Day of UMPC

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

2010-02-16T16:15:00.001-08:00

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…

MeeGo Unites Moblin (X86) and Maemo (ARM) as Major Mobile OS We're still trying to digest and analyse the Maemo, Moblin,...

Open-Plug announces voice stack for Intel MIDs/Smartphones Here’s a few more clues to how the voice capability...

Intel hints at CES product launches. Remains confident about MID market. Pankaj Kedia is the director, Global Ecosystem Programs, Mobile Internet...

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

2010-02-15T16:15:00.001-08:00

We're still trying to digest and analyse the Maemo, Moblin, Nokia, Intel, MeeGo news but it's clear that this is a serious marketing effort. It also raises a lot of questions. Related posts:

Maemo and Moblin Merge: Meego Launched. A Message from Intel and Nokia (Video) It happened. Maemo and Meego launched. Im standing in the...

Nokia MID before Christmas? This just in via The Unwired View. Apparently news is...

Intel and Nokia Answer a Few Questions About Their Partnership. The Intel and Nokia announcement the other day had us...

Three Day Weekend Consumed by Google Buzz

2010-02-14T16:15:00.001-08:00

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

Lenovo IdeaPad S10-t3 Multi-Touch Convertible Unboxing

2010-02-13T16:15:00.001-08:00

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…

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 Unboxing at Laptop.com One good thing about the flood of netbooks is...

Medion UMPC has arrived. Live interactive unboxing later. If you're registered on the portal, take a look at...

Weekly Netbook Roundup 5/18/09 We had a brief lapse in WNRs over the last...

Compaq Airlife 100 – Android in a Netbook Styley.

2010-02-12T16:15:00.001-08:00

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…

Android on Netbooks. VentureBeat research and comments. It was bound to happen. I’m actually suprised it took...

Comcast and Verizon go head-to-head in the great netbook war. Who wins? I think most of us realize at this point that...

Myriad Offers Dalvic Turbo for Intel Atom. Android and Windows side-by-side? I’ve already seen a Dalvic runtime component on a Moblin...

Intel and Nokia Press Conference on Monday at MWC.

2010-02-11T16:15:00.001-08:00

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…

Nokia announcement on Wednesday The predictions were that Nokia World would largely be a...

3G Enabled X110 Netbook breaks into new price bracket. Before I give you an update on some other netbook...

Origami shaping up to be a UMPC Well, with another week to speculate about the Origami release,...

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

2010-02-10T16:15:00.001-08:00

I’ve already seen a Dalvic runtime component on a Moblin build running on a netbook (Canonical were working on it and gave a quick glance at Computex last year) but here’s another clear indicator that there’s interest for running Android…

Android on Netbooks. VentureBeat research and comments. It was bound to happen. I’m actually suprised it took...

Who’s next on the Moblin distribution list? Thoughtfix brings us the news (from The Register) that Moblin...

Chrome OS. Be Dynamic or Forget It. There’s lots of excitement about ‘Chrome OS’ floating around...

DevMob 2010 Video Interview

2010-02-09T16:15:00.001-08:00

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…

DevMob 2010. Something’s Stirring in the ‘Tweener’ Category I’ll be talking about the 4" to 10" space, along...

Mobile Computing Segmentation and Capabilities. (Updated from DevMob 2010) Thanks to the great crowd at DevMob2010 in London last...

Moblin. Progress for Menlow/Poulsbo Support. We were expecting (a beta release of) Moblin 2.1 for...

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

2010-02-08T16:15:00.001-08:00

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:

DevMob 2010. Something’s Stirring in the ‘Tweener’ Category I’ll be talking about the 4" to 10" space, along...

Mobile Device Categorization at Mobile Dev Camp, Munich. On Saturday at the Mobile Dev Camp in Munich I'll...

Mobile Dev Camp: What drives a Developer and how does it affect MIDs The iPhone and Android devices were the obvious leaders...

Choice is King.

2010-02-07T16:15:00.001-08:00

Here’s a short and sweet message to everyone that insists on using terms like ‘game changer’ and ‘killer’ to define the success of a product. Customers don't give a shit about winners and losers. Related posts:

Smart, High-Quality, dedicated, Focused. And that’s just the buyers! Why is it that the media, online and offline, thinks...

Microsoft shows where Origami devices sit on their priority list. Fact: Vista is not the right choice for a...

Greene on MIDs and Tablets. Jonathan Greene has written a nice piece on the Nokia...

Between the MID/Tablet/Smartbook, Which Genre Will Succeed?

2010-02-06T16:15:00.001-08:00

An interesting question, posed by Mark Spoonauer of Laptop Mag, about three different types of devices that companies are attempting to push to mainstream. Spoonauer put together a concise chart demonstrating the differences between these devices, and some predictions about…

Why buy a MID? An interesting article over at PCMag.com has author Tim Bajarin...

ISuppli: 60% of Smartphones are MIDs Everyone is free to make their own definition of...

Open-Plug announces voice stack for Intel MIDs/Smartphones Here’s a few more clues to how the voice capability...

