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IBM: A wearable world beyond your clamshell

IBM believes clamshells are for molluscs, not notebooks Read more

8 February, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Big Blue introduces no-tech notebook

...new laptop that aims to appeal to technophiles and technophobes alike. The TransNote combines IBM's ThinkPad mininotebook with a scribble pad that can translate... Read more

12 January, 2001 by John G.Spooner

IBM's pen-based notebook runs dry

...the keyboard is mightier than the pen: IBM has discontinued its ThinkPad TransNote, a portable PC that also captures notes jotted on paper. On Monday... Read more

5 February, 2002 by John G.Spooner
Fifteen years of ThinkPad highs and lows

Fifteen years of ThinkPad highs and lows

...designs, but such concepts went the way of another idea, the ThinkPad TransNote. Although it let users input data via jotting notes on paper, the... Read more

20 July, 2007 by David Meyer

The ThinkPad at 15

...1995 701 series (a great piece of industrial design) nor 2001's TransNote — a combination of tablet-style computer and conventional paper — stood the test... Read more

19 July, 2007

IBM floats new ThinkPad prototypes

...machines don't catch always catch on quickly. IBM discontinued its ThinkPad TransNote, a product that combined an ultralight ThinkPad with a legal pad, after... Read more

16 September, 2003 by John G.Spooner

Microsoft looks to decipher your scribblings

Microsoft is turning its keyboards in to ink - that is once it has worked out how to unravel your handwriting Read more

26 September, 2002 by Ian Fried

Logitech pen aims to have the write stuff

...past products such as A.T. Cross' CrossPad and IBM's ThinkPad TransNote, a laptop computer with a digital pen and notebook attached. The Io... Read more

19 September, 2002 by John G.Spooner

Tablet PCs starting to take off

...specific jobs, such as tracking inventories at a factory. IBM dropped the TransNote, a ThinkPad that had let users input notes by writing on a... Read more

21 June, 2002 by John G.Spooner

The incredible shrinking PC

...inclination toward writing on PC screens. IBM recently phased out its ThinkPad TransNote, a machine that captures handwriting jotted with a special pen. Sony also... Read more

23 May, 2002 by Michael Kanellos

Microsoft taps execs to test tablet PCs

...lukewarm toward the idea so far. IBM recently phased out its ThinkPad TransNote, a machine that captured handwriting written with a special pen, and Sony... Read more

22 May, 2002 by Margaret Kane

Tablet PC gets a boost from Dell veterans

...notebook market, according to researcher IDC. IBM recently phased out its ThinkPad TransNote, a machine that captures handwriting jotted with a special pen. Sony also... Read more

21 May, 2002 by John G.Spooner

News Schmooze: Of Microsoft and Meta Pads

Broadband hit the headlines, DivX went the way of Napster, and IBM proffered a new tech gadget Read more

8 February, 2002 by ZDNet UK

IBM test-drives transformer computer

...among ThinkPad buyers. Other designs, such as IBM's recently mothballed ThinkPad TransNote, were less successful. Meta Pad will help "explore what happens when you... Read more

7 February, 2002 by John G.Spooner

IBM merges desktop and laptop divisions

...devices that transcend typical PC designs, as it did with the ThinkPad TransNote. The mobile product combines a notebook, writing recognition software and a notepad... Read more

3 April, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

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pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

22 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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