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