X2 iTablet – Another Win 7, Netbook-based Tablet

2010-02-05T16:15:00.001-08:00

Bloggers have been getting excited about those ‘tablets’ again.

The X2 (available in 10 and 12″ formats) is nothing more than a 1.6Ghz Atom device running a desktop OS without a keyboard. In effect, a large format UMPC.

We like the idea…

More G10 images. Looking smooth! Looking far more stylish and desirable than the Eee...

Pocket Lint: ASUS R2H UK launched for £799 Pocket-Lint have just posted a news item saying that the...

Budget Q1 Ultra on its way to UK. Why Vista though? Just an hour after I posted about myself moving into...

Editing on an Apple iPad

2010-02-04T16:15:00.001-08:00

What’s it like to edit, let’s say a slideshow, using the forthcoming Apple iPad? Is it easy? Here’s a short video that gives an idea of what it’s like: Looks like it’s nicely done. Related posts:Watching TV on the... Full Details

WIPTE 2010 Invites Papers, Posters and Presentations

2010-02-03T16:15:00.001-08:00

The organizing committee for the 2010 Workshop on the Impact of Pen-Based Technology on Education (WIPTE) invites submissions of full papers, posters and short presentation abstracts. Submissions should describe experiences using Tablet PCs or... Full Details

‘In Other News…’ February 2nd

2010-02-02T16:15:00.001-08:00

Here’s the weekly rundown of items that we posted to the middle column on UMPCPortal, our ‘Other News’ section. It’s all good UMPC and MID-related stuff that, in most cases, we didn’t write about as a main news item.

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Meet:Mobility Podcast 41 – Nuggets of News (and an iPad) Meet:Mobility Podcast 41 is now available. Recorded on 1st Feb...

Solar-Powered Mobile Productivity Re-Visited.

2010-01-31T16:16:00.001-08:00

I’d love to do another tour this year so over at Solar-UMPC.com, the journal I used for the tour, I’ve taken another look at the UMPC sector to see what devices I could choose from. Related posts:

The Solar UMPC tour This project has been in my mind for months now...

Solar UMPC Camping. I’m going camping over the next four days. Here’s the...

Solar Powered UMPC. How-to video. This video over at Solar-UMPC.com goes over details about how...

The Carbon Foodprint Game

2010-01-29T16:15:00.001-08:00

Nina Merrill, a student intern, posted on the Bon Appetit Management Blog a description of how she developed the Carbon Foodprint Game, hopefully, for young people. What a great idea and easy resource for use in classrooms, including high school... Full Details

DevMob 2010. Something’s Stirring in the ‘Tweener’ Category

2010-01-28T16:15:00.001-08:00

I’ll be talking about the 4" to 10" space, along with my beloved ‘Mobile Computing Segments’ diagram at DevMob 2010 in London next week so if you’re in the area, please drop in and say hello. I’ll have a bunch of devices with me too so if you want hands on with the new UMID BZ, Viliv X70, S5, Android Tablet and other MID-space devices, it’s the place to be! Related posts:

Android on Netbooks. VentureBeat research and comments. It was bound to happen. I’m actually suprised it took...

NYTimes: T-Mobile USA working on 7″, Android-based ‘Tablet’ There’s a lot of talk about Android-enabled devices out there...

Why buy a MID? An interesting article over at PCMag.com has author Tim Bajarin...

iPad Summary Podcast – JKK and Chippy

2010-01-27T16:15:00.001-08:00

We’ve followed the event, had time to digest all the specifications and had a great chat with some readers in the live chat channel so now it’s time to summarize what the iPad is and where it fits. JKK and I spend 25 minutes going over the main points. Related posts:

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Apple Tablet, ‘iPad’ is 10.2” and coming in Jan (According to German Kids Magazine.) My daughter picked up a(nother) teenie mag yesterday. Apparently this...

CeBIT 2008. UMPC warm-up Podcast. The podcasts are back for CeBIT 2008.In Podcast 8 JKK...

UMID BZ. 1 hour, Live, Unedited Video Review with JKK and Chippy.

2010-01-26T16:15:00.001-08:00

Thanks to everyone that joined the /live session yesterday evening. 600 pairs of feet stepped into the room and we had a lot of interactivity in the chat room which was great!

The first hour of the live session is now available…

UMID BZ Live on /Live Monday 2130 CET. Come and check out the (rather good) UMID BZ in...

Chippy checks out the UMID M2 at IDF You’ve probably seen that Chippy jumped across the big puddle...

UMID Mbook (retail) Unboxing and Overview by Chippy This morning I received the UMID Mbook, a tiny, clamshell...

Evidence of Apple tablet tests show up in Flurry data

2010-01-25T16:15:00.001-08:00

Apple has been testing 50 devices believed to be its new tablet computers, according to analytics firm Flurry. Flurry said ...

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UMID BZ Live on /Live Monday 2130 CET.

2010-01-24T16:15:00.001-08:00

Come and check out the (rather good) UMID BZ in a LIVE presentation on Monday at 2130 CET (12:30pm San Fransisco, 3:30pm New York, 8:30pm London, 0430 Shanghai!) We'll record the session as usual. Related posts:

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UMID MBook. Dynamism, MID-June, $599 Great news. Following the Australian reseller, Justek (news) Dynamism have...

