Dell’s E-Slim 12" Netbook Crosses over to the danger zone.

If Intel can prevent OEM’s from using the Dual Core CPU in their netbook and notebook designs, how come they can’t stop Dell using the Z-Series Atom in a notebook? Just as the Dual-core CPU could damage notebook sales, so to could putting a 12" screen on a netbook, even if it didn’t have a [...]

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 Unboxing at Laptop.com

One good thing about the flood of netbooks is that consumers get lots of choice. Believe it or not, there are a few netbooks that manage to stand out from the others. I feel that the IdeaPad S10 has the potential to stand out; it looks quite attractive, and you’ll see in the unboxing [...]

Ubuntu Mobile edition. News and First-boot Video.

Update: I’m currently live on UMPCPortal.com/live testing this out if you fancy seeing it in action.
Update: Live session summary below.
Today, One of the Canonical mobile team members released details of a new distribution based on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) aimed at ‘MIDs’ with screen sizes from 7-9″ After a simple download and copy to a flash drive [...]

Ubuntu Mobile edition. News and First boot Video.

Update: I’m currently live on UMPCPortal.com/live testing this out if you fancy seeing it in action.
Today, One of the Canonical mobile team members released details of a new distribution based on Ubuntu 8.1 (Intrepid) aimed at ‘MIDs’ with screen sizes from 7-9" After a simple download and copy to a flash drive the Q1 Ultra [...]

HTC Shift extended Battery from Mugen.

I recall seeing this solution a while back on JKKMobile but Paul from MoDaCo has now got one for testing. Its a 47Wh battery pack for the HTC Shift from Mugen which should allow about 5hrs online time thus solving one of the HTC Shift’s biggest problems. It’s a tidy solution but at nearly $240, [...]

Nebraska Libraries get Samsung Q1Us courtesy of the Gates foundation

Jkk has managed to find a short story on the ‘Nebraska Library Commission Blog‘ that mentions a list of libraries in the state that are getting hardware courtesy of the Gates Foundation:
The Nebraska Library Commission is proud to announce that the following 48 Nebraska public libraries have been awarded WiFi Connectivity Grants, funded by the [...]

Dual Core Atom CPUs in netbooks? don’t count on it

You may have seen some news over the last few days that Intel has started to ship a dual core variant of their Atom processor. To some of you that may sound like good news for the mobile world as nearly every new netbook seems to be running on Atom, and who doesn’t like a [...]

Porient H12 Tablet. Guess the price.

Pocketables have some new information on the latest Porient tablet, the H12. Compared to the earlier H9 model its smaller (4.8" compared to 7") and has no hard disk but it looks like its still running their Linux OS. With the relatively old Xscale processor (as seen on the original Pepper Pad a few years [...]

What I Learnt from an Old UMPC today.

I’m a very lucky person. There are about 8 UMPCs in the house at the moment but at times it gets to be a pain because I’m swapping around too much doing tests and trying out my latest ideas. Sometimes it’s almost impossible to choose a device. The SC3 because its small, has a good [...]

Preview of upcoming Lenovo ThinkPad x200 Tablet PC

Warner shares a video preview of the upcoming Lenovo ThinkPad x200 Tablet PC. Great close-up shots and fair compare & contrast with the current ThinkPad x61 Tablet PC.

• 12.1" Widescreen display: 1280 x 800 with multiple options for touch & EM combos


• CPU options including Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor SU9300 (1.2GHz, 3MB L2 cache, 800MHz bus) and Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor SL9400 (1.86GHz, 6MB L2 cache, 1066MHz bus)


• Increased battery life


• Slightly thinner & shorter chassis

As an x61 Tablet PC user and someone who is right handed, I'm pleased to see even little features, such as the pen storage area located on the right side.

Of course, the increased battery life will be great for everyone. You can potentially configure a system to optimize for up to 15 hour battery life, depending on the processor and battery cell combination.

Look for additional information from Lenovo on September 23, 2008.

What I Learnt from an Old UMPC today.

I’m a very lucky person. There are about 8 UMPCs in the house at the moment but at times it gets to be a pain because I’m swapping around too much doing tests and trying out my latest ideas. Sometimes it’s almost impossible to choose a device. The SC3 because its small, has a good [...]

