The iPad is a complete product at a breakthrough price and the competition that has been waiting to launch products has just had the rug pulled from under their feet. Exepect a very quiet summer as products are re-assesed. Software, app-store and content ecosystems need to be re-worked. With no obvious ‘ecosystem’ solutions out there, this process could be too expensive for many.

While smartphone fans might not be over-interested in this relatively bulky bit of kit, if you look at it from the MID angle (which is where it’s positioned) the story is very different and the Sharp IS01 is ticking a lot of boxes as we go through the specifications. The Sharp IS01 is a cross between an Archos 5 tablet and a UMID BZ ultra mobile PC and that could really hit the mark by offering long battery life, a fun operating system build and the components needed for more […]

Maybe I should have posted this article at Carrypad rather than UMPCPortal as it pertains to the progress that ARM-based devices have made in terms of browsing speed. Just two years ago I wouldn’t have given an ARM-based system a second look if I was thinking of doing an web-based work but now they are challenging low-end PC’s and enabling the sort of devices we cover here on Carrypad. So far, Intel haven’t quite reached down into this area of click consumer computing devices yet. The question does remain though […]

I’ve had a theory about web-page loading speed for about three years now. When a web page takes more than 12 seconds to load, a user considers it a slow experience. Anything less than 10-12 seconds and everything is in the green zone. Smartphones are now entering the green zone.

Netbook Navigator has been working hard on getting that Nav 9 to market and we’ve just heard that a review sample is going to be with us very soon. Apparently they’ve taken a few weeks to optimise a touchscreen that wasn’t up to par and in that time they’ve also updated the package and pricing.

After one of my regular browsing sessions at Geizhals.at this evening I found two retailers offering the Archos 7 Home Tablet that was announced at CeBIT earlier in the month and one of them is stating a delivery time of ‘1 Week.’

Today Intel announce that their AppUp Center and the framework behind it is now available for Moblin and that it will begin accepting Euro and Pound payments opening it up to another 300+ million people. Future updates will be rolled up into MeeGo

I’ve been following the first MeeGo Technical Steering Group Meeting this evening and updating my little journal (mainly a personal notes area) over at MeeGoNews.com For those that don’t know about MeeGo, it’s the result of an agreement between Nokia and Intel to merge their two open-source mobile-focused Linux operating systems (Maemo and Moblin) into one. MeeGo is focused on the Handheld, Netbook, Car and TV experiences so fits in well here. It’s also got two applications stores Ovi and AppUp, ready to be ported over; an important step in […]