UMID M1 gets refined before international release Jenn from Pocketables.net has some interesting new info about...

UMID Mbook BZ Detailed First Impressions, videos, gallery. (+ Live Session planned for 25th)

2010-01-22T16:15:00.001-08:00

Finally, after a week of frustration without a charger for the UMID BZ, it arrived in the post and I was able to charge up and go with testing and hands on today. I’ve already had a few hours with the BZ during CES but there’s nothing like a day of focused ‘messing’ to get to know the device so here, after about 6 hours of usage in total, are my first impressions. Related posts:

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UMID MBook M1 in 12 points and 7 minutes. Here's my overview and opinion on the UMID MBook M1...

ABI Research: ARM-based Processors Will Overtake x86 in Ultra-mobile Devices in 2013

2010-01-21T16:15:00.001-08:00

You know I love a good Intel vs ARM fight and what’s going on in the mobile device market right now is nothing short of volcanic. ARM partners were all over CES and Intel demonstrated the first ever X86 smartphone and tablet on their Moorestown platform. Both companies know that a specialised platform is needed and both companies are enabling it. Who will win? Related posts:

UMDs. 200 Million by 2013. That’s Ultra Mobile Devices to you and me and...

385 Million ‘UMDs’ in 2014 say ABI Research A UMD, as defined by ABI Research, is a netbook,...

ABI: 35 Million Netbook Shipments Expected in 2009 ABI research are expecting 35 million netbooks to be shipped...

UMID BZ at Dynamism (and in our Database and Gallery.)

2010-01-20T16:15:00.001-08:00

There’s a review and video of the UMID BZ coming just as soon as I receive the missing power cable from UMID (due in a few days) but in the meantime, I’ve added it to the database and finished a photo shoot. If that’s enough to tip you over the edge then Dynamism is the place you need to look next. Related posts:

UMID MBook. Dynamism, MID-June, $599 Great news. Following the Australian reseller, Justek (news) Dynamism have...

Black UMID comes to Dynamism After a long wait and more than a little worry...

UMID M1 and Viliv S5. Pre-order at Dynamism Update: It’s more of a placeholder. Pre-order is not possible...

Let’s Face It: Right Handers Sit on the Right Side of a Movie Screen

2010-01-19T16:15:00.001-08:00

M. Okobo (2009) reports that right-handers have a preference (74%) for sitting to the right of the cinema screen when they are motivated to watch a film. For students who were put off by the film, none showed a preference for the right-hand seats,... Full Details

AMD-based XPPhone Gets a Price and New Images.

2010-01-18T16:15:00.001-08:00

XPPhone have released a local price range for the XPPhone. There are some new images too. Related posts:

xpPhone Update. Images. Technical Information. There has been a rush of news around the xpPhone...

jkk checks out another obviously named UMPC/Phone running XP, the XpPhone [video] Earlier you may have seen the DigiCube MIDPhone, and...

XPPhone combines a phone and a computer We saw an influx of these sort of devices...

Sports Illustrated - Tablet Demo 1.5

2010-01-17T16:15:00.001-08:00

Demonstration of Sports Illustrated future magazine on an e-reader. Demonstration shows touch features as well as integration of text, images, and video.

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Developing for Microsoft Surface

2010-01-16T16:15:00.001-08:00

Dr. Neil Roodyn of nsquaredsolutions offers in an interview reasons why he just released an ebook titled "Developing for Microsoft Surface: Crafting Exceptional Experiences." Surface is a new technology used, among other places, on TV news... Full Details

A Warning about ‘Smart’ Device Battery Life.

2010-01-15T16:15:00.001-08:00

As we move to active and connected standby scenarios and and extremely wide power 'envelope' for connected devices there will be problems in determining the true, real-world battery life of a connected device. This article addresses the issue. Related posts:

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Smartphone battery life under ‘Mobile Internet’ conditions – Terrible Like I said last week, the CPU is out of...

Silverthorne details confirmed at ISSCC Reports about Intel's launch of Silverthorne at the ISSCC in...

Podcast 40 Recorded Live at CES. (Video and Audio)

2010-01-14T16:15:00.001-08:00

The Meet:Mobility podcast and video is now available.

The team talks about some of the main mobile computing highlights of CES.

Podcast 40 Recorded Live at CES. Video and Audio | Meet:Mobility.

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Join the Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC recall

2010-01-13T16:15:00.001-08:00

Rob Bushway over at Gottabemobile is right on target: It’s time for Dell and N-Trig to work together to solve the numerous problems that the Dell XT is experiencing, namely false clicks, resume from sleep/hibernation issues, poor multitouch... Full Details

James Kendrick on slates and tablets @CES

2010-01-12T16:15:00.001-08:00

James Kendrick inks (literally): “None of the slates at CES can do this. None of them.” He’s pointing out that slates at CES, seem to be touch biased and not ink minded. The comments in his thread point out the ins and out of... Full Details

Bookmarks for Technology Questions and Answers

2010-01-10T16:15:00.001-08:00

The Technology Questions website is moving again. Our last move from a server in Europe to one in the US has not gone well.

