TabBlogger

The chronicles of a test engineer on one of the coolest projects remaining in mainstream computing - the Tablet PC!

PDC build 5219 of Vista and Tablet PCs

Short one today, as I'm preparing for a short trip to Germany to visit some execs at SAP. A few...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/03/2005

Aero Glass and Tablets

I got my first peek at a Tablet running Aero Glass yesterday. Wow! Considering that it's currently...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/22/2005

Nintendo DS and Touch Input

While I'm on the subject of touch input, I want to talk about Nintendo's DS. I got my DS back in...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/22/2005

Touching is Good (finale?)

Well, for those of you who have kept up with this series of posts, I've been dropping hints as to...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/13/2005

Don't give up on us baby, who-o-oa

It seems that Omar Shahine is giving up his Tablet for another mobile PC. I don't understand Omar,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/12/2005

TIP is posted on MSDN!

It's only about 5 weeks after Beta 1 itself shipped, but better late than never. Look for the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/06/2005

Touching is Good (pt 2)

First off, I apologize Rob, for teasing so relentlessly, then ultimately not saying anything of...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/06/2005

Touching is Good

I don't see any publicly available info yet (my lead PM had sworn us to secrecy til Sept 1 - which...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/01/2005

Taking a break...

I'm taking a week-long break from work, combined with the upcoming Labor Day weekend, to fix up my...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/30/2005

Wow, has it been 10 years already?

https://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/005571.html I remember recommending (I was a...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/24/2005

Vista TIP chugging through MSDN's process

If you're an avid reader, you may have noted a comment I posted on Jonathan Hardwick's blog...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/18/2005

Tablet PC and 64-bit

I don't have a big writeup on 64-bit except to say that we will support both 32-bit and 64-bit...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/11/2005

Vista Beta 1 Platform SDK available

If you're a "tech beta subscriber" whatever that means. Link here. MSDN has a short moratorium on...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/11/2005

Humorous interlude

https://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/08/230545.php I especially liked that Lora is described as...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/09/2005

PDC 05 and Tablet

Enough with that awful Vista Beta 1 news - when will Hilton talk about developing on/for Tablets?...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/03/2005

Vista Beta 1: Tablet PC Input Panel now available

You have to be a registered Beta participant (you get this through the Connect website)....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/02/2005

Vista Beta 1: Applications Compatibility

By now, if you haven't been scared off of running Vista Beta 1, nothing will scare you, so I might...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/30/2005

Vista Beta 1: How to get Aero Glass visuals on your Tablet

https://blogs.msdn.com/kamvedbrat/archive/2005/07/30/445346.aspx (update 8/2/05: fixed title for...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/30/2005

Vista Beta 1: Tablets and device drivers

The number one, primo, super-duper, first, most annoying issue Tablet users will find with Vista...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/28/2005

Vista Beta1 is done!

Well, that wasn't too long to wait was it? Tablet users: you will likely want to approach Vista Beta...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/27/2005

Usage scenarios and Pain points

Our user research team just published the results of an internal survey of 4500 Microsoft tablet...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/25/2005

Sometimes, I wish people would send me free stuff...

I can't say that I have any power to get you into any beta of anything, but it would be cool to...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/21/2005

Pictures of the IBM X41 Tablet

Courtesy of Terri Stratton. https://thetabletpc.net/reviews-convertibles.htm p.s. I am deep into...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/20/2005

Tablet Avalon blog!

Check out our Tablet Avalon team blog at https://blogs.technet.com/tavalon/ Welcome to the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/13/2005

Tablet Bloggers need more hits

https://www.windojitsu.com/blog/index.html is the blog of Shawn Van Ness, one of our newest, yet most...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2005

About that "additional testing" notation in the KB article...

I just heard about some conspiracy theories floating around our recent memory leak fix. Said...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2005

New Motion 8.4" Tablet announced

Lots of news this week - apparently the holiday weekend is no longer just for movie premieres!...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/07/2005

Memory leak fixed

We released a hotfix today that addresses KB895953....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/05/2005

LH on Tablet update

Been clearing my plate of various tasks that have piled up. LH installed on my M1300 finally. Don't...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/05/2005

Tecra M4 in the house

I got a Tecra M4 on temporary assignment so that I can develop a Longhorn upgrade/clean install...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/17/2005

Gnomedex

I understand that I'll be making an appearance at a Gnomedex-related event on the 24th. I don't have...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/15/2005

TechEd05 day 2: You've got questions...

I worked the exhibit booth today, and got a bit better sense of the questions people are asking...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/07/2005

TechEd05 day 1: Learn-Solve-Grow

What a day! First, we get to see the new IBM Thinkpad Tablet PC (woohoo!) at the keynote. Then, I...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/06/2005

TechEd05: Day 0

The flight down for me was great - plane was full, plenty of attendees chattering about the event....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/06/2005

...and then there was Dell

https://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/227217_msftnotebook06.html There you go, all you corporate...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/06/2005

Hardware just keeps getting cheaper and more powerful

Sometimes I feel sorry for those electrical engineering grads who are constantly racing to develop...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/01/2005

Nokia's new "Tablet" device

Did you see the news last week regarding Nokia's new 770 "Internet Tablet" device? These are clearly...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/31/2005

Betas upon pre-betas upon buddy bits...

Just in case some of you out there think we don't eat our own dogfood, even though we say it loudly...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/26/2005

TechEd05 in Orlando

I'll be in sunny Orlando Florida the week of June 6th-10th for TechEd05.I hope to see at least some...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/26/2005

Hi! and Introduction

Hi everybody out there in the blogosphere! My name is Hilton Locke and I'm a test engineer on the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/24/2005

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