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Hi. I'm Bill Mann, the author of the new book from McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, How to Do Everything with Your Tablet PC. I'm also the new editor of the Tablet PC Buzz newsletter. We're going to provide some great stuff for you, including:

• A weekly article covering some aspect of the Tablet PC world
• A weekly tip on using your Tablet PC
• Interviews with newsletter subscribers explaining how they use their Tablet PCs
• News headlines
• TabletPCBuzz poll results
• A look back at the top Tablet PC news story of the week

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Read Two Chapters From How to Do Everything with Your Tablet PC

Chapter 1 of How to Do Everything with Your Tablet PC is now available for download from the Osborne Media website at: http://shop.osborne.com/cgi-bin/osborne/0072227710.html

You can download the chapter here, check out the Table of Contents, and of course order a copy of the book.

McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media has also given me permission to post Chapter 13 from How to Do Everything with Your Tablet PC, here on the site. The chapter covers several of the cool applications that you can run on a Tablet PC. We're not only talking about Windows Journal and the Tablet PC Input Panel here. This chapter covers great apps like Zinio Reader, Groove, FranklinCovey TabletPlanner, ritePen, the enhanced Microsoft Reader, some cool Tablet PC Power Toys, even a wild one-handed keyboard replacement called FrogPad. The chapter takes the form of a 2.2 MB PDF you can download.

If you like what you read, please consider ordering the book from Amazon.com using the link on this page.

How to Do Everything with Your Tablet PC was written by Bill Mann. It is copyright the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Are You Considering Buying a Tablet PC?

If so, you should read this article I published recently: "Should Your Next PC be a Tablet PC?"

Tablet PC News

With my new assignment as the Tablet PC Buzz newsletter editor, I am discontinuing this news section. For the latest in Tablet PC news, visit the Tablet PC Buzz website (www.tabletpcbuzz.com) or sign up for the Tablet PC Buzz newsletter.

Mar 22, 2003

PC Magazine Says Tablet PCs are Ready for Prime Time

This is a major story on Tablet PCs, with background info, product reviews, the works. DETAILS

Mar 21, 2003

Laptop Magazine Features Electrovaya Scribbler on April Cover

According to a press release by Electrovaya Inc., the Scribbler, a Tablet PC that can run for a full work day on a single charge, will appear on the cover of Laptop Magazine. DETAILS

Mar 18, 2003

Motion Computing Offers 2000 Minutes of T-Mobile Connect Time

Motion Computing is now offering buyers of the M1200 Tablet PC 2000 minutes of free airtime on the T-Mobile network.

According to sales figures released by IDC (see next story) Motion is not one of the top four Tablet PC sales leaders, and this could be a good way to boost volume. DETAILS

Tablet PC Sales Figures for Last Year

This PC World story provides sales figures for the fourth quarter of 2002 for the 4 best-selling brands of Tablet PC. According to this report, HP sold the most, followed by Fujitsu, Toshiba, and Acer. DETAILS

March 15, 2003

Microsoft Reorganizes to Apply More Resources to Extended Platforms

Last week Microsoft reorganized its Windows client business, pulling hundreds of people from regular Windows work and putting them to work in a new group, the Windows Extended Platform Division. This division contains Tablet PCs, Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT), and Windows XP Media Center products. Presumably this will result in more and better Tablet PC software. DETAILS

IDC Says Tablet PC Sales Strong and Growing

On Friday, IDC reported that 72,000 Tablet PCs were sold in the last quarter of 2002. The report also said that sales are expected to grow strongly this year, with the real volume coming later in the year as corporations finish their testing of the devices and start widespread deployments. DETAILS

March 13, 2003

TMC Tablet PC Summit Coming to Boston Area in May

TMC will host the third Tablet PC Summit on May 19-21 at the Sheraton Ferncroft Resort in Danvers MA. DETAILS

March 12, 2003

OneNote May be the Killer App for Tablet PCs

ZDNet Australia has posted a detailed review of Microsoft Office OneNote, describing its features and citing it as possibly being the killer application that Tablet PCs need to really take off. DETAILS

March 10, 2003

Microsoft Office 2003 Includes Better Tablet PC Integration

Office 2003 better integrates digital ink into existing Office applications and includes beta 2 of OneNote, the new free-form note taking program that seems tailor-made for Tablet PC users. DETAILS

March 5, 2003

NEC to Produce Tablet PC

In another sign of the success of the Tablet PC concept, NEC has announced that it will produce the VersaPro LitePad, an ultra slim tablet style machine with a 933 MHz Mobil Pentium III processor. The machine will weigh 2.5 pounds. DETAILS

March 3, 2003

Panasonic Bringing out Toughbook Tablet PC

Panasonic is known for its line of Toughbook computers that can be dropped, kicked and generally beaten on in the real world while continuing to function. They've announced that they will be launching a Toughbook Tablet PC later in March. DETAILS

Feb 28, 2003

BusinessWeek Says Toshiba Having Trouble Keeping Up with Tablet PC Demand

With sales of Tablet PCs so far greatly exceeding expectations (IDC is predicting 675,000 units sold in 2003), Toshiba is reportedly having trouble keeping up with demand, despite having already boosted production 100%. HP is alos reporting strong sales. DETAILS

Feb 26, 2003

BusinessWeek calls Tablet PCs "An Overnight Sensation"

The Feb 26 issue of BusinessWeek reports that Tablet PC sales are well above even Microsoft's optimistic projections, and that industry analysts are revising their sales predictions upward. We may have a winner here folks. DETAILS

Feb 23, 2003

Tablet PC Sales Look Promising

Early reports on Tablet PC sales are promising, with 1% of all 4th quarter portable computer sales in Western Europe being Tablet PCs, despite the fact that the machines only launched on Nov 7. It appears that early estimates of only 425,000 Tablet PCs being sold in 2003 may have been underestimates. DETAILS

My Tablet PC Books & Articles

Recent Tablet PC Information by Bill Mann:

How To Use Factoids to Enhance Handwriting Recognition in Non-Tablet PC Applications (ZIP file) (Tablet PC Developer, Dec 2002)

How to Do Everything with Your Tablet PC (McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, Mar 2003)

Should Your Next PC be a Tablet PC? (The Tech Handbook, Mar 2003)

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