What's in store for 2010?

1. We hope to stabilize the Bookmarks area so that others feel free to share stories found on different websites.

2. We hope to increase the number of HOW-TOs on this site. We pulled away from these for a few years but maybe we can share s

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‘In Other News…’ January 9th

2010-01-09T16:15:00.001-08:00

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Viliv N5 hands-on from jkkmobile

2010-01-08T16:15:00.001-08:00

Jkk sounds really excited to be checking out the upcoming Viliv N5 that was recently announced, saying that he feels confident that this is “the UMPC that we’ve all been waiting for”. He has a quality 5 minute video looking…

6% of you appear to have UMPCs. Really? According to my stats, 5.77% of vists to the UMPCPortal...

ASUS R2H available next week in U.S. and Canada? At last I’m seeing information about availability of the...

Computex. More UMPCs from Viliv. Microsoft to use S5 in Keynote We had a very detailed email and press release...

LG GW990 Intel Moorestown Phone is at CES.

2010-01-07T16:15:00.001-08:00

I wasn’t expecting this at all. Here are some photo’s of the LG GW990, Intel Moorestown-based smartphone.

Details so far:

5mp cam
1850mah (single cell I assume) battery
HD Video capable
A-GPS
Compass
HSDPA/HSUPA

Unfortunately this is behind glass.

The Intel keynote is…

Compal KAX-15 Menlow-based MID. Info and JKK’s Video. Coming via Aigo? I’ve been careful to point out in the past...
DigiCube MIDPhone-50 Jkk has a short video from the show floor...
Intel’s Ultra Mobility Event Live Blogged MIDMoves (that’s me!) live blogged the Intel Mobility Event today...

Viliv announces the N5, gets a bit more official with the S10, and upgrades the entire line to Windows 7

2010-01-06T16:15:00.001-08:00

It feels like we’ve known about the S10 Blade [Portal page] for a long time now, but we’ve yet to see any official pricing. It looks like that may come to an end soon as Viliv has just put out…

Vlilv S7. Working model. Video presentation As you might have seen from the ‘tweets’ and Flickr...
Viliv X70 Atom spotted at CES Based on the existing X70, the X70 Atom (which is...
Viliv S5 UI, browsing, video. S7 and X7 Atom on roadmap. This video, taken at the Viliv launch event in Korea,...

UMID BZ (Was M2) hands-on at Lazion

2010-01-04T16:15:00.001-08:00

Another CES ‘leak.’ This time it’s the UMID BZ 4.8” clamshell UMPC which is very similar to the Viliv N5 we’ve just reported on.

The BZ has also been known in the past as the M2 and also sells as the Onkyo BX and…

Black UMID M1 finds a matching keyboard Some of the earliest pictures of the UMID M1...
UMID M1 UMPC launches in Korea Pocketables.net have just reported on the official launch of...
UMID M1 base price indicator: $500 (Korea) With a base memory of 512MB, a Linux OS...

ARM Products and Platforms Primer and Resource List for Mobile Internet Devices in 2010.

2010-01-03T16:15:00.001-08:00

The ecosystem around ARM, its designs and licensee products can be difficult to understand so I’ve been researching the current status and have summarized the important products, brands and technologies in the article below. You'll find details on all the important keywords and technologies, links to all the important CPUs and platforms, a reading list and some ‘tip's’ for CES2010 which starts this week. Related posts:

ARM Cortex Browsing Test shows the Full Internet Experience. Here’s another one of those ‘we can beat Atom’...
Nvidia confirms Tegra for Windows Mobile MIDs. In an article over at CNet, Mike Rayfield, general...
Windows Mobile coming to a netbook near you? Maybe I should have waited a few more weeks to...

‘In Other News…’ January 2nd

2010-01-02T16:15:00.001-08:00

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Meet:Mobility Podcast 39 – CES 2010 Warm-up

2009-12-31T16:15:00.001-08:00

Meet:Mobility Podcast 39 is now available. Related posts:

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DataJack Puts Pressure on U.S. 3G Data Services.

2009-12-30T16:15:00.001-08:00

DataJack is offering a US-based pre-paid 3G data service via USB stick for a breakthrough price. Related posts:

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MeetMobility Live Podcast with Runcore at CES 2010. Netbook Tech Zone, 8th Jan, 2pm.

2009-12-29T16:15:00.001-08:00

JKK, Sascha and I are extremely proud to announce that we’ll be doing our first ever live-audience MeetMobility podcast recording (and hopefully live broadcast) at CES 2010 on Friday Jan 8th at 2pm

Thanks to Runcore, creators of excellent SSD solutions…

Live Podcast and E-King S515 Videocast Today. 2130 CET. Sorry about the late notice on this one but...
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Intel N400-series Technical Docs Now Available.