Asus Eee 900A video review with Jkkmobile

Jkk, master of all Eee PCs, has put up a video review of the Eee 900A, one of the newest Atom powered Eees. Swing by his site to watch the whole video and listen to Jkk’s thoughts on the netbook.

Aspire One, Integrated 3G, Flatrate Internet, 1 Euro + 35 Euro per month with T-Mobile Germany.

With a total cost of 840 Euro, this isn’t a cheap way to buy a laptop and its not the first ever subsidised netboook on the market but if your’re like me and already pay 20 Euro per month and are thinking of a 35 Month contract as a standaone purchase, and only want [...]

NOVA Side Arm UMPC

It is nice to see a UMPC in the recent sea of netbooks. UMPCPortal forum user SlickRick has come across the NOVA Side Arm 2 (Chippy jokes in his mini blog, "…not ARM based!"), a new UMPC which easily reminds me of the Panasonic CF-U1. It looks thinner than the CF-U1 but I still [...]

Ultra Mobile Projector. ADPP-100 from Adapt.

How about this for an ultra mobile gadget? There’s no confirmed specs, pricing or availability yet but I’m loving the idea of having a mini projector for my UMPC. It obviously has a video-input (fingers crossed for VGA) and can play back some content from an internal or SD Card memory. You could create havoc [...]

Gigabyte M912V reviewed. Issues highlighted.

Laptop Magazine, Hardware Canucks and Hardware Zone have all now published full reviews of the Gigabyte M912V, the 1280×768 version of the Gigabyte Netbook.
Nothing surprises me in any of the reviews. Laptop Mag, who published their review last month) highlights the battery life and the screen resolution as problem points along with small keyboard and [...]

Medion Akoya Mini (MSI Wind) 10-week Review.

Checking out a mini-review by Andario, one of our members on the forums today made me realise that I should put together my own objective long-term review of the Akoya Mini that I’ve been using off and on for a while. It deserves it as its been working well and trouble free since I queued [...]

Next Nokia Tablets to include Omap 3 and 3G. (Speed and connectivity at last!)

It’s so funny. One of the last comments I wrote last night was that I thought the next Nokia Tablet would be based on Omap 3. Today, its confirmed. Dan (Thoughtfix) is out in Berlin and has just started live blogging. The other thing I wrote in my comment was ‘I’ll be extremely interested to [...]

Moblin news from OSiM. Fluendo and Qiro

As the day goes on I’m sure we’re going to get more MID-related software news from Open Source in Mobile, the conference taking place in Berlin for the next three days.
The first MID-related press release comes from Fluendo, the media player software company. They’ve announced a codec pack for Moblin that will cover MPEG2, MPEG4 [...]

Nokia Tablet news incoming

Watch Tablet Blog for news as Thoughtfix has just put a tip up. All he says is:
Major changes are on the way for the Nokia Internet Tablet line. Here’s the partial scoop: The "Internet Tablet" line may be ending in name but the maemo platform is going strong. Wait a few hours, watch this space, [...]

OQO CEO Resigns, Might Not Mean Good News For the UMPC Maker

Dennis Moore of OQO has just resigned as their CEO. It's rarely good news when your CEO resigns and says he found a better opportunity elsewhere, but we're hoping the startup continues to refine their UMPC into something everyone can get behind. [Dennis Moore Blog via Gotta Be Mobile]

Ti and the 1-watt MID

It seems we’re giving a lot of airtime to ARM-based architectures today. And why not; The evolution of the smartphone into the MID and netbook sectors is one that we should all be aware of. In this, largely promotional video from Texas Instruments, Seshu Madhavapeddy, General Manager, Mobile Internet Devices talks about the MID segment, [...]

Archos 5 hands on at IBC. Video. Thoughts.

When I wrote about Opera 9.5 Mobile a short while back I highlighted how it was a great browser with no hardware to run it on. What I said was that the processing power and screen size wasn’t enough for the software. The user interface was good but in order for it to be taken [...]

Nokia N96. Now there’s a UMPC partner phone!

Continuing my thoughts on smartphones today, I wanted to highlight the Nokia N96 that I checked out in Amsterdam yesterday. Now there’s a phone that, for the first time, has me thinking about upgrading from the N82. Its got a crappy browser, J2ME apps are slow to start up and its got a DVB-H receiver [...]

