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January 2007 - Posts

IQ770
I just recently found out about the HP IQ770 . This is quite a sleek machine: big enough to be useful with movies, but thin enough to not be bulky, and allows it to fit on almost any desk. The coolest features I found on the IQ770 were (of course) the Read More...
Neek Talk Interview: Fritz Switzer
Last year we interviewed Fritz Switzer from www.abletfactory.com . Fritz makes dictionaries for the Tablet PC. Some dictionaries are for doctors, some are even for high school students. There are many language dictionaries, also. This year, we reunited Read More...
What is one thing manufactures don't think about that they should?
I have been asked this question many times. In fact, I was just asked this question yesterday. My response, color. Manufacturers need to add color to their products. For example, when Kim and I were in the Intel booth of CES, what product do you think Read More...
Pinball for UMPCs?
Last night my dad and I went to Applebee's for dinner. It was a Friday night, so of course the lines were terribly long. My dad and I brought our UMPCs and we wanted to play some games. One of the games we tried to play was Pinball, which you need Read More...
Phishing For Trouble
Apparently, Fyodor's site was shut down yesterday morning, per request of MySpace. There was a post on his site that listed over 56,000 usernames and passwords that were gotten by phishing. MySpace contacted GoDaddy and asked them to shut down the Read More...
The Way Television Should Be
Do you remember when Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) came out on DVD? For those of you who didn't care for the Spy Kids trilogy, the release of this movie probably didn't make any difference to you. But as for me, I thought watching the movie in Read More...
Spam King Resurfaces
Most people agree that junk email is a waste of time. Well, if you are also a member of MySpace then you may have seen an increase in junk clogging up your email box. This is because members of MySpace were sent emails by the Spam King, Scott Richter. Read More...
Neek Talk Interview: Sterling Pratz
The Autonet Mobile website asks, What happens when a Pro Race Car Driver meets a Sr. Executive from Nortel’s Innovations Lab? Easy! The first Always-On Broadband Internet service for cars. Sterling Pratz, a former race car driver, and Doug Moeller teamed Read More...
Ouch!
Watch this YouTube video . It's basically a five minute video of dancers. They are absolutely amazing. Elizabeth says "Ouch!" Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...
Paro: The Therapeutic Seal
This is probably the product which will have the longest lasting effect on the world. Well, it will if it enters the public eye a bit more. What is it? It’s a therapeutic seal named Paro . Paro can be used in hospitals around the world to help calm people Read More...
CES 2007 - Mobile Crossing WPX
It was my last day at CES when I first saw the Mobile Crossing booth. The three of us were leaving the Microsoft booth as we saw a tub of water, and some electronics near by. Curious, Kim asked what they were doing. We were told that their product was Read More...
14 Reasons Why You Should Trade in Your Computer for a Tablet (for students)
1) Tablets are so much smaller and easier to carry around. 2) They vary in many different color, shapes, and sizes so you can be happy with your new little buddy. 3) Old bulky computers are sooo out ;D 4) Handwriting on a tablet can easily be converted Read More...
Polaroid has more than instant cameras?
Did you know that Polaroid makes more than Polaroid Instant Cameras ? I didn’t, or at least not until we visited their CES booth, where we found DVD players , Digital Photo Frames , Televisions , and of course, Instant Cameras . The cool thing, they actually Read More...
Neek Talk Goes Hollywood (well.. almost.)
Here in Prescott, Neek Talk seems to be getting alot of recognition from the locals. A lovely reporter by the name of " SHARI LOPATIN" did a front page, 2 header, and 2 page article on us! I wasn't aware that I was going to be in the paper Read More...
The Top Reasons Students Need Mobile PCs
When I brought home my things from school today, the thought, "Man, I really need to get a Tablet PC" crossed my mind more than once. In one arm, I had a 2 1/2" three ring binder for four classes and a separate 1 1/2" binder for another Read More...
CES 2007 Keynote Speeches: The Tag Cloud
Todd Bishop ran Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Michael Dell's keynote speeches through a program to create tag clouds of the most common words . The original version did not have the word device(s) but this newer version clearly shows Mr. Gates used Read More...
Neek Talk Interview: Adam Travers
While wandering through the Sands Convention Center, the three of us were invited to take a look at the Icuiti booth, CES booth #71134. The first thing we noticed about the booth was how many people were around it. Unlike many booths who only had a few Read More...
Tailrank
We were not aware until today that Tailrank had our site listed for the day one CES 2007 adventure! WOW. Thank you! Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...
CES 2007: No Girls Allowed
I find it frustrating that it took Kim, Sarah and I four hours to register for CES as press, even though we had almost all our information. I had my license, business cards, and articles which I had written in the last 6 months. (All three of which are Read More...
CES 2007: Day 4
Yesterday was our final day at CES. It was a fun experience, and I think all of us Neeks enjoyed every moment of it. We started our day off with exploring the automotive section. Beth and I spent most of the time asking to see the "Honda Robot". Read More...
CES 2007 - Day 3
We attended the Tablet PC and UMPC Community Gathering . The gathering began at 3:30 and somewhere around 100 people came. Sarah, Kim and I were able to talk to a ton of people including: Trevor Claiborne from Student Tablet PC , Fritz Switzer from abletfactory.com Read More...
Cheeseburger Las Vegas
I arrived to the gathering a few minutes late, because I was in a meeting with a manufacturer. When I got there, the room was already packed, and I had the pleasure of meeting a lot of great Tableteers. I love the fact that there are so many geeks in Read More...
Neek Talk Picture By AP
As seen on Yahoo! News, there is a picture of Elizabeth, Kim, and I waiting outside the Keynote. We are all using Tablet PCs and UMPCs, too. The three of us are excited, and want to thank AP for thinking we are interesting. :) So, here is the picture. Read More...
CES 2007 - Day Two
We're back from CES, Day 2 . It was a bit like Disneyland -- there was a lot to see, but you could never see all of it. The things you did see, though, you were there for a while. The five of us got to the Sands Convention Center at about 11. The Read More...
CES 2007 Day 1 -- Sarah's View
So yesterday, Elizabeth wrote about our first day at CES 2007 and her thoughts. I had some different opinions. For one, I enjoyed the Keynote. I mean, I heard stories from previous years -- about famous people that presented, skits, and live demonstrations Read More...
UMPC Ink Test
This is a test of using the UMPC for posting in ink. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...
Day One Adventures
We arrived! And, after only 4 hours and multiple trips back and forth between the press registration room and customer service desk, received our press badges. I think it's a record. Without all the walking, how would we Neeks stay in shape? We were Read More...
Driving to CES 2007
Here we go again, in search of Tablet PCs & UMPCs. Our gear is great. But what will we do about power? Look at our equipment list: Gear: Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 webcamera Logitech USB Microphone Sprint EVDO Card TabletKiosk eo V7110 UMPC with Windows Read More...
The Neek Talk Show's New Home!
This is Neek Talk's new home page. We'll be moving our show here, and until then you can find the rest of our shows here . NeekTalk.com was created for CES 2007, and all the things we're going to do after. :) Share this post: email it! | bookmark Read More...