Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Video Interview: Pankaj Kedia of Intel talks about MeeGo and Ultra Mobility



I sat down with Pankaj Kedia today. Pankaj is responsible for ecosystem development for the ultra mobility group at Intel and plays an important role in interfacing with software developers and bringing their products into ultra mobile devices. I…

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Monday, February 15, 2010

MeeGo Unites Moblin (X86) and Maemo (ARM) as Major Mobile OS



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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Three Day Weekend Consumed by Google Buzz

OK. I admit it. I love trying out new social networking sites. In the early 90s, I was a Prodigy chat addict. I kept numerous conversations going at once. It kept my mind occupied. For over a year, FriendFeed was a nice place to hangout. However,... Full Details

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Lenovo IdeaPad S10-t3 Multi-Touch Convertible Unboxing



Netbooknews.de has the IdeaPad S10-t3 [Product page] and pops the box open to let us all have a look. This multitouch convertible looks quite slick and comes with a massive battery. They were even kind enough to include…

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Friday, February 12, 2010

Compaq Airlife 100 – Android in a Netbook Styley.



We had heard that HP were going to unveil a new ‘3G’ device on Monday at MWC and we suspect this is it.


Extended battery life, light weight, touchscreen, 3G and a lower price (or at least some very cheap…

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Intel and Nokia Press Conference on Monday at MWC.



The Guardian UK have just tweeted that there’s a press conference on Monday at MWC with Nokia and Intel.



Presumably they just got an invite.


Luckily for us, I’m going to MWC as…

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Myriad Offers Dalvic Turbo for Intel Atom. Android and Windows side-by-side?



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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

DevMob 2010 Video Interview



While I was at DevMob2010 last week the organisers interviewed me for a video. We talked about some of the sessions at DevMob and the opportunities for developers in the 4-10” screen size range.


I’ll be talking…

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Monday, February 8, 2010

Mobile Computing Segmentation and Capabilities. (Updated from DevMob 2010)



Thanks to the great crowd at DevMob2010 in London last week, I’ve had some good feedback to my scenarios and segmentation diagram which was originally created in 2006 and is now updated and re-published under CC license. It should help as a stimulus for software developers thinking about the possibilities in the space between smartphones and netbooks and can help device designers to think about usage scenarios. Customers will also find it useful to pick out their own usage scenarios and to see what type of device fits with their requirements. Related posts:
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