Acer Aspire One: Unboxing and first thoughts

The good guys at Dynamism have sent me an Aspire One netbook for review; have a look at the unboxing shots (if that is your thing), and read my initial impressions below.
Aspire One Unboxing Initial Impressions
As I opened the box to take a first [...]

Samsung netbook: official images and specs

We showed you the upcoming Samsung netbook last week, and now we have some additional information regarding the unit. Samsung is going for the 10" screen range, and the Samsung netbook’s screen will be 10.2" to be exact. Specs don’t really differ very much from what we predicted last week, but here is the latest [...]

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PSPHUGO: PC Engine Emulator for PSP v1.0.1

PSP homebrew developer ZX-81, who seems to have a penchant for retro video game systems, has done it again with the release of PSPHugo, an emulator of the NEC PC Engine console.

This is the emulator's first release, so some games may experience some graphical glitches. Be sure to read the documentation included with the download for installation instructions, as well as the schema for the controls.

Download: PSPHUGO v1.0.1 (fw15)
Download: PSPHUGO v1.0.1 (fw4x)
Download: PSPHUGO v1.0.1 (source code)
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

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News Roundup 15/9/08

I am back in full after a weekend of writing lab reports and studying for tests (yes school has started yet again…) and its time to summarize some of the news items we missed over the last few days.
First of all, according to his friendfeed Chippy is in Amsterdam where he will hopefully bring us [...]

WinDirStat: Visualize your hard drive

It seems great that you could go out and pick up a tiny netbook capable of browsing the web for around $300 today, however many of these inexpensive new netbooks offer only a small amount of storage. For instance, the new Inspiron Mini 9 can only be equipped (from the factory) with up to 16GB [...]

Eee PC 904HD in the wild

As I happened to be in my local mall I decided to look at what’s new in the electronics store. I was surprised to find the store had a whole dedicated netbook section and among them were the new Eee 904 models. These are basically the 1000h with the smaller 8.9 inch screen. The price [...]

M860 Slate UMPC.

This one isn’t going to win any style or processing power competitions but as Jenn says, if it’s offered at a reasonable price, it might find an audience. Its got useful on-frame controls a useable 1.2Ghz VIA processor and Windows XP. Could be a good one for those car PC fans!
The Match Tech Industrial M860 [...]

Last call for MIDs, Intel

That’s the feeling I have right now as we head into the Christmas marketing season where there’s an iPhone 3G, 2nd-gen iPod touch, New Archos PMP’s, Opera Mobile 9.5 on multiple devices and Google Android ready to go.
What’s the delay? Did Intel and partners simply go for the instant cash and switch resources to Netbooks [...]

OQO E2 price drop offers on Friday. UK Only.

At 11am on Friday the 12th, for just 5 hours, Expansys will be offering a range of goods at reduced prices. One of them is the OQO e2 which will be offered with Vista for a tasty discount.
OQO E2 with 1.5GHz, 1GB RAM, 60GB HDD, Vista Bus, Office (affiliate link) price [...]

26 Minutes with the SX3 uber-netbook

A great overview video from JKKMobile on the SX3. Its attractive, has a good hardware design and impressive set of specifications and features. Does it perform though? My take-away thoughts from the video are that its a stylish, useable form factor but if its going to use Vista, a 1.6Ghz is the entry point, not the [...]

AMD’s UVC CPUs. I think I have one here!

AMD have traditionally kept well out of the UMPC and netbook market but after recent news that they might have a value-oriented platform on the way, previous news that there was a 1Ghz part in the works and the appearance of the 1.2Ghz Turion X2 in the Raon Digital Everun Note I’m using to type [...]

ECS G10L arrives in Europe under Airis brand at The Phone House

Thanks to tipster, Quodo, we have some info about the ECS G10 netbook in retail form. Airis, who have other netbooks on the market, are branding this one an selling it through The Phone House for 499 Euros. It sounds a lot but you’re getting a 6-cell battery and an integrated 3G module which is [...]

Amilo Mini Netbook. Coffee Shop encounter and hands-on.

I took a few hours out yesterday to meet up with Johannes who runs Netbux.de (get it?) and Einfach-eee.de. He had a Fujitsu Amilo Mini that he offered to show me so we met in the coffee shop, swapped devices and chatted for an hour. I have to say that after using the Everun Note for [...]

iPod Touch gets small upgrades

Fear not, UMPC Portal isn’t going to start reporting on audio player news, instead we’re just mentioning the iPod Touch refresh as it pertains to the MID category.
That being said: Some of you may have followed the Apple event today. In a nutshell, they dropped some new iPods, iPod Nanos, refreshed the iPod Touch, and [...]

