{"id":157,"date":"2005-04-05T09:20:41","date_gmt":"2005-04-05T14:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/?p=157"},"modified":"2005-04-05T09:20:41","modified_gmt":"2005-04-05T14:20:41","slug":"adam-curry-gets-a-tablet-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/adam-curry-gets-a-tablet-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Curry gets a Tablet PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Pioneer podcaster (and former MTV VJ) Adam Curry<\/a> has a new Tablet PC, and he’s describing it and trying it out in his April 3 Daily Source Code podcast<\/a>. He’s pretty candid about its advantages and disadvantages, but in general quite enthusiastic.<\/p>\n

It’s not surprising that Curry’s Mac user fans (Curry’s been a Mac-only operation up to now) flooded the comments section of his weblog<\/a> with cries of “betrayal!” and “sellout!” To be fair, the sound quality was not up to scratch at the beginning of the podcast, but in my view and experience that’s more the fault of the headset\/mic he was using and his inexperience with Windows than with any limitations in the machine or platform. And of course I’m happy to see the Tablet PC get a high-profile notice, despite the fact that a) its debut was not auspicious and b) Curry described the tablet as “kind of gone out of vogue,” though he hastens to add that the new chief of technology at Amazon.com<\/a> uses one. If Curry’s now using one himself, has the tablet come back in vogue? Where’s William Gibson’s Cayce<\/a> when you need her to do some cool-hunting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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