Comments on: Lincroft, Langwell and Moorestown

By: ProDigit

ProDigit — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:33:09 +0000

[quote]Moorestown will account for a significant power saving but if an OEM goes and slaps a 2W WiFi module on it…[/quote]

I just read some USA and international rules and regulations about this, and seemingly there’s a rule that states any small electronic device in the bandrange of 2.400 and 2.483,5 Mhz (which is regular 802.11 b/g/n networks) is allowed to transmit upto 1Watts of power.
This going from cellphones, laptops, electric devices like nettops and those tiny internet devices, as well as wireless routers.
So good news for the battery freak.
However applying a good and solid antenna could improve wireless signal.
Wireless N needs 3 antenna’s, where if 2 would be worked in the screen you’d have a good and fast connection!

By: ProDigit

ProDigit — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:39:34 +0000

10x…
compared to a Intel Core2 Duo laptop running @ 45 Watts, that would translate to a 4,5Watt device.

Compared to an Atom netbook @ 14W that’d be 1,4W.

though the guy talking in the video had a previous meeting where he mentioned a “1 Watt device”.

This could be where he was talking about.
Add to the 1Watt a 1,5Watt wifi, a 2W OLED design screen, and your system will be running well below 5Watts!
The powerdraw on USB devices will be higher than whatever the CPU is using inside…

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:17:32 +0000

so i guess in the end, it all comes down to the browser…

in other words, the browser is as important, or maybe even more so, as the os itself…

By: Chippy

Chippy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:39:29 +0000

MS simply has to do something special with WM7. Forget Vista or Windows 7. If WM7 is good and offers FIE on a large and external screen, i’ll be able to use it as my desktop!

By: fixup

fixup — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:58:24 +0000

I have been saying many times, a X86 smartphone chip is a must for UMPC and MID to go live. Intel finally realized it. This is only half the story though. Meanwhile MS has to build a new OS that can run Windows apps and also support low-power, always-online functions for push email and phone ring.

Will MS want to do that? On one hand, it may kill its Windows Mobile OS. On the other hand, it is a must for MS to survive other than wasting resources to build the garbage like Vista.

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:34:09 +0000

heh, the difference between a computer and a phone these days are simply a question of built in microphone or not

and this looks interesting indeed. but i really do want to know the price of the products that will be based on these…

imo both the tabletpc and the umpc priced itself out of market, and the netbooks are heading the same way

By: deriuqer

deriuqer — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:37:29 +0000

Put it in the awesome LG XNote B831 !!!

Comon LG,LG means Life’s Good,so be it !