Sucker Punch's Nate Fox finds PSP "exciting"

Speaking to VideoGamer.com during the Leipzig Games Convention, Sucker Punch Productions' game director Nate Fox revealed that the studio may still be making a PSP title in the future.

"PSP is pretty exciting," said Fox. "I spend a lot of time on the bus, so it'd be nice to contribute to gamers around the world who also play games on the bus."

Fox didn't say any more apart from that, but he did also mention in a separate interview that Sucker Punch would "would love to get back to Sly". Add the two together, mix in some imaginative speculation, and voila! Although earlier rumors about a new Sly Cooper game have since been dispelled, there may yet be a chance for a Sly Cooper PSP title.

Of course, the operative word here is "speculation". Still, Fox's comments about the PS3 not having the Sly franchise's target demographic yet coupled with his love for the PSP does lead one to thinking.

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iPod Touch gets small upgrades

Fear not, UMPC Portal isn’t going to start reporting on audio player news, instead we’re just mentioning the iPod Touch refresh as it pertains to the MID category.
That being said: Some of you may have followed the Apple event today. In a nutshell, they dropped some new iPods, iPod Nanos, refreshed the iPod Touch, and [...]

Everun Note full review.

Are we entering a new era of mobile computing where the UMPC could be the only computer you ever need? The processing module you can take anywhere? Raon Digital are breaking into exactly that category of converged mobile devices with the new and interesting Everun Note. Here at UMPCPortal we’ve been lucky enough to get [...]

Eee PC 1000H Price Drops Even Lower; $450 on Amazon, $360 on MWave

In case Asus' $100 price drop in July just wasn't enough to make up your mind on whether to spring for a new Eee PC 1000H, the mini-marvel's gotten even cheaper now. Amazon is selling an 80GB, XP-equipped 1000H for just $450. Mwave also has several in stock for either $450 (while supplies last) or, if you're willing to go for an open box product, an almost criminal $359. [Amazon and mwave via Liliputing]

Everun Note full review.

Are we entering a new era of mobile computing where the UMPC could be the only computer you ever need? The processing module you can take anywhere? Raon Digital are breaking into exactly that category of converged mobile devices with the new and interesting Everun Note. Here at UMPCPortal we’ve been lucky enough to get [...]

MIDs, Girls and lots of Chat

Where there’s girls, there’s chat right? This is just a part of the long and very interesting conversation we all had at IDF about MIDs, Smartphones, UMPCs and Netbooks (the four common expressions that seem to be sticking now.) We really need more sessions like this. Again, the multi-device strategy comes up. If the devices [...]

Eee PC 1000H Price Drops Even Lower; $450 on Amazon, $360 on MWave

In case Asus' $100 price drop in July just wasn't enough to make up your mind on whether to spring for a new Eee PC 1000H, the mini-marvel's gotten even cheaper now. Amazon is selling an 80GB, XP-equipped 1000H for just $450. Mwave also has several in stock for either $450 (while supplies last) or, if you're willing to go for an open box product, an almost criminal $359. [Amazon and mwave via Liliputing]

MIDs, Girls and lots of Chat

Where there’s girls, there’s chat right? This is just a part of the long and very interesting conversation we all had at IDF about MIDs, Smartphones, UMPCs and Netbooks (the four common expressions that seem to be sticking now.) We really need more sessions like this. Again, the multi-device strategy comes up. If the devices [...]

Eee PC 1000H Price Drops Even Lower; $450 on Amazon, $360 on MWave

In case Asus' $100 price drop in July just wasn't enough to make up your mind on whether to spring for a new Eee PC 1000H, the mini-marvel's gotten even cheaper now. Amazon is selling an 80GB, XP-equipped 1000H for just $450. Mwave also has several in stock for either $450 (while supplies last) or, if you're willing to go for an open box product, an almost criminal $359. [Amazon and mwave via Liliputing]

The Samsung Netbook

Jkk has posted about a story from Aving.net about a forthcoming Samsung netbook. What does Samsung have to offer the bandwagon? Well for starters, the unit looks pretty slick. The bottom of the casing is curved and it appears to be quite thin. As far as I can tell from the translated page, the unit [...]

