Here’s the weekly rundown of items that we posted to the middle column on UMPCPortal, our ‘Other News’ section. It’s all good UMPC and MID-related stuff that, in most cases, we didn’t write about as a main news item. Published Asus Windows Slate EP121 Coming to CES, I’ve Pretty Much Already Got One and I’m Already Not Impressed. Shared iPad magazine sales numbers show steep decline over a few short [...]

JKk, Sascha and Chippy talk about CES and cover new netbook platforms and what might happen in 2011. There’s also a lot of detailed discussion around 7″ tablets including those from Dell, Viliv, Motorola and RIM. Don’t forget to rate us if you’re listening on iTunes.

Looks like it’s hard for most huge companies to do anything these days that hasn’t already achieved band-wagon status. I mean, what do we expect… that these companies will actually take a risk one of these days? Yeah, right.

Case in point, Asus is teasing a Windows slate to be released at CES 2011 (which Chippy will be attending). They’re calling it the EP121, and it’ll have a 12” capacitive touchscreen, HDMI output, SD slot, webcam, and “full HD playback”. Exhilarating features, I know. Here’s their promo video:

Here’s the weekly rundown of items that we posted to the middle column on UMPCPortal, our ‘Other News’ section. It’s all good UMPC and MID-related stuff that, in most cases, we didn’t write about as a main news item. Shared Android Developers Blog: Android Browser User-Agent Issues. Published Java SDK now Native for Intel AppUp Developers. Shared Notion Ink Adam gets live video run-through – SlashGear. Shared Velocity Micro’s 7-inch [...]

We’ve got our hands on Google’s Chrome OS test hardware, the CR-48 (you can apply for one yourself at http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program.html). This netbook won’t ever be released to the public and is purely for testing Chrome OS, but it can give us a good idea of what to expect from future Chrome OS devices. Namely, a huge battery, 3G built-in, a somewhat altered keyboard from what you might be used to [...]

We gave you a heads up a while back that we’d be getting our hands on one of Onkyo’s three capacitive Windows 7 Slates, and it’s finally here. Onkyo is a name that’s more commonly associated with audio equipment than computers in the US, but they’ve delivered a surprisingly sturdy Slate that’s been made available here in the US thanks to Dynamism. We’ve got the top end Slate on tap [...]

.NET, Adobe AIR (Flex, action script), C++ and C are already supported as development platforms for Intel’s AppUp and we’ve already seen people porting their existing air apps over. I’m sure that we’re going to see similar activity, along with fresh development work following the new announcement that a Java SDK has now been added to AppUp. That should please the 9 million Java developers! [ref] Remember, AppUp is the [...]

Here’s the weekly rundown of items that we posted to the middle column on UMPCPortal, our ‘Other News’ section. It’s all good UMPC and MID-related stuff that, in most cases, we didn’t write about as a main news item. Shared Notion Ink Adam Pre-order Blunders, Early or Late Jan / Early Feb Shipping Date? | Netbooknews – Netbooks, Netbook Reviews, Smartbooks and more. Shared Nokia Talks About Design Paradigms for [...]

There are Tablet PCs and there are tablet PCs and one’s that are getting the most traction today aren’t the ones that were in the market first. Microsoft’s Tablet PC ecosystem has been around for years but was focused at pen input, productivity and built on an extended (not a cut-down) desktop operating system. The tablets that are getting the attention today are lightweight, finger-focused for consumers and include fun [...]

Here’s the weekly rundown of items that we posted to the middle column on UMPCPortal, our ‘Other News’ section. It’s all good UMPC and MID-related stuff that, in most cases, we didn’t write about as a main news item. Shared Google plans event for Tuesday, could unveil the first Chrome OS netbook. Shared quick questions from a TAB/ANDROID nubee. Shared Chrome OS Netbook and App Store Announcement Next Week Likely. [...]

As someone that works extensively in the Web when in the office and as much as is practical when on the go, I’m very interested in the latest Chrome and Chrome OS announcements. I’m still using Firefox on Windows for home and mobile work but the changes announced as part of Chrome 8 have me starting a long-term test. As for Chrome OS, I’m sure it’s not waht mobility users neet. At least in 2011. Let’s start with that…

Chippy, Sascha and JKK cover mobilty news including Google Chrome, Chrome OS and Android 2.3, Intel Atom Tablets, news updates and a chit-chat about the Dell Inspiron Duo

The readers here at umpcportal are generally a productive bunch. Many of you have been following the swiss-army knife of mobile computing, the handheld windows pc, for years and judging by the comments here, I know that a lot of you know exactly what you want. Given that you’re an intelligent bunch I wanted to ask you your opinion on Windows Tablets. Intel have just announced a run of Windows [...]

During a snowy week in Europe I travelled to London and Berlin to moderate the the AppLab events being run by Intel. I learnt more about the strategy and details but also got some interesting feedback and feelings from the atendees. For those of you not up-to-date with the Intel AppUp Developer Program (IADP) let me try to explain I’ve got time; A 5hr journey back from Berlin to Bonn! [...]

Here’s the weekly rundown of items that we posted to the middle column on UMPCPortal, our ‘Other News’ section. It’s all good UMPC and MID-related stuff that, in most cases, we didn’t write about as a main news item. Published While We Wait for Intel’s Moorestown – Info on GPU and HD Video Support. Shared Jolicloud Jolibook review. Published Chippy on the Freelance Advisor Podcast–Talking Mobile Productivity. Shared ARM is [...]