Last night I went to the Digital Summer party at Temple, a nightspot in San Francisco. It was a celebration of technology mixed with a fashion show. Liana Burtsava and Eliane Fiolet from Ubergizmo and Girls in Tech hosted the event. Intel, HP, Coveroo and Eye-Fi were all there showing off their wares and the [...]
Do you hang out in Facebook land much? If so, then head over and become a Facebook fan of GottaBeMobile.com and MIDStories.com. You’ll be able to monitor all of GBM news articles from Facebook, as well as comment and post your own Fan links, videos, photos, etc. You’ll also be able to keep up with [...]
According to David Meyer at CNET, Dell has surrendered the Mini-9 to the “end-of-life” bucket. What does this mean for the netbook, and mobile computing markets? Dell’s 10-inch and 8.9-inch displays are the same resolution. Does this mean that netbook buyers have declining eyesight? When Microsoft introduced the UMPC