Inspiron Mini 9 3G and SSD info

Jkk has uncovered some additional information regarding the type of SSDs used in the Mini 9, and the 3G situation.
When it comes to SSDs, it seems as though the performance will depend on the capacity. Jkk (who certainly knows something about these SSDs) notes that the 16GB Mini 9 will use STEC’s (fast) SSD module, [...]

Acer Aspire One With Integrated 3G

According to BGR, The 8.9" Aspire One netbook is expected to be available with integrated 3G starting this November in Taiwan. The upgrade will cost an additional $95 over the standard model, but there is no word on when we might see a similar bundle arriving in the States. However, integrated 3G was always part of the plan, so with any luck we won't have to wait too long. On a related note, jKOnTheRun spotted a Japanese newspaper flyer that appears to offer a similar bundle with the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and the HP 2133 along with a $370 subsidy when users sign up for a two year 3G plan with Emobile. [BGR and jkOnTheRun]

Everun Note Visual Appetizer.

While I continue to work on (read: enjoy!) completing the full review of the Raon Digital Everun Note, you can enjoy some of the images that I’ve dropped into the gallery.   
  
50+ more images in the gallery. I’ve also added a ton of testing notes in the forum along with an [...]

Why buy a MID?

An interesting article over at PCMag.com has author Tim Bajarin asking "Who would want to buy a Mobile Internet Device?". Throughout the article, Tim explains that he doesn’t quite see the function of a MID, or how it might fit a consumer’s needs. After reading the article, I think this is another example of how [...]

JKK tests Eee SSDs

Fed up with the slow speed of the SSD in your Eee PC? Want more storage than what your device currently has? Look no further. Jkk has received a bunch of different Mini PCIe SSD from an online retailer and put them to the test. There are two different types - the faster and more [...]

What would Jobs do Now?

Remember this winning rendering from the WWJD 3 competition at Engadget? I loved it! I think the technology is almost ready Mr Jobs. If you could just give it the magic Apple-dust it would be much appreciated I’m sure. Click image for specifications.
Full review on Monday.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 for $99? I wish.

Dell is running what seems to be a pretty good promo to get the Mini 9 in the hands of consumers at a cheaper price. Apparently Dell is offering this ‘deal’ for a very short period of time, as announced on their blog:
If you can wait until 6 a.m. Central tomorrow, Sept. 5, you’ll be [...]

Inside the Inspiron Mini 9

As most of you know by now, Dell launched the Inspiron Mini 9 netbook yesterday. Jkk has come across the service manual for the unit on Dell’s site.  The manual shows some good internal pictures and there is a lot of talking in the blogosphere right now about how easy it could be to upgrade [...]

Live broadcast from the Everun Note

Creating content couldn’t be simpler. I just had 20 minutes between tasks here so i decided to transmit and record a little video directly on the Everun Note. This whole post has been done while standing up too! More info on the Everun Note here!

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is official

A lot of info about Dell’s entry into the netbook market has been uncovered in the last day or two. The Inspiron 910 Mini 9 has gone official a day before Gizmodo’s predicted date. Now we have all the details about the new netbook, and reviews are already up on the nets. Lets have [...]

Everun Note unboxing.

Its here. Its small. Its powerful and it, according to my daughter, looks like a Nintendo DS for Daddys! Its the Raon Digital Everun Note that arrived just a few hours ago.
I’m currently setting up for the live session and so far everything is going smoothly. I’ve already run a 7.5mbps WMV HD video, played [...]

Insipron Mini 9 Going for $99 if You Buy Another Dell

Until 6AM September 9th, according to Dell's own blog, if you buy a Studio 15, XPS M1530 or XPS M1330 machine from Dell, you can buy an Insipron Mini 9 for a suitable mini price of $99. It's a mini bargain. [Direct2Dell]

LaptopMag, UMPCPortal. Live Mini-Notebook Fest!

Well I really don’t know what this could be. LaptopMag have announced a live session starting at 3PM EST (1900 GMT) today where they "showing off a highly anticipated notebook. We are under embargo at this point and cannot reveal what that product is, but it is a juicy one." Hmm. What could that be. [...]

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 sales flyer exposes prices, details.

From an unknown source, but it looks good to me! A lttle high on price perhaps but that Dell brand-value will carry them through i’m sure.
Full specifications in the portal.

