I’m sure we’ll see more pics of this over the next few days but this one (from a set at GottabeMobile) shows the slim casing, the low-profile keyboard and the hinge. The 9″ version of this is said to be…
Posted on 07 January 2009 by Chippy
Update: Building a list of the specs and news references in the product database page.
An 8.9″ 2.1lb PC it’s not exactly the type of thing I’d like to have on my car dashboard but it seems that ASUS might be…
Posted on 06 January 2009 by Chippy
PCWorld have just published an article that gives a nice overview of where the Nano is going. There’s a version ‘3000′ due for Q3 which will be that same as the curent Nano’s but will use an optimised manufacturing process.…
Posted on 06 January 2009 by Chippy
I’m sure this has answered a few prayers. The original 2133 will soon be available as the 2140 with Atom rather than the VIA C7. We were talking about this on podcast 23. Note that it has the original alu…
Posted on 05 January 2009 by Chippy
I think I’ve said this before and maybe I shouldn’t say it again; I’m a sucker for a kit-list. I always enjoy reading what about other people are taking on their tech travels and I can never resist showing off…
Posted on 05 January 2009 by Chippy
It’s been known for a while that VIA would likely air their first Nano-based products at CES and Lunch@Piero’s is their traditional venue. VIA confirmed all this in a post recently and so it didn’t take much to throw all the…
Posted on 05 January 2009 by Chippy
Pegatron will be showing an ARM-based netbook reference design at CES which Freescale think will be thinner, run for 8 hours and will hit the $200 mark by end of 2009.
At its heart, the i.MX51 is designed around a 1-GHz…
Posted on 04 January 2009 by Chippy
CES CES CES!
Sascha and myself give you a CES warm-up and tip-list for netbooks, umpcs and MIDs.
The show is just over an hour long and covers the CES UMPC Watchlist, the CES Netbook watchlist, news, some news about MIDMoves and a…
Posted on 04 January 2009 by Chippy
Just seen on one of our Sony posts is a comment from Brett out in Asia. He says that Sony said that…all will be revealed on the 5th.
We dont know exectly where this info comes from (we’re trying to contact…
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Posted on 05 January 2009 by Chippy
It’s always the marketing teams that have the last word when categorising a product…
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Posted on 05 January 2009 by Chippy
Seriously, I don’t know much about how Palm operate. I’ve never followed their phones, never owned any of their PDAs and only briefly took much notice when they attempted to launch the Foleo in 2007. The Foleo piqued my interest…
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Posted on 03 January 2009 by Chippy
It was bound to happen. I’m actually suprised it took this long to get Android on an X86 PC as it was always said in the early days that Android would be processor agnostic.
The question now is, can the developers…
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Posted on 01 January 2009 by Chippy
This is hardly a suprise given that we spotted this at IDF but its great to get confirmation. We’re hoping to get hold of one for the MIDMoves tour. Fingers crossed.
OQO bringing Atom-powered Model 2+ UMPC to CES - Engadget.
P.S.…
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Posted on 24 December 2008 by Chippy
We’ve been trying to track the announcements over the year but it’s been getting increasingly difficult. In an interview with Intel today I was able to get the definitive list of Linux distribution partners that are working with Intel to distribute Moblin.
Netbook /…
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Posted on 24 December 2008 by admin
Not much to read on the linked article below but there are some nice pics from the Yukyung Viliv S5 launch party. Welcome to one of the first XP-based MIDs (or is it a UMPC!) I’m eager to get my…
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Posted on 22 December 2008 by Chippy
If there’s one thing you dont want to find out after you’ve spent a lot of money, its the possibility that you’ve been ripped off. I’m not saying Dell are doing this on purpose because the chances are that the…
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Posted on 18 December 2008 by admin
So the Viliv is really launching! We’ll try and get some info about the US release dates because the last time we spoke to them they were talking about a U.S. release.
3G for Europe too please Viliv!
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Posted on 17 December 2008 by Chippy
If you want to pick up some easy-to-read info about 3G technology, 3G around Europe and Long Term Evolution (LTE) I recommend this blog by Martin Sauter. I’ve been following it for about a year now.
Martin also contributes to another…
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Posted on 17 December 2008 by Chippy
Continuing our coverage of 3G-enabled netbook solutions for those that are looking for a low-cost lightweight laptop solution, I want to highlight that the Samsung NC10 HSDPA is now available in Germany. It’s white, hasn’t got Bluetooth, may not be…