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Raising the White Flag

2 February 2008 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Tracy's Updates

Hi, all. So, yes, as usual, I am swamped.

I’m taking six classes (my normal is 4) in order to graduate in May, except two of those have to be done by March 24th since they’re online classes and I can’t have outstanding online/extension courses past the deadline to graduate. I’m also working part-time at an office in order to pay the bills. I’m also planning my May wedding, which any girl knows is distracting to say the least (guys just don’t seem to get this, heh). 

Welcome Back to Spring Classes

13 January 2008 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Blog Related

Today is the beginning of the end as I start the first day of my last semester. Have a great spring semester to all!

CES 2008: Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0 Booth

12 January 2008 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: CES 2008

The Origami Experience 2.0 looked neat. The first version of it was only relatively helpful since it left much to be desired as far as usability, but it looks like MS took more into account such as actual usage. 

There’s a NOW screen that grabs all the things it thinks are new and interesting (mail, podcasts, weather, music, news, etc.) and I really liked the picture password option it adds. Picture password displays a picture of your choice and you touch the points on the picture in the order that you earlier designated as your “password.” More like a passcode. I thought it was cool.

CES 2008: Tablet/UMPC Meet-up!

12 January 2008 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: CES 2008

Thanks to GottaBeMobile, JKOnTheRun, TabletLawyer, MobileDemand, and Microsoft for sponsoring the 2008 CES Tablet/UMPC meet-up! It was a real blast to see everyone and to talk to some people I hadn’t yet had a chance to chat with. Also, thanks to them many OEM’s who helped out including Lenovo, HP, Motion Computing, TabletKiosk, Fujitsu, ProClip, Otterbox, TechSmith, and IT Cases.

I’m amazed at the shear amount of goodies that were found to give away, and not just free pens and shirts, but Tablet PCs (any fully-loaded Motion, an HP TX2000, and a Lenovo X61T) and a UMPC (the Fujitsu U810). It seemed everyone was in the giving mood!

CES 2008: Toshiba Protégé M700

12 January 2008 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: CES 2008

I didn’t get as much time as I hoped with this on, but it sure is a powerhouse for only 4.6 lbs. You can get a 2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo which is pretty sweet for a tablet with dual touch and pen. I really liked my M200 and it seems they’ve only improved the series. Call me greedy, but I do wish it was lighter since it only has a 12.1″ screen.

 

CES 2008: Cool HP Monitor

12 January 2008 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: CES 2008

Wouldn’t this be neat to have for tablet work? It has great clarity and brightness, also.

A note about the timing of posts

12 January 2008 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Blog Related

I have CES posts that I wasn’t able to get out during CES. Tuesday night I started a cough and then it turned into a nasty cold Wednesday and Thursday (and Friday and today still).

This means for you that while I did write posts, I didn’t have the energy to search out an internet connection. Now that I’m back home, problem solved, and I can get back to posting.

CES 2008: Samsung’s Q1 Ultra / Ultra Premium

10 January 2008 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: CES 2008

Samsung had quite the showing at CES, with a giant section and a good chunk of it showing off their many variations of the Q1 Ultra/Ultra Premium. I think “Ultra Premium” is going a little overboard on the naming, but I’ll put that aside for now.

After playing with this in person, it’s not bad. The keys are as tiny as they look, but it’s much perkier than the old Q1 I have with a 1.3 GHz Intel Core Solo and still with “7.5 hours” battery life, although I don’t know what that equates to in real life and it depends on the operating system. It also has 80 GB hard drive or a solid state drive option.

CES 2008: Picasa Photo Stream Of CES

9 January 2008 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: CES 2008

I posted my CES photos online here for public viewing. Included is the tablet get together.

http://picasaweb.google.com/studenttablet/CES2008

CES 2008: Day 2 Update - Chest Cold?

8 January 2008 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: CES 2008

I think I have a chest cold so I’m loaded (with the recommended dosage, of course) on NyQuil. A little out of it now because of it, so I’ll save both you and I the trouble of embarrassing/weird posts and wait till tomorrow.

The tablet meet-up was a blast. Thanks to all the sponsors. I have lots of pictures. Will post a flickr thing of them once I get them uploaded tomorrow.

OK, falling asleep typing…G’night y’all.

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