2009-12-26T16:15:00.001-08:00

The N450 is the new Intel Atom-based chip that will be used for ‘Pineview’ netbooks in 2010. Many of you have heard about the new ‘leaked’ netbooks over the last few weeks and although it’s focused at netbooks, we think…

Silverthorne, Poulsbo ready for XP primetime? Following up on the previous story I did about...
Nvidia Ion opens the doors for ultra mobile gaming. Pushing netbooks even further into the laptop space (no-one can...
Digitimes: Intel to suspend Atom Z sales to netbook makers. Be careful how you read this story. Some people are...

Archos 9 Review.

2009-12-24T16:15:00.001-08:00

The Archos 9 has been with us for about 5 days now and we’re due to send it back to Mobilx in a few days so we thought we better get an early review out to you all. This isn’t an…

Archos 5 Android Tablet. Full Review at Carrypad. The Archos 5 is neither a professional or mobile internet...
ARCHOS to merge Android and Media Stack in voice-enabled MID This could be a great move for Andriod, TI and...
Laptopmag: Archos 5 Internet Tablet Review. 8/10 (to Laptopmag) Laptopmag have beaten me to a full review of the...

OLPC XO-1.75 will move to ARM CPU.

2009-12-23T16:15:00.001-08:00

In a significant architechtural move away from X86, the 2011 generation of the XO (One Laptop Per Child Project) will move from a VIA C7 CPU to a Marvell design based on ARM cores. Related posts:

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OLPC video and purchase news Yes, it appears that you’ll be able to purchase an...
OLPC XO Gen 2.0. to have Dual Touchscreens The next generation XO Laptop will be a smaller,...

Could the ICD Ultra be the Haiku of 2010?

2009-12-21T16:15:00.001-08:00

The ICT Ultra is so 'Origami' that it's not funny. At least it's not funny for Microsoft and Intel! Related posts:

ChannelInsider UMPC article. I’ve just read the ChannelInsider article about the ’second-chance’ that...
3-years ago. A Look Back at the Origami Buzz. Three years ago today, Microsoft’s Origamiproject.com went live as...
Origami, Week 2, says Hi There Well, the long awaited new flash promo about the Microsoft...

‘In Other News…’ December 19th

2009-12-19T16:15:00.001-08:00

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Archos 9 Gallery

2009-12-18T16:15:00.001-08:00

A new gallery is up. 39 pictures that should give you a good feel for the device.

Full Archos 9 Gallery

Don’t forget the live session

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Archos 9 Tablet (Retail) Unboxing and Overview Video.

2009-12-17T16:15:00.001-08:00

Thanks very much to Mobilx.eu who have sent one of their first Archos 9 devices to us for a week of testing and hands-on. You’ll remember hearing about this earlier in the year and getting a launch at IDF in September but it’s taken a long time to reach the hands of end-users. There are a few early devices out there already but not many hands-on and unboxing videos. Here’s my contribution. Related posts:

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Meet:Mobility Podcast 37 – A Challenge for Netbooks in 2010

2009-12-16T16:15:00.001-08:00

JKK, Sascha and Chippy talk at length about topics coming out of the 2nd Netbook World Summit in Paris where Sasha was the host for the day. We discuss how ARM-based devices could fit into the market, some statistics and ongoing price reductions. Also covered at Jolicloud and the Archos 5 Android Tablet. Related posts:

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‘In Other News…’ December 12th

2009-12-12T16:15:00.001-08:00

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Ultra-Mobile Computing Predictions for 2010.

2009-12-11T16:15:00.001-08:00

For customers wanting full desktop PC capability in their hand, 2010 will be a frustrating year where you’ll see a lot of game-changing news, and very few products based on it. Here are our predictions for 2010 Related posts:

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Long-Awaited UMID M2 UMPC appears as Onkyo BX in Japan.

2009-12-10T16:15:00.001-08:00

Akihabara seemed to have missed the fact that the Sotec (Onkyo) BX 407A4 is actually a device that many of us have been waiting for. It’s a rebadged UMID M2. Or Kohjinsha device. Or Inventec device. We’re not sure who the…

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Eking S515 Detailed Testing Notes.

2009-12-08T16:15:00.001-08:00

The Eking S515 has been with us for about a week now (Thanks to Mobilx) and we've done a lot of testing. In this article you'll find an extensive set of notes and comments based on our testing. Related posts:

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Archos 5 Android Tablet. Full Review at Carrypad.

2009-12-07T16:15:00.001-08:00

The Archos 5 is neither a professional or mobile internet device. There’s no 3G, the web experience isn’t complete and the stability of the device means you probably shouldn’t be doing anything important on it. Having said that, the Archos 5 is quite an amazing multi-faceted handheld web device that sets a new standard for an ARM-based web experience and pushes the entry level pricing down to consumer levels. Battery life is great and the video performance beats anything you’ll get on a UMPC. Related posts:

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80 Images of the Eking S515 (AKA PsiXPDA, Z8)

2009-12-06T16:15:00.001-08:00

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‘In Other News…’ December 6th

2009-12-05T16:15:00.001-08:00

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PsiXPDA UMPC Launches in UK, US, Europe.

