Macs and productivity). We’re pulling a switcheroo and swapping sites for one article in hopes for a little knowledge sharing and diversity. We may have different ideas of what is the best solution, but I’m open minded ^_^.

My article should be up on his site some time in the near future. Enjoy, and feel free to comment away!

The following article was written by Associate Editor Arjun Muralidharan, the mind behind Cup Of Chai - The Student Blog.