I enjoyed spending time with the Mobinnova Beam at CES this year and after a demo and discussion with ARM’s Bob Morris, I walked away impressed although a little worried about the OS. My main worry was that no-one would be able to relate to the unknown user interface. How could anybody get a feel for what the device can do without some form of knowledge about the OS? Would you buy a computing device without any knowledge of the OS? It appears that others feel the same way; the Beam has just re-surfaced running open-source Android.

If you didn’t catch the news yesterday, Sprint has announced a new phone called the Evo which is getting everyone excited. At least those that have huge pockets are getting excited because the Evo is the same size as the HTC HD2 and that’s HUGE!

The flood continues as new mobile devices are released to the market this year, and those of you looking for a competitor to the pocket-sized Archos 5 Internet Tablet will be happy to see the entry from SMiT known as the MID-560.  The device sports a 4.8″ screen and is available now from a few online retailers (as well as for auction on eBay) for as low as $155 without GPS and $180 with included GPS.  A seperate 3G USB dongle can be purchased for an additional $35.  The little MID also […]

Netbooknews had a meeting with Inbrics last week and has just published an update. Inbrics are the company responsible for the M1 MID that we checked out at CES. It’s a stylish device and we’re keen to hear more.

Dynamism have just released all the prices and availability information for the S10 Blade range of devices.

This is the first time we’ve seen a product built with an Intel Atom processor using the open source operating system Android including the Google Marketplace application, Flash and Air. Add an 11.6″ multitouch screen and a target weight of 800gm and 6 hours battery life and you’ve got a very challenging project indeed. Neofonie hopes to make it happen with the WePad.

Swype, an application I’ve tested, and was impressed with, on the Archos 5 has just been used to set a new world record for mobile phone input. The 160-character sentence took just 35 seconds to input which is an average 4.5 characters per second. That’s faster than I type on a full size keyboard and three times the speed I get to on an iPhone. Twice the speed of one of the best slider keyboards out there the OQO Model 02 and faster than I can achieve on most netbooks. […]

The 9” screen size may seem strange to some but that 1024×768 screen on the iPad combined with its 700gm, 1.5lb weight enables three key features. Long-term use, high quality and multi-user capability. Based on my ever-evolving ‘Mobile Computing Segmentation’ diagram and with recent input from DevMob 2010, I’ve put together a list of applications that would sit well on the iPad [Specs and latest info] and you’ll see the three features I’ve mentioned drop out straight away