You can Bluetooth tether a Windows Mobile phone with a Mac just like you can with a PC. Here's how.

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I've spent nearly a week using the latest 7-inch tablets (or are they e-readers?): the Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire. In this video, I share an overview of both devices and I offer a purchase recommendation: The device choice depends on what you want to do.

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So my son Tyler saved up, sold a gadget and did some extra chores for his Apple iPad. Somehow his arrived before mine last week — go figure. In any case, hes got a week under his belt with Apples new device and wanted to share his thoughts, just like he reviewed the first netbook over two years ago. Although I dont think Tyler will convince anyone to buy (or not buy) an iPad, he offers an interesting perspective — hes grown up in a world thats always had personal computers. Plus he likes to be on camera.

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Kevin Tofel spends 20 minutes showing every aspect of the MSI Wind with Windows XP. The 6-cell battery with this netbook should last for at least five hours. It's quick to sleep and resume!

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James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun has a cool new Blackberry Storm to show off and he does so in this video. You'll see an overview of the coolest Blackberry ever and yes, James shows us how to copy and paste on the touchscreen. :)

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Just to give you an idea in the performance difference between the new Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium and the older Q1P, I've got a comparison of H.264 playback. A 720p HD movie trailer in Quicktime, to be specific. At a 5.8 Mbps bitrate, this pushes a little beyond the limits of what should be expected from a UMPC, but I think it's important to see how these devices handle it.

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The process is a little more complicated than the older Samsung UMPCs, but if you're game, here's how to take the device apart and upgrade the RAM

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James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun gives us a thorough look at the sexy new Lenovo IdeaPad U110 ultra-portable notebook. The U110 is smaller and lighter than the MacBook Air and almost as thin and is highly portable yet powerful. With a 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo processor the U110 can handle any task with ease. The red and black notebook looks sweet and is a joy to use. Take a look and enjoy the show

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This video shows the Pinnacle PCTV HD USB tuner that plays TV, records TV, and does everything your Media center will do on either a Mac or a Windows box. This demo shows the TV on a MacBook Pro.

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I'm back home from the AT&T store to give you eight minutes with the 875U. I can't overstate how large this AirCard is; should be fine for most notebooks, but UMPC owners will want to take this into consideration.

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Today Kevin shows you the Microsoft Tag beta on the iPhone. It works on other phones as well: Windows Mobile, J2ME, S60, and BlackBerry. You simply point your phone's camera at a tag and it decodes the information which could be a URL, contact info, text or more.

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James and Kevin get some hands on time with the Sony VAIO P. First impressions after this high-level overview? VERY well designed.

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I time the restore process using the hidden partition on the SSD drive of the Eee PC. How quick do you think it is?

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James Kendrick of jkontherun.com is showing off the new 13-inch aluminum MacBook just announced two days ago by Apple. The new MacBook is a thin and svelte mobile computer with the buttonless trackpad and four finger gestures which James demonstrates in the video. You also get the first chance ever to see four notebooks at one time with 10, 11, 12, and 13 inch screens for size comparison. Enjoy the show!

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Yesterday I mentioned TextOnPhone, an eBook web app for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Here's an eleven-minute walkthrough to give you an idea of what it offers. I specifically did this demo in a "worst-case" scenario by using EDGE, ie; I shut my WiFi radio off on the iPhone. You can see the performance of the experience, which overall, I think is very good. The application wisely caches ahead a number of pages so that you really don't need to wait for pages to load. There are some basic user customization settings and some excellent eBook reading lists and I'm very impressed that the app remembers where you left off in a book. Overall, I was pretty impressed in the short time I've used TextOnPhone.

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James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun gives a tour of the HP EliteBook 2730p Convertible Notebook or Tablet PC. The 2730p is a thin and light notebook with a swivel screen that performs full Tablet PC functions in addition to being a sterling notebook computer. James gives a comparison with the previous model, the 2710p, and shows the slice battery and slim docking station. Find out why James likes the 2730p so much.

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Kids are definitely in the target audience of the Asus Eee PC, so here's 12 minutes of thoughts from my 10 year old son, Tyler

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Here's a short demo of the Google Nexus One video camera, which offers 720 x 480 recording at up to 20 fps.

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Here's a quick sample of the Kodak Zi6 output. Not a bad little camcorder for around $150!

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Today I'm offering a short look at a free application called Switcher. It's for Windows Vista devices and only those with Aero functionality enabled. Switcher adds another useful way to navigate around through your active applications. There's a Tiled view that reminds me of Expose´ in Mac OS X, a Dock view and a simple Grid view. One keystroke combo is all it takes and you can also assign that combo to a mouse button.

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Want to get a feel for the size of Samsung Infuse 4G? I compare it to several other phones, an iPod touch and even a 7-inch tablet. Although the Infuse 4G doesn't use a dual-core processor, Android 2.2 runs fairly quickly on the 1.2 GHz chip.

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The Verizon Voyager has been hotly anticipated and even called the "iPod killer". I wouldn't agree with that but must say the touch screen coupled with a second display and full QWERTY keyboard makes the Voyager a nice phone. Add full HTML web browsing that works pretty well and Verizon has a winner. This video overview shows the features of the Voyager, especially how good the web browsing experience is.

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James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun shows us one of the newest netbooks, the Lenovo IdeaPad S10. The S10 is a 10-inch netbook running the Intel Atom processor, 1 GB of RAM, 160 GB HDD and has a multi-touch touchpad. James shows us everything about the S10 and demonstrates how the multi-touch works. Enjoy the show.

