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Solar-Powered Mobile Productivity Re-Visited.

Posted on 31 January 2010

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.

Looking forward to the elusive Dell Mini 5 (aka Dell Streak)

Posted on 31 January 2010

The device which was known as the Dell Streak for quite some time was officially unveiled during CES 2010 as the Dell Mini 5. Personally, I think that the name “Dell Streak inch was actually pretty sweet, but if they insist… We’ve heard rumblings of a Dell smartphone for a while. They used to have a line of PDA’s called Axim, but they have been discontinued since 2007 and never picked up the phone component. Now we’ve catching glimpses here and there of the Dell Mini 5 which has be […]

Nokia N900 Review

Posted on 30 January 2010

The Nokia N900 ups the ante for the N-series of internet tablets by being not only a MID, but also a phone, and introducing the latest version of the Maemo operating system. In an age of increasing smartphone innovation, can the N900 stand up to the competition, or will be knocked over by soon to be released devices?

Archos 5 8GB and Archos 7 Android Update.

Posted on 29 January 2010

The 8GB Archos 5 is available at the US Archos store ($249) and we found out that the Archos 7 was advertised accidentally while under embargo. That about confirms the 7 then!

iPad Wish List. What’s Yours?

Posted on 29 January 2010

I made some predictions about an iPod Plus in 2008 and I got the screen size wrong. The rest of is was pretty much exactly matching the specs of the iPad apart from one or two elements. What’s missing from the iPad for you?

Feb 2006 – Sofa ‘Pads’ and the Carrypad Name. (Thanks Pepperpad!)

Posted on 29 January 2010

How the Carrypad name came about in Feb 2006 with the ‘third’ category of Sofa, bed and car devices.

Dell Mini 5 Demonstrated by Its Maker. Price Confusion Follows.

Posted on 28 January 2010

Three stories merged into one today when Techcrunch posted a 30-second demo video by Michael Dell proving that the Dell Mini 5 exists and will be out in a ‘couple of months.’

MSI Tegra 2 Tablet later in 2010

Posted on 28 January 2010

Digitimes brings us news that the MSI Tablet will be released in the second half of 2010 for around $500.

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