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Goodbye, farewell, and thanks for supporting Tablet!

Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 4:31 PM by Hilton Locke
Well, it's about time for me to blog again. My privileges were suspended following that last posting here caused a small ruckus. You may have seen my name/posting referenced on ZDnet, Engadget, Cnet, Fake Steve Jobs, Seattle PI, among others. This posting Read More...
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Dell Latitude XT Tablet on the website!

Posted Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:11 PM by Hilton Locke
Unfortunately, not yet available for order that I can tell. http://www.dell.com/tablet?s=biz&cs=555 Also, I want to apologize to the Tablet fans out there for not posting for so long. Reorgs, moving buildings, and Windows 7 work have all conspired Read More...
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Lenovo X-series batteries failing (and what to do about it)

Posted Monday, July 23, 2007 1:02 AM by Hilton Locke
I had to have my battery replaced after a mere 30-something cycles. While I was whining about it to my Lenovo rep, my office-neighbor called out that she too, had suffered from a battery issue exactly like mine. After getting our batteries replaced, I Read More...
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MVP chat June 21, 2007

Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 2:49 PM by Hilton Locke
Hi all, Windows Experience is hosting their regular monthly MVP chat Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 10am Pacific. "The audience for this chat will be mostly our worldwide Windows Shell MVPs, but a few others such as Tablet, Printing and IE may show up as Read More...
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Dell Tablet announced??

Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 9:52 AM by Hilton Locke
Could it be? The last major OEM still not producing a Tablet PC might be ready to join the fold. Doesn't sound too interesting, from what little detail is in the article. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62014041,00.htm "We wanted to Read More...
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Thanks MIXers! Thanks MEDCers!

Posted Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:28 PM by Hilton Locke
I had a great time meeting you and talking with you about UMPCs, Tablet PCs and Windows Vista. I have received valuable feedback from you regarding form factors, "must-have" components and usability, which I will be passing back up to our Business Development Read More...
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Lenovo x60T Radio Control

Posted Friday, April 27, 2007 10:36 AM by Hilton Locke
For a while now, I have wondered how to turn off the WWAN and Bluetooth radios in my x60. Thanks to a program manager who finally asked the question, and to the Lenovo System Engineer who answered, I now know the secret. And I'm sharing with you. If your Read More...
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MIX and MEDC in less than two weeks!

Posted Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:40 AM by Hilton Locke
I'm scheduled to make appearances at MIX - a 72 hour conversation and MEDC - Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas, April 29th - May 3rd. I'm looking forward to seeing you, perhaps for the last time in-person. You see, after Windows Vista Read More...
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The 3GB-not-4GB RAM problem

Posted Friday, April 13, 2007 2:59 PM by Hilton Locke
Problem statement: I just bought a system with 4GB of physical RAM in it. The BIOS posts 4GB, but Windows tells me that I have anywhere from 2.75 - 3.5GB of RAM. Where is the rest of my RAM? Summary: If you are running 32-bit Windows, you must live with Read More...
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Windows Vista clean installs and wireless networking

Posted Saturday, March 10, 2007 12:22 PM by Hilton Locke
I've been using my Lenovo x60 Tablet for about a month now, and when I'm at home, I've not had any wireless connectivity. This wasn't such a big deal, as I can just plug in. But it's darn inconvenient! Last week, I was in class (Debugging .NET Applications, Read More...
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Daylight Savings change tomorrow!

Posted Saturday, March 10, 2007 12:17 PM by Hilton Locke
Don't forget to update your systems with the Daylight Savings update before tomorrow. Details are on Microsoft.com as http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388 Read More...
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Second impressions: Lenovo x60 Tablet

Posted Friday, February 23, 2007 2:42 PM by Hilton Locke
After being sick the last couple of days, I got back in to work today and decided to finish my impressions piece for the x60. Last week, I allowed my 3-year-old to use the x60's touch input feature. I immediately noticed that the screen shows skin oils Read More...
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First impressions: Lenovo x60 Tablet

Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 4:11 PM by Hilton Locke
Well, it's been about 10 days since I received my new desktop replacement, the Lenovo x60 Tablet. The configuration I got is top-notch, something that I wouldn't be able to afford if I were buying this for strictly personal use. Of course, the first thing Read More...
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Lenovo x60 dual-mode (touch) Tablet available at Costco

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:51 PM by Hilton Locke
It's not running Vista (yet), but it's available on Costco.com. http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11197657&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&s=1 Read More...
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Touch and pen input issues

Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 3:19 PM by Hilton Locke
Today in my RSS reader, I found a review from PC Magazine dated 1/7/07 on the new HP Pavilion TX1000 Tablet PC. In the review, Cisco Cheng writes "But the OS did not recognize many of my pen strokes. One of the big reasons is that HP elected to go with Read More...
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