Blog:: Craig Pringle

I was just chatting to J. R. Hughson from Microsoft. J.R. is a developer working on some cool mobile PC features in Vista including Network Projectors. Even cooler J.R. is using a LS800 as his "dog food" machine running Vista and Office 2007.
He tells me that most of the drivers work out of the box in his current build. He is running daily builds so Beta 2 users YMMV
Performance looked snappy with 1GB of RAM and he is not currently using a SD Card as a ReadyBoost device.

Warner Crocker has joined the GottaBeMobile.com team as a contributor
The announcement was made during an ink cast where Dennis interviews a Mystery guest, and makes a GBM announcement!
Check it out.

I'm sitting in a session at TechEd and I can see four tablets in use from where I sit. That's not counting the LS800 I'm using.
The breakdown is:
2x Lenovo X41t
1x HP TC 4200
1x Motion 1E 1600

I'm keeping a running total of Tablets in Use at TechEd and I'll report back at the end of the event.
So far it looks like quite a good turn out!

Mobile Devices MVP Jack Cook wrote up his first day at TechEd - Including a picture of yours truly showing off the Motion LS800
Check it out here...
http://experiencemobility.com/2006/06/teched-is-in-bostonand-it-is-big.html
(Jacks a bit green with envy as he badly wants one of these babies)

Repost because I decided to fix a typo at midnight and deleted the original post by mistake.  Idiot!

Pretty much every time I talk to the guys I know at Motion Computing I ask about their roadmap. "When are you guys going to ship a dual core Motion?"

And I always get the same answer... a polite "No Comment"

However, when I asked the guy on the stand at TechEd he said... " by the end of the year"

Now I grant you that that may not be the most reliable source in the world but at least it seems to indicate that there is something in the works... Bring it on!

i-toyzi-toyzi-toyz provided me with a Motion Computing LS800 LS800 and I am using that in Boston. I'm still sitting in Espresso Royale and I've had three people come up and ask about the tablet in the last 30 mins. I've got my demo down pat :)
Either Americans are more curious and more willing to come up and ask or the Ls800 is more of a head turner. I'm betting it is a bit of both! Either way it is a good thing!

You don't get glass but it runs fairly well. I have a GB of RAM and it runs about the same as XP did. I do have some issues, though.
No Brightness control has some implications for battery life
With the out-of-the-box driver you don't get rotation either. If you install the Latest XP driver from the HP site then you get rotation
More on this later.

I'm sitting in my new favorite cafe in Boston. Espresso Royale offers Great Coffee and free wifi! What more could a jetlagged geek ask for? It you need a caffeine and or connectivity fix in Boston you way want to check it out. (It's in Newbury street)

I'm in the Red Carpet lounge in Terminal 7 of LAX. Just crossed paths with Peter O'Dowd an exchange MVP based in Wellington. Were both on our way to Boston for TechEd - But we are on different flights... Almost there now!

This Friday I'm off to Boston for TechEd 2006.  Needless to say I can't wait!

I leave Wellington at 4:30pm NZ time, which is about 8:30pm on Thursday Boston time.  I arrive in Boston at 5:40am on Saturday.  Yikes, that is a long trip.  Clearly I am going to need some strong coffee that day - anyone where I can get a good espresso in Boston?

If you are heading to TechEd drop me an email - I'm always keen to meet up with like minded tablet types!

If you are testing Vista Beta 2 then you may be interested in this:
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The free subscription is valid for a year, including updates and web based support. Good stuff CA.

I'm home - in body anyway!
Had a great time in Singapore and I have much to blog about.
More Soon...

I've just arrived in Singapore.  I'm here for a few days - and I have some really cool activities planned.

Tomorrow I am going to visit Heulab to see their "Classroom of the Future" showcase.  I'm getting a guided tour and I'm really looking forward to it.  I have seen the Heulab products in action before, including the flagship product Fun with Virtual Classroom.  It is an amazing tool that allows teachers to empower students to colaborate without relequishing control.  Best of all it has been written from the ground up to take advantage of the Tablet PC.

Friday and Saturday I am attending Vista readiness labs being run by Microsoft for selected influencers.  I'll be blogging more about that later.

Sunday I don't fly out until 8PM at night so I intend to have a good poke around Singapore before I go.