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For the week of June 15th, 2003

Some Light Entertainment in Honor of Father's Day
By Bill Mann

Here's a quickie in honor of Father's Day. Do you know about the Tablet PC PowerToys? As with previous versions of Windows, Microsoft makes available some unsupported utilities and games that you can download and use for free. The set that's designed for the Tablet PC is on the Microsoft PowerToys for Tablet PC web page. While there is some of serious stuff there like desktop extenders and a thumbnail image viewer, there are also a load of toys and games. Some of the goodies include:

  • Art Tool
  • Drawing Animator Toy
  • Hoop Strategy Game
  • Pool and several more.

To download and install PowerToys, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/downloads/powertoys.asp and have at it.

A couple of things you should be aware of:

  1. Several of the PowerToys use setup programs with the same name (Setup.exe). That means you should either download each PowerToy into its own folder, or install each one before downloading the next to ensure that you don't overwrite the setup program.
  2. You can run all your PowerToys from the PowerToys for Tablet PC folder. You can reach this folder by tapping Start | All Programs | PowerToys For Tablet PC.
Want to know how to do everything with your Tablet PC? Here's the book that shows you how.

3,000 Members & Contest!

TabletPCBuzz has hit the mark of 3,000 members. Thanks to all out there who are registered and have been a part of making this site grow. To celebrate this milestone we are having a contest, with prizes including Vision Object's MyScript Notes and PhraseExpress. Thanks to both of those companies for contributing to this contest. Look for the entry threads in the TabletPCBuzz news forum by clicking here.


Tablet PC Buzz Poll
Q: Does your Tablet PC have the "Get Going with Tablet PC" wizard on it? (Located in Start Menu > Programs) And if it does, have you run it?
A:
Yes, I have it. No, I haven't run it.:
29%
Yes, I have it. Yes, I have run it.:
56%
No, I don't have it. 15%
Total Votes: 129

This week's poll question:
What factor is most important to you when choosing a Tablet PC?
Vote now at http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com!


Top News Story of the Week

Some new information here on an upcoming Tablet PC from Electrovaya. The new Scribbler SC1000 will reportedly come out sometime this month, and is powered by a 1Ghz Transmeta Crusoe processor. It also has 512Mb of RAM, 30Gb hard drive, and built in wired and wireless networking (802.11b). The SC1000 has a 12 inch screen, and weighs in at 3.3 pounds. As such it is a good deal smaller than Electrovaya's previous model, although it still isn't the lightest of the current crop of Tablet PCs. No information on pricing is available yet. More details on the SC1000 can be found in this image, which is an official spec sheet of the SC1000. (Link)


Weekly Tablet PC News Headlines
Jun 13 2003 - Review: ritePen
Jun 13 2003 - Good news at Electrovaya
Jun 13 2003 - OneNote chat was yesterday... not today
Jun 12 2003 - New Acers in July
Jun 12 2003 - CRN: Surviving A Rough And Tumble World
Jun 12 2003 - ZDNet UK: MindGenius Brainbloom for Tablet PC
Jun 11 2003 - No Tablet PC v2 in 2003
Jun 11 2003 - New site sponsor
Jun 11 2003 - Unlimited data on T-Mobile for $19.99 a month!
Jun 11 2003 - "Old" Tablet PC News Roundup
Jun 10 2003 - The Register: Tablet PC sales climb in April
Jun 10 2003 - More Linux projects on Tablet PCs
Jun 09 2003 - Microsoft Tablet PC chat tomorrow
Jun 09 2003 - New Electrovaya SC1000 Tablet PC
Jun 09 2003 - WhatIsNew: TabletSaver Doodle Downloads
Jun 09 2003 - Australian IT: Corporates slow to take tablet
Jun 09 2003 - Contest: PhraseExpress
Jun 09 2003 - Contest: MyScript Notes
Jun 09 2003 - 3,000 Members!

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