2009-12-04T16:16:00.001-08:00

PsiXPDA have launched in the UK and their first product is one I just happen to be testing out right now. It's a slider UMPC. More information in the article. Related posts:

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New Fujitsu UMPC adds Multitouch, Reduces Weight. (Updated: Price, full specs)

2009-12-03T16:15:00.001-08:00

The UH900 UMPC (or 'handheld PC; as Fujitsu are calling it) has just been announced. Full specs aren't available but from what we've gleened from the press release, this looks like a very VERY interesting pro-mobile device. Wider, thinner, lighter, multitouch and more... Related posts:

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Intel Creates Tempting Challenge as Atom Dev Program SDK reaches Beta.

2009-12-02T16:15:00.001-08:00

Intel have just announced that the SDK for the Intel Atom Developer Program has reached Beta stage and along with the announcement comes information about how you can now start testing and submitting applications to their program. In order to get things moving, Intel are offering some big big prizes. How about a Smart Car or a $20K vacation? There are 100 netbooks on offer too! Related posts:

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Crunchpad Project Collapses on Partner Disagreement.

2009-11-30T16:15:00.001-08:00

The Crunchpad project has collapsed due to a critical business issue between the two partners controlling the project. In a post this afternoon, just weeks after I picked up on the comments by Mike Arrington in the Gilmor Gang videocast, Mike Arrington explains how he and Fusion Garage, the partner company in the project have failed to reach an agreement on terms. There’s no statement from the Fusion Garage yet. Related posts:

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Kohjinsha to sell its dual-screen netbook next month, turns out to be a convertible too

2009-11-28T16:15:00.001-08:00

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The problem with recent no-name MIDs out of Asia

2009-11-27T16:15:00.001-08:00

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Pixel Qi Low-power / Daylight Screens go to Mass Production

2009-11-26T16:15:00.001-08:00

While Intel, AMD, ARM and VIA might want you to believe that low-power silicon is the answer to all battery life problems, the truth is somewhat different. We’re at a point now where all silicon, be it X86 or RISC-based, can perform at low enough power consumption that other components on a device become more significant in the power, heat and battery life equation. Talk about ‘ídle’ power drain is irrelevant when you’re using a device in constantly-connected mobile computing scenarios. Related posts:

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Meet:Mobility Podcast 35 is now available.

2009-11-25T16:15:00.001-08:00

This could be one of the best podcasts we’ve done to date. It’s honest, passionate, up-front and covers a whole lot of news and information. It’s an hour long but it’s packed full of info. We hope you enjoy it.…

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Live Podcast and E-King S515 Videocast Today. 2130 CET.

2009-11-24T16:15:00.001-08:00

Sorry about the late notice on this one but we’ve found a slot and we need to jump on it.

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Number 10 in the Top 10 most popular

2009-11-21T16:16:00.001-08:00

This wallpaper has had 2348578 views and was submitted by John Slater

Chrome(ium) OS PC’s: Dumber than your Mobile Phone.

2009-11-19T16:15:00.001-08:00

Information is coming through on Google’s Chromium OS from a number of sources. (See below.) I’ve been following the Techcrunch blog and as a mobile-focused end-user, I'm picking up a number of things that turn me off. Related posts:

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Chrome OS. Be Dynamic or Forget It.

2009-11-18T16:15:00.001-08:00

There’s lots of excitement about ‘Chrome OS’ floating around at the moment. Apparently, Google will be giving us more details tomorrow and I hope for the sake of them that it’s more than just a browser and a set of HTML5…

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Archos 5 Mini-Video/USB Dock and Firmware 1.3

2009-11-17T16:15:00.001-08:00

What a hectic few hours! I’ve had DHL at the door with the Archos 5 Mini Dock, a tweet from Pocketables alerting me that the new firmware is available and the whole lot has been captured in a video. I’ll…

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What would you want in a Microblogging-Pad?

2009-11-16T16:15:00.001-08:00

Here’s a post I’ve just found in my drafts folder. I wrote it in March and forgot to post it. It’s still relevant now so here it is.

March 2009

I realise that many of you couldn’t give a damn about Twitter…

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Mini-Review: Misticaudio Case for Archos 5 IT (Android)

2009-11-15T16:15:00.001-08:00

For of all, thanks to Jeff Hill of Misticaudio for sending over this case for review. They’ve stepped in at just the right time with a leather case for the Archos 5IT that fits well, doesn’t impact on the usability of…

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‘In Other News…’ November 15th

2009-11-14T16:15:00.001-08:00

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Archos 9 dissected

2009-11-13T16:15:00.001-08:00

Jkk has spotted that the Archos 9 has been dissected over at the FCC. Unfortunately you won’t find unicorns or magic inside, but just your everyday Atom guts and computer components. Swapping out the 1.8” HDD which (jkk identified to be…

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Sub 12″ PC Screen Size Analysis. November 2009

2009-11-12T16:15:00.001-08:00

Back in May, I took a look at the small screen PC market to try and determine the distribution of screen sizes. I did the same in September. Today I’ve been through the figures again and the same trend continues. There are less sub 10” screens on the market and far more 10” and 11” devices. Related posts:

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S10 could really put Viliv on the map

2009-11-11T16:15:00.001-08:00

Over the last 6 months or so, Viliv has created a near rebirth of the UMPC, stunning a good number of people with the highly regarded S5 and X70. Not to long after, they brought the Viliv S7, their first…

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Video: Amazon Kindle for PC In Action on a Handheld PC.

