UMPCPortal - Ultra Mobile Personal Computing » MID http://www.umpcportal.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:48:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Between the MID/Tablet/Smartbook, Which Genre Will Succeed? http://www.umpcportal.com/2010/02/between-the-midtabletsmartbook-which-genre-will-succeed/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2010/02/between-the-midtabletsmartbook-which-genre-will-succeed/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:24:52 +0000 Ben http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=11178 An interesting question, posed by Mark Spoonauer of Laptop Mag, about three different types of devices that companies are attempting to push to mainstream. Spoonauer put together a concise chart demonstrating the differences between these devices, and some predictions…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2010/02/between-the-midtabletsmartbook-which-genre-will-succeed/feed/ 28 WebStation looks like a UMPC. Definitely Isn’t! http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/12/webstation-looks-like-a-umpc-definitely-isnt/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/12/webstation-looks-like-a-umpc-definitely-isnt/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:36:04 +0000 Chippy http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10880 If you’re a regular to UMPCPortal you’re probably a fan of mobile computing. Maybe you’re interested in mobile computing with a desktop operating system. And why not! You get full functionality on a PC architecture which gives you the…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/12/webstation-looks-like-a-umpc-definitely-isnt/feed/ 1 Engadget has a quick hands-on video with a Vega prototype http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/engadget-has-a-quick-hands-on-video-with-a-vega-prototype/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/engadget-has-a-quick-hands-on-video-with-a-vega-prototype/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:19:17 +0000 Ben http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10586 We mentioned the supposedly Android and Nvidia Tegra powered ‘Vega’ tablet a few weeks ago, and now it looks like Engadget has gotten their hands on a prototype. Jump over to their story to see the video.…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/engadget-has-a-quick-hands-on-video-with-a-vega-prototype/feed/ 3 4 problems with recent no-name MIDs out of Asia http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/the-problem-with-recent-no-name-mids-out-of-asia/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/the-problem-with-recent-no-name-mids-out-of-asia/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:00:59 +0000 Ben http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10557 Wow… and I thought netbooks were boring…

Seems strange that we’ve been seeing quite a few MIDs lately, but not in the capacity in which they were expected. Intel is responsible for propagating the term MID and the initial plan…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/the-problem-with-recent-no-name-mids-out-of-asia/feed/ 16 Limited edition pink UMID M1 http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/limited-edition-pink-umid-m1/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/limited-edition-pink-umid-m1/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:09:29 +0000 Ben http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10482 The Viliv boys pointed out that Dynamism will be selling a limited edition* pink UMID M1 [Portal page]. Though the UIMD M2 is due out sometime soon — I guess the more colors, the better!The…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/limited-edition-pink-umid-m1/feed/ 6 Archos 5 Mini-Video/USB Dock and Firmware 1.3 http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/archos-5-mini-videousb-dock-and-firmware-1-3/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/archos-5-mini-videousb-dock-and-firmware-1-3/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:19:09 +0000 Chippy http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10446 What a hectic few hours!  I’ve had DHL at the door with the Archos 5 Mini Dock, a tweet from Pocketables alerting me that the new firmware is available and the whole lot has been captured in a video.…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/archos-5-mini-videousb-dock-and-firmware-1-3/feed/ 23 What would you want in a Microblogging-Pad? http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/what-would-you-want-in-a-microblogging-pad/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/what-would-you-want-in-a-microblogging-pad/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:21:38 +0000 Chippy http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10432 Here’s a post I’ve just found in my drafts folder. I wrote it in March and forgot to post it. It’s still relevant now so here it is.

March 2009

I realise that many of you couldn’t give a damn…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/what-would-you-want-in-a-microblogging-pad/feed/ 14 Updated: New SmartQ V7 triple boots operating systems, has HDMI, and could make for an awesome portable HD theater http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/new-smartq-v7-triple-boots-android-ubuntu-and-win-ce-has-hdmi/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/new-smartq-v7-triple-boots-android-ubuntu-and-win-ce-has-hdmi/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:53 +0000 Ben http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10335 It would appear as though the SmartQ 7 [Portal page] which Chippy checked out for a while is getting a little refresh. This site shows what seems to be called the ‘SmartQ V7 HDMID’ which is…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/new-smartq-v7-triple-boots-android-ubuntu-and-win-ce-has-hdmi/feed/ 47 Official: N900 is shipping. Update: Enhancements video. http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/official-n900-is-shipping/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/official-n900-is-shipping/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:14:11 +0000 Chippy http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10252 Over a month behind schedule but finally shipping!

News.

Slashgear are due to receive one in the UK so i’ll be interested to see news about app. enhancements and any progress on battery life that could turn this…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/motorola-droid-preview-from-bgr/feed/ 9 Motorola Droid brings another interesting Android device onto the radar http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/motorola-droid-brings-another-interesting-android-device-onto-the-radar/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/motorola-droid-brings-another-interesting-android-device-onto-the-radar/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:50:14 +0000 Ben http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=9989 It is just me or does it seem like Android is the hot thing right now? Motorola and Verizon have been teasing the internet for the last few days about their upcoming Droid phone which is powered by Android…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/motorola-droid-brings-another-interesting-android-device-onto-the-radar/feed/ 10 MID vs. Netbook dicussion from IDF [video] http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/mid-vs-netbook-dicussion-from-idf-video/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/mid-vs-netbook-dicussion-from-idf-video/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:28:26 +0000 Ben http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=9963 Sascha Pallenberg from netbooknews and our very own Chippy had a nice little debate about the advantages and disadvantages of the MID vs. the Netbook, and they also touch a bit on the Atom Developer Program which will…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/mid-vs-netbook-dicussion-from-idf-video/feed/ 4 Testing Fennec beta 3 on the Viliv S7 [video] http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/testing-fennec-beta-3-on-the-viliv-s7-video/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/testing-fennec-beta-3-on-the-viliv-s7-video/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:20:19 +0000 Ben http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=9952 Fennec is Mozilla’s mobile device browser. They have been working on it for some time. Last time I looked at Fennec on the VAIO UX, it was in beta 1. They’ve moved on to beta 3 now and I…

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]]> http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/testing-fennec-beta-3-on-the-viliv-s7-video/feed/ 16 Archos 5 makes a capable client computer http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/archos-5-makes-a-capable-client-computer/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/archos-5-makes-a-capable-client-computer/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:51:36 +0000 Ben http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=9915 Check out this cool video which shows just how easy it is to turn the Archos 5 into a capable terminal for remotely accessing full fledged computers:

Look at how simple the Bluetooth integration is. I didn’t know that…

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