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ASUS Eee PC T91 Convertible. The PND Netbook?

Posted on 07 January 2009 by Chippy

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 thinking that way. With GPS, touchscreen and an FM transmitter it looks like they’re…

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NEC’s Power IC’s to assist Moorestown MIDs

Posted on 06 January 2009 by Chippy

If you’re into the discreet component level of MIDs, you might want to check out this press release from NEC.

NEC Electronics America, Inc. today announced that it will highlight its power management IC (PMIC) technology at the International Consumer Electronics…

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Sony Vaio P images from Engadget.

Posted on 06 January 2009 by Chippy

No specs and not even 100% confirmation that this is the Vaio P but Engadget seem to be confident that they’ve snapped the first photo-of-an-image of the new Vaio P.

I’ve corrected the image perspective although it’s still not perfect. The…

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Via’s Dual-core Nano. Nano 3000. VX800 succesor

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.…

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HP 2133 appears with Atom as Mini 2140.

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…

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CES bloggers and their mobile kit

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…

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Dr Mobile’s VIA Nano Freestyle Mini.

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…

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Another Android port - HP2133 Mini Note.

Posted on 05 January 2009 by Chippy

Why are we all so interested in Android on netbooks? Personally I think its the possibility that a major Linux distributor with a big ecosystem and a strong following and brand power could finally push through a useable alternative to…

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Freescale Cortex-based netbook at CES. Aiming for sub $200 by end of 2009.

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…

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Ultra Mobile Podcast 23

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…

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Sony UMPC tipster says all will be revealed in the next 24hrs

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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New Sony UMPC info includes specs and a sub $1000 price.

Posted on 02 January 2009 by Chippy

Our podcast partner, Sascha, from EeePCNews.de (which has just relaunched as netbooknews.de) reports that he’s secured some new info on the Sony UMPC.

Wie ich schon auf Eeepcnews.de berichtete, wird der Sony Vaio P eine Atom Z520 CPU (1,33 Ghz) aufweisen,…

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13.4″ ‘netbook.’ No details here!

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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Nova for pro-sumers. Does that mean us?

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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Android on Netbooks. VentureBeat research and comments.

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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OQO Model 2+ to appear at CES

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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The 12 Moblin Distributors

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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Viliv S5 launch party pics.

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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Dell QC needs tightening I suspect. (Update)

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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Viliv S5 MID launch party in South Korea.

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!

Viliv S5 info here.

Viliv…

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Recommended reading: WirelessMoves and Prepaid 3G Wiki.

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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Samsung NC10 with 3G. 45 Euro + 40 per month.

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…

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