Category | SXSW

Learning from the Mobile Internet Pro’s

Posted on 31 March 2009

Following the week-long visit to the South by South-West Interactive conference, I’ve written up an article that has been published over at the Intel Software Networks Blog. It talks about the devices we took and, more interestingly I think,…

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UMID MBook First Impressions

Posted on 24 March 2009

Clearly, one of the most interesting and attention-grabbing devices we had at SXSW was the tiny clamshell form-factor UMID MBook. It’s design, a combination of a familiar form factor and attractive styling, has been highlighted by commenter’s as a winning…

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Software Closes The Deal At SXSW

Posted on 23 March 2009

Golfers have a term for it “Drive for show, putt for dough.” And the MID’s on display at SXSW from the Mid Moves team certain had that same characteristic. While the shapes and looks of all the devices caught people’s…

Thoughts From SXSW – The Impression of Hardware

Posted on 20 March 2009

It used to be the rule that a stand at a trade show would need ‘Booth Babes’ to attract the attention of the thousands of people at a conference. SXSW Interactive is not like that… what attracts the attendees in…

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Ellie Checks-out Chippy's Little MID

Posted on 20 March 2009

In another MID open-table session, Ellie Rountree of Rocketboom exposes my lack of knowledge about new software products launched at SXSW (For the record, this was day 1!) We take a look at the UMID MBook and the Fujitsu…

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Chris Brogan's MID session at SXSW.

Posted on 20 March 2009

In one of our mid-day UMPC and MID open-table sessions at SXSW, social media strategist Chris Brogan dropped by and spent some time discussing details and asking good questions about the devices we had

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UMID Mbook Gallery

Posted on 20 March 2009

The UMID MBook was the MID that grabbed the most attention at SXSW and we look forward to getting hands-on with a retail version of this.

Fighting and Feedback

Posted on 16 March 2009

Over the ah’s and ohs over the day I took the chance to stand at the window with Simon Salt (@incslinger) who gave me some great feedback how it felt to have this mid device in his hands…

SXSW Podcast 1

Posted on 16 March 2009

(This should have gone out on Saturday. I hust found it in the draft folder!)

Listen to a mobile podcast, recorded on the Fujitsu U2010 a short while after a bunch of video interviews.

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Pool 2.0 MID-Talk Highlights Opportunity.

Posted on 16 March 2009

What a pleasure it is to be able to talk about MIDs to people that are open to new techniques and new tools. What a great learning experience it was and what a boost to my confidence about the MID…

MIDs on Video with the Guardian Newspaper

Posted on 15 March 2009

I bumped into a keen mobile computing fan yesterday who promptly whipped out her flip cam and interviewed me. It wasn’t until after that I found out it was Jemima Kiss from my favorite newspaper, The Guardian.

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Chippy has MID fever at SXSW

Posted on 14 March 2009

As you probably know, Chippy made the jump across the big puddle to attend this years South by Southwest in Austin Texas. SXSW started as a music festival many years ago, but has since evolved into much, much…

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"I want this"

Posted on 14 March 2009

Just using the mids has a very similar reaction with most people we encounter: “I want this” or as CC Chapman said “do I have to Korea to get this?”. Most of the people we encountered only had to take…

The MIDs and UMPCs of SXSW

Posted on 14 March 2009

Jeff, our man from Intel arrived with a few MIDs and UMPCs. Below the video you’ll find an overview of the devices we have with us here.

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Arrived, excited, dissoriented at SXSW

Posted on 13 March 2009

Msybe its the jet-lag or maybe its just the radio-waves flying around here from the constant mobile internet activity but im definitely feeling something special here. SXSW has started and im getting ready to meet up with Intel.

Ive chosen…

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MIDMoves at SXSW. More MID hands-on.

Posted on 10 March 2009

I’m excited to be able to tell you that the MIDMoves team is starting another project. This time, we’re going to the South by South West Interactive festival and we’re taking a huge pile of MIDs with us.

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MIDMoves goes to SXSW

Posted on 10 March 2009

I’m excited to be able to tell you that the MIDMoves team is starting another project. This time, we’re going to the South by South West Interactive festival and we’re taking a huge pile of MIDs with us.

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