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James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun has his hands on a unique device, the Redfly Mobile Companion by Celio. The Redfly is a small laptop form that simply couples wirelessly with a Windows Mobile smartphone and expands the screen to 800x480 while providing a full QWERTY keyboard and a touchpad. Watch the video to see why James is so excited by this $499 device.

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Here's an early look at Phoenix HyperSpace, a fast booting environment to get you online fast.

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The Fujitsu P1610 is all Tablet PC with an 8.9" touchscreen. See the P1610 in all its glory in this video review.

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Got a touchscreen with Vista? Maybe you've seen that virtual mouse and maybe you haven't. Here's the setting that's not so easy to find.

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The HP 2710p is one of the thinnest and lightest notebook computers around that happens to also be a Tablet PC. Join us as JK unboxes this newest Tablet from HP

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James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun gives us a 10 minute look at the new HP Mini 2140 enterprise class netbook. The 2140 is the smallest netbook with a 10.1 inch screen and a nearly full size keyboard. Join James for this tour of the Mini 2140. Enjoy the show.

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James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun gives a ten minute look at using all the features of the iPod Touch. Special emphasis is on the Safari web browsing experience which is the best mobile browser bar none.

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Dell has introduced Latitude ON which is an instant-on environment for Windows notebooks. Latitude ON has a smartphone processor that is installed in the notebook alongside the standard Intel processor and it uses the low power processor while in the Linux environment. In this video James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun shows the Latitude ON environment, including switching between the Linux and Windows environments.

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No need for Bluetooth DUN or 3rd party software: it's easy to use Internet Sharing in Windows Mobile so you can tether your phone for use as a modem

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Use your mobile phone as a set-top box to play videos and games on your big-screen TV.

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Why limit yourself to 4 or 8GB of music when you can stream an unlimited amount of tunes you own for free?

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James Kendrick of jkontherun.com demonstrates the multi-touch gestures using the new touchpad on the MacBook recently introduced by Apple. James shows how he does everyday work that is made easier using the new touchpad. You will see precise copy and paste demonstrated, easy task switching using both the Expose and Task Switcher invoked by simple finger strokes on the touchpad. Enjoy the demonstration.

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Got 60 seconds? I show you how Microsoft's Voice Command for Windows Mobile 5.0 works. Just the basics in one minute. Be sure to use the resize button in YouTube; otherwise the screencast will be stretched.

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The new Apple wireless keyboard provides a good choice for a mobile keyboard due to its thin nature and small size... worth a look if you need to add a new wireless keyboard to your mobile office!

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After I got Skype to recognize the front camera on the Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium, it was time to put the device to the test. James and I routinely have video chats, some we even record and share, so I wanted to find out if I'd be able to use the new UMPC for this. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I guess a video equates to something like a million. Rather than write that many words, I'll let you judge the video. You'll get some early impressions of the HTC Shift from James during this slightly different Geek Session!

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James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun shows off the apps for the iPad that he is using most often. Apps that can be seen: Twitteriffic, NetNewsWire, Zinio, Browser Duo, NYT Editors' Choice, Mail, Safari, Kindle and iBooks. Some will find the demo of LogMeIn Ignition to be most interesting, as James shows the iPad running both a Mac and a Windows 7 PC.

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Here's a quick high-level look at the first Android handset, the T-Mobile G1 with Google.

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Although I'm showing Earthcomber on the iPhone, it works on multiple devices: Palm, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, even a standard cell phone that's web-capable. Earthcomber is touted as "personal radar for your phone" and that's a pretty accurate description. Although there are other location-based applications to find places and services in your location, I like Earthcomber's category and sub-category approach. It's a free service and easy to use, so give it a look when you're out and about.

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James Kendrick comes to you from Mobile Tech Manor and shows off some of the gear he is currently playing with, mmm, I mean using. He shows off the Lenovo IdeaPad U110, HP 2133 Mini-Note, Fujitsu P1620 Tablet PC, HP 2710p Tablet PC, Lenovo x61t Tablet PC and the HTC Advantage 7501. He also shows off the Kensington Slimblade wireless mouse. jkOnTheRun also has a big giveway compliments of Microsoft and you'll have to watch the video to see how you can win one of 3 licenses of Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite plus MSDN Premium. Each of these licenses is worth several thousand dollars so check out the video and get your entry in right away. See ya!

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Kevin Tofel and James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun have a video chat discussing and showing off the WiBrain UMPC. The WiBrain is a handheld computer with thumb board and trackpad and lots of cool features.

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James and Kevin geek out over coffee and the new arrival: the Fujitsu P1620. This refresh of the P1610 Tablet PC adds 2 GB of RAM and a Core 2 Duo processor.

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James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun shows off the HP tx2051 Entertainment Notebook that is also a fine, although a bit heavy, Tablet PC. The tx2051 has dual digitizers providing a very nice touch screen and an active digitizer for use as a Tablet PC. James shows us how well the touch screen works for interacting with the screen and demonstrates inking with the Wacom pen. Enjoy the video.

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James Kendrick of jkontherun.com takes a quick look at the BlueAnt V1 voice activated headset. The V1 has the voice recognition stuff integrated into the headset so it can be used with any phone that lacks that feature. It is a Bluetooth 2.1 headset and has dual microphones and noise cancellation technology. Enjoy the show

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Fresh out of the box is the Acer Iconia Tab A500, a Wi-Fi Google Honeycomb tablet. See how it compares to the iPad 2 in terms of size and ports. Plus I test the microSD card slot - but you have to watch the video to see how I carry memory expansion cards around.

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