2009-11-10T16:15:00.001-08:00

I doubt many of you will be spending $599 on a UMPC just for the Kindle PC application but if you’re thinking of a mobile tablet PC anyway, here’s my tip for a good PC-based Amazon Kindle reading experience. The Viliv X70 UMPC. (Video after the jump.) Related posts:

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Eking S515 UMPC available soon / unboxing soon.

2009-11-09T16:15:00.001-08:00

Mobilx have been working hard. Not only have they picked up the UMID and Viliv devices but they’ve just sealed the deal on the E-King S515 tilt/slider UMPC. It’s the mini tilt/slider form factor that many of us wanted to see when the HTC Shift was around and it’s beaten the similar KAX-15 to the market. Related posts:

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‘In Other News…’ November 8th

2009-11-07T16:15:00.001-08:00

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Interesting A81, 7” Tablet from Witstech. Cortex. Capacitive. Coming with Android? (Updated with video)

2009-11-06T16:15:00.001-08:00

Reported by Techfresh nearly a month ago is early information on a 7” ARM-based tablet from Witstech. The A81. I have a feeling that the ‘WinCE’ specification put a lot of people off but it might be worth taking a closer look as it supposedly has a capacitive touchscreen and runs on an unspecified ARM Cortex A8 core. Related posts:

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Laptopmag: Archos 5 Internet Tablet Review. 8/10 (to Laptopmag)

2009-11-05T16:15:00.001-08:00

Laptopmag have beaten me to a full review of the Archos 5 Internet Tablet. That will teach me for playing around with it too much! Read on... Related posts:

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xpPhone Update. Images. Technical Information.

2009-11-04T16:15:00.001-08:00

There has been a rush of news around the xpPhone recently culminating in a rush of posts by top blogs and, over the last 24 hours, an article from the IDG news service that hit PCWorld and others top-tier reporting sites. Here's an update on the device including information on the CPU. Related posts:

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Viliv S7 Premium Review at Pocketables

2009-11-02T16:15:00.001-08:00

Read through this Viliv S7 review at Pocketables and you won't find a single show-stopper. Well not unless you want to watch HD YouTube videos that is! Related posts:

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‘In Other News…’ November 1st

2009-10-31T17:15:00.001-07:00

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Mobile Device Categorization at Mobile Dev Camp, Munich.

2009-10-29T17:15:00.001-07:00

On Saturday at the Mobile Dev Camp in Munich I'll be talking about the subject of device categorisation with a bunch of devs to try and stimulate some discussion on the subject. Do we really believe that everything should be converged into a 24/7 pocketable device or are their opportunities to improve the experience for the customer and to break out into small, but significant, niches. Does everything hinge on the mobile OS and it’s success in primary markets? No related posts.

Verizon Droid. Android 2.0 MIDPhone…with Google Maps Navigation Beta.

2009-10-28T17:15:00.001-07:00

Encompassing much of what the MID market stands for and reaching out in terms of screen size and CPU power to become a very interesting contender is the Verizon / Motorola Droid. $300 + a 24 month commitment brings you the ‘phone’ and you’ll get $100 back if you remember to mail-in the coupon. Related posts:

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385 Million ‘UMDs’ in 2014 say ABI Research

2009-10-26T17:15:00.001-07:00

A UMD, as defined by ABI Research, is a netbook, MID, UMPC or mobile consumer electronics device. I like that definition as it’s almost exactly the scope of the devices we cover on UMPCPortal, MIDMoves, and Meet:Mobility.

385 Million is a…

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‘In Other News…’ October 25th

2009-10-24T16:15:00.001-07:00

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Motorola Droid brings another interesting Android device onto the radar

2009-10-23T16:15:00.001-07:00

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Dell Streak 5-inch Android MID with 3G

2009-10-22T16:15:00.001-07:00

It looks like Dell will be following Archos into the MID market with a 5" touchscreen 'pad' called the 'Streak.' There's no official word from Dell but this certainly looks like a winner to me. Related posts:

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The Highs and Lows of Installing Android on a UMPC

2009-10-20T16:15:00.001-07:00

Those Android-powered tablets from Archos are pretty neat, but if you've got a UMPC (like Samsung's Q1UP) lying around, you can try Android thanks to the Android-x86 project. The catch: despite great performance, there are still a few major limitations.

The good news is that you can run Android from a USB drive or Live CD, so you don't have to nuke your current OS.

Kevin over at jkOnTheRun has a Samsung Q1UP, and was able to install an Android 1.6 port originally intended for the Eee PC 701. He says "Android is blazing on a 1.33GHz Intel Core Solo" and suspects the battery lasts longer, too. He was also able to use Wi-Fi, and the Samsung's QWERTY keyboard without problems.

The major glitches Kevin ran into were on the hardware side of things—no touchscreen, sound, Bluetooth, or button mapping support. That's bound to happen when the port isn't specifically geared for the device, but he says he's chatting with developers to make it happen.

