Archive | March, 2009

Turbo-Enabled Opera 10 Preview Available

Posted on 27 March 2009

I love the community we have here.  Just 60 minutes after posting about Opera Mobile 9.7 and mentioning that it would be interesting to have a desktop version with Turbo, Hrundik drops a comment in to say “Opera Turbo…

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Samsung’s SWD-M100 Mondi MID

Posted on 26 March 2009

The SWD-M100 Mondi [product page] is the WiMax device that was spotted at MWC in Feb. There in Barcelona it was seen running Windows Mobile 6.1 which didn’t really get too many people excited. It looks like we…

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Opera Mobile 9.7 with ‘Turbo’ option announced.

Posted on 26 March 2009

The Opera 9.6 SDK, released last year, included a little feature that a lot of people missed…

Also worth mentioning here is that Opera have announced the 9.6 SDK which supports some cool new stuff including the…

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Mobile Bloggers. Win a weekend in Denmark

Posted on 26 March 2009

I’m very tempted to do this myself but I’m not sure that a ‘pro’ that should be doing it. I think it would be better if someone from the ultra mobile community did it so here I am putting the…

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Mobile Bloggers. Win a weekend in Denmark

Posted on 26 March 2009

I’m very tempted to do this myself but I’m not sure that a ‘pro’ that should be doing it. I think it would be better if someone from the ultra mobile community did it so here I am putting the…

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Video: Wistron Pursebook at MWC 2009

Posted on 26 March 2009

Netbooknews.de have posted a video via (PDA.pl) from ARM that shows the Wistron Netbook, a thin, Sony Vaio-like netbook baed on the Quallcom Snapdragon CPU and running Linux. Jump to the action at 2:32

I really realy…

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Moblin V2 Alpha 2. Development Stays Focused.

Posted on 26 March 2009

As I was reviewing my keyword searches on the social network Twitter this morning (I use Particls.com) I came across a really interesting question. @phabulosa asks: “Really want to know why Moblin can boot that fast and how instant-on Linux works. Someone can tell me?”

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Aigo MID -> UMPC? Aigo MID XP drivers available

Posted on 26 March 2009

For everyone considering the Compal/Gigabyte/Aigo MID and looking for XP upgrade capability, re-tune now to JKKMobile.com where JKK is testing out the new drivers. First reports are that the new drivers may not be working with the current hardware but…

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Long term software impressions – Sony VAIO P

Posted on 26 March 2009

My review journey continues with the Sony VAIO P. The unit is quite pleasing to use, even if it is running Windows Vista. A quick refresher on the VAIO P’s basic specs for those of you who are just…

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Detailed Smart Q5 MID specs

Posted on 25 March 2009

Update: All specs now in the product database.

Over the last few weeks we’ve seen bits on information on the Smart Q5 MID, but today it looks like we’ve got the official details.

1GB storage, 256MB available

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Connect with 70+ Ultra Mobile fans on Twitter via g_rouping.

Posted on 25 March 2009

A few days ago I had an idea for simple  ‘g_rouping’ on Twitter and announced a new Twitter user as a gathering point for MID and UMPC friends.  There’s no sign-up needed, no passwords to enter and no 3rd…

Inventec. Confidence in MID Sector

Posted on 25 March 2009

This is a short but revealing bit of info.  Inventec, the worlds fourth largest laptop manufacturer (and company that abandoned the ‘UMPC’ term last year!) has highlighted that mobile communications which lie ’somewhere between handsets and notebooks’ will be…

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Will server-side computing turn our netbooks into gaming machines?

Posted on 25 March 2009

An interesting story over at Kotaku talks about a new service called OnLive. The vision of OnLive is to bring processing intensive gaming to low end hardware, a sort of on-demand gaming service.

The way it works is…

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UMID M1 gets taken apart

Posted on 25 March 2009

Jkk, the master of mobile modding, is always quick to point out internal shots from the latest hardware. This time, he found some shots of the UMID M1 [Portal page], which Chippy just recently wrote his hands…

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Gigabyte T1028 Gallery shows 3G install.

Posted on 24 March 2009

Mobilx kindly sent over a set of images showing how they installed 3G in the Gigabyte T1028M. Apparently everything went smoothly due to the pre-wired antenna and SIM holder. I’m getting excited for netbooks again!!!

UMID MBook First Impressions

Posted on 24 March 2009

I’ve just published my ‘first impressions’ of the UMID MBook that I used out at SXSW with MIDMoves.

…the technical specs, the size, the form factor, the style and the connectivity make this an excellent device for mobile…

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Gigabyte T1028M TouchNote price, availability.

Posted on 24 March 2009

Mobilx have just informed us that they’ve got a sample Gigabyte T1028M TouchNote in and have already upgraded with 3G because the antenna is pre-wired. There’s also a pre-enabled SIM card slot.

They also have prices. The T1028M…

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