Meet:Mobility Podcast 42 is now available. Recorded on 10th Feb 2010. Podcast notes below.
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Show Notes:
Netbooks
Samsung N150, NB50 arrived at netbook news
Info and test coming at Netbooknews.com
Battery battle. Marketing. Differential between marketing and real-world getting too wide.
Steve Jobs said that 10hrs is enough – Overnight charging is good enough. Really?
Smartphones/Smartbooks/MIDs
Android stuff
- multitouch to maps browser etc
- Milestone to 2.01 camera fix, new lock etc hacks
Archos goes Linux
Joo Joo to ship by end of Feb. App store
There are now 40+ app stores in total
UMPCs
UMID BZ now shipping from Dynamism $549
ExoPC, Nav 9, Evi Group Pad.
MWC
Dell Mini 5
Inbrics
HP new 3G device. Tablet.
Notion Ink latest-gen NVIDIA Tegra chipset and Pixel Qi’s (Slashgearnews)
Meetmobility event:
http://meetmobility.com/2010/02/09/meet-mobility-at-mwc-2010/
February 10th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
New article: Meet:Mobility Podcast 42 – Battery Life and the Calm before the Storm. http://bit.ly/aTQypL
February 10th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Meet:Mobility Podcast 42 – Battery Life and the Calm before the Storm. http://bit.ly/9Riw7F #mobile
February 12th, 2010 at 4:31 am
To correct Sascha on Nexus One’s display, it is AMOLED. Check the spec pages on HTC (http://www.htc.com/us/support/nexus-one-google/tech-specs/).
February 12th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
About support for software, it should be kept in mind that most phones that are sold in the US a 2 year contract. Certainly if a phone is being actively sold today, I would expect support throughout my contract. This is the problem if just today I by a Motorola Droid/Milestone. Would Google and/or Motorola support it for yet another 2 years?
This discussion is one of the hardest to make for software engineers. It is one thing to through new functions into the software (multitouch in new applications, iBook, etc) but support and upgrades from previous releases are arguably harder. When should support end? How do you test different upgrade paths? What happens when the engineers move to a different facility or outsourced and that support knowledge is lost? All very tough questions.