http://studenttabletpc.com Promoting Tablet PCs in Higher Education Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:45:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well it's time for all of the bachelors of the world to lament because as of Saturday 31st May Tracy became happily conjoined in marriage to the man of her dreams, Ryan. Her proud mother (Alice) had already announced this in the forums, but I felt news as awesome as ... http://studenttabletpc.com/2008/06/hearty_congratulations_to_tracy_and_ryan.html Fancy a ton of online storage space for FREE? I thought you would. Well it's not quite a ton but Microsoft today announced an upgrade of their Windows Live SkyDrive facility from a measly 1GB up to a really useful 5GB. What's more they've also extended the service to more ... http://studenttabletpc.com/2008/02/5gb_of_online_storage_for_free.html 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 ... http://studenttabletpc.com/2008/02/raising_the_white_flag.html Dealnews.com has a pretty fantastic deal on a Lenovo X60 Tablet. $851, shipped! It looks like similar units usually retail for around $1500, so this is definitely a good deal. Here are the relevent specs: Intel Core Duo L2400 1.66GHz dual-core processor 12.1" 1024x768 LCD 1GB RAM 80GB hard drive 802.11a/b/g wireless Windows XP Tablet Edition via BoingBoing ... http://studenttabletpc.com/2008/01/lenovo_thinkpad_x60_12-inch_tablet_pc_for_851.html Today is the beginning of the end as I start the first day of my last semester. Have a great spring semester to all! http://studenttabletpc.com/2008/01/welcome_back_to_spring_classes.html Thanks to Kathy Jacobs with Vitamin CH for this tip. This device (which comes in other colors than pink) does around 5-6 hours recording, plays MP3's, has an FM tuner, and has an easy-to-use user interface. Only $70 at Fry's and weighs hardly anything. I thought it was neat. http://studenttabletpc.com/2008/01/neat_little_recordermp3_player.html 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 ... http://studenttabletpc.com/2008/01/ces_2008_microsoft_origami_experience_20_booth.html 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, ... http://studenttabletpc.com/2008/01/ces_2008_tabletumpc_meet-up.html 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 ... http://studenttabletpc.com/2008/01/ces_2008_toshiba_protg_m700.html Wouldn't this be neat to have for tablet work? It has great clarity and brightness, also. http://studenttabletpc.com/2008/01/ces_2008_cool_hp_monitor.html