Raon Everun Note gets reviewed

Jenn from Pocketables.net has found an early review of the highly the anticipated Everun Note that is due to be in Chippy’s hands in the near future. If you can’t wait until then, test your luck with an online translator and see how much of the Korean review that you can understand. If you don’t [...]

Project Inkwell 'Spark' Aiming for OLPC's Head With Its Handheld Form Factor

Project Inkwell's Spark is not only a potential OLPC competitor because of it's handheld, UMPC form factor and K-12 educational focus, but also because it doesn't look like it's made exclusively for the preschool user base. The Spark was developed in conjunction with the design firm Ideo, and though details are vague, the visuals are somewhat revealing. The Spark looks roughly the size of a PSP, with a +/- rocker switch and scroll wheel adorning the left and right sides of the handheld.

There's no mention of touchscreen functionality, but the screen looks to be lined with buttons and comes with a case housing a foldout keyboard, plus room for a mouse and spare battery. Less visible features would include bluetooth and wi-fi. It's still too early to talk release or pricing details, but this seems like a concept that's very feasible to produce. [Tuvie via Coolest Gadgets]

Everun Note Touchscreen demo

Here is a video short video showing some early touchscreen action on the upcoming Everun Note. The user in the video is using the touchscreen to rotate the various virtual desktops that are presented on a 3D cube within the Sabayon Linux OS. It all looks really smooth even through the YouTube video. Keep your [...]

Google Chrome Beta. Initial tests not good for UMPC users.

What’s the most important browser feature for UMPC and Tablet users? Touch screen scrolling. Grab and Drag is the name of the game and if I can’t have that feature on my browser, I’m losing a ton of capability. That’s why I’m disappointed with Google Chrome, the new browser from Google. It works well on [...]

M912V disassembled.

It didn’t take long for the people over at Mobile01 to strip down the newly-available M912V! If this is your bag, then take a look. Its an easy device to take apart but for most things, you only need to remove the access panel on the back. At least the keyboard should be easy [...]

ARM Cortex Browsing Test shows the Full Internet Experience.

Here’s another one of those ‘we can beat Atom’ tests where the fine detail of the result is irrelevant. The important thing here is that, like the VIA Nano comparison test, significant, market-changing progress has been made. I’ve been talking about ARM’s Cortex A8 for a while now and keeping an eye on it [...]

UMPCPortal Predicts: Global Netbook Sales Numbers, 2008-2011

If netbooks are following the traditional product cycle, they must be nearing the peak in Europe this week as two major budget supermarket chains push out the devices to their mainstream customer base. Aldi, the supermarket chain that sold 10’s of thousands of Medion Akoya Minis in the summer, is about to push the device [...]

IDF San Francisco 2008 Round-Up

IDF, the Intel Developer Forum was held a few weeks ago and through the generosity of readers I was able to attend, listen, contribute and learn from the experience. Here’s the report that went out to my sponsors last week. Slightly abridged but containing all the important info.
If I was asked to summarise IDF from [...]

Everex Cloudbook Refresh

Jkk has spotted a refresh of the original Everex Cloudbook. If you will recall, the Cloudbook was one of the early netbooks and competitors to the Eee PCs. It had a low price point and ran a Linux based operating system called gOS. The new model looks similar to the original, and a few changes [...]

New Web Browser. Chrome ‘Beta’ from Google. has Webkit and Mozilla roots. Google Window I suspect.

Breaking News (Meaning I don’t have much information at this stage!) Google have just posted confirmation that they will launch a new browser tomorrow (3rd Sept.)
On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn’t the browser that matters. It’s only a tool to run the important [...]

Raon Digital Everun Note. Price. Brochure. Demo device.

"This new machine from Raon Digital is designed for power users like you, not for children."
So say Raon Digital’s marketing people via the sales brochure I just received for their new dual-core AMD-Turion based Everun Note . There’s nothing new in the brochure apart from new images showing the underside of the device (memory, disk [...]

Ultra Mobile news round-up. 01 Sept 2008.

To help you edge yourself into another working week, here are a few news items from the weekend.
Fujitsu P1630 appearing at FCC. It looks like Fujitsu might introduce a Montevina-based, Dual-Core 1.4Ghz version of the well-respected P1620/P1610. Its getting a new chipset too which includes the GMA X4500 GPU, a much more powerful option than [...]