An interesting experiment, but I'd be interested to know if other mobile/netbook OSes, like Jolicloud or Intel's Moblin, fare any better. [jkOnTheRun via SlashGear]

On Holiday with the Archos 5 Android and Nokia N900

2009-10-19T16:15:00.001-07:00

I’ll be back to work on Wednesday but until then I'm taking a break with my family over in sunny (really!) England. Thanks to Three UK I've got 3G connectivity both on the smartphone and via my Mifi and it has given me the ability to really test the Nokia N900 [info] and Archos 5 Internet Tablet [info] in real-world mobile and home scenarios that have ranged from a night out with the lads to car-navigation, photography, Skype, sofa and bed-surfing, presence and day-to-day email and website management duties. Related posts:

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Blogger Writes Building a Professional Learning Community

2009-10-18T16:15:00.001-07:00

Bill Ferriter offers a quick summary of his and coauthor Parry Graham's new book "Building a Professional Learning Community at Work: A Guide to the First Year." Congratulations, Authors, for a noble effort!

What you’ll see if you decide to pick up a copy is that we’ve started each chapter with the story of Steve — the fictional principal of Central Middle school — and his colleagues who are working to restructure their traditional school as a professional learning community.

Bill's an articulate public school 6th grade language arts teacher who self-reported on his blog over several years his angsts about taking part in teacher team building activities. Looks like he figured out at least enough to suggest how other teachers might approach similar tasks.

He a teacher techie who tries to generate discussions on his blog by taking controversial positions on variations of teacher talk and political issues about schooling. I monitor it as one of the relatively few teacher blogs that sometimes suggests how teachers can intentionally increase learning rates promptly, sometimes with PCs and desktops.

Keep up the good work, Bill.

Building a Professional Learning Community at Work: A Guide to the First Year.

Bill's blog, The Tempered Radical

‘In Other News…’ October 18th

2009-10-17T16:15:00.001-07:00

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The 6 Things I don’t like about the Nokia N900

2009-10-15T16:15:00.001-07:00

The Unwired View have just published Part 2 of their ongoing N900 coverage which covers 6 ‘things I hate’ about the N900. I agree with most of those points and want to re-iterate the issues of portrait mode and navigation again…

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7K+ Years to Count Teachers' Salaries and Benefits Value

2009-10-14T16:15:00.001-07:00

At the rate of counting one dollar per second, it would take more than 7,000 years to count the $225 billion of salaries and benefits paid by local, state, and Federal funds to U.S. public school teachers in a year.

It would take more than 24,000 years to count the estimated cost $829 billion of the Baucus health bill just voted out of the U.S. Senate committee he chairs. That's longer than there have been human civilizations on earth.

Wow! That's a different perspective from the ones I've seen before.

Given this frequency count procedure, it appears possible to calculate the dollar cost of academic performance increases in classrooms.

I wonder, then, what it costs for a student to learn /a/ and then how much more to learn /b/? When that's known, we can calculate the distribution of costs across teaching methods and instructional material teachers use, including costs of Tablet and other mobile PCs.

In turn, I think I see a way then to figure teacher performance pay increases based in part on allocating part of the learning cost savings to teachers. I wonder if I can include this line of logic with aLEAP? I wish I'd had something like this as a way to monitor instruction/learning cost ratios while instructing.

First, did I calculate the length of time correctly, Math Teacher?

Second, I wonder if anyone else has followed the same or a similar track?

References

Sagan, C. (1997). Billions & billions: Thoughts on life and death at the rink of the millennium. New York: Ballentine, p. 10.

Five myths about paying good teachers more

Heiny, R. A Learning Efficiency Analysis Paradigm Abstract

Nokia N900 Live Session Notes, Impressions, Videos (2.5hrs)

2009-10-13T16:15:00.001-07:00

The first thing to note from last nights N900 session is that there we didn’t find any show stoppers. Sizing is clearly an issue for some but within the bounds of the size of the device, Nokia have done an incredible job and married it with a software stack that is fit for the next-generation of ‘computing-first’ handhelds for both the geek and consumer community. More notes and videos of the event are available in the full article. Related posts:

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A “TEACHER’S DASHBOARD” FOR A HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA CLASS

2009-10-12T16:15:00.001-07:00

"Networked Tablet PCs have great potential in classroom settings, including use in small group in-class problem-solving activities. It is possible to obtain substantial amounts of data about student activity during a lesson: what they referred to, notes taken and erased, bursts and lulls of activity.

The raw data is necessarily low level: time-stamped pen strokes, deletions, navigation to and from pages, and such. This data can be used, among other ways, to enable a teacher to monitor learning activities as they happen in real-time.

We call the display of student activity the teacher’s dashboard. We describe the use of a dashboard in several sections of a high school algebra class.

We found that the teacher came increasingly to rely on this display to see how the students were progressing, and the students felt they were getting more timely feedback.

We discuss the challenges in making dashboards that can work in a variety of classroom settings."

Kamin, S., et al. Abstract. A “TEACHER’S DASHBOARD” FOR A HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA CLASS. (Captured October 12, 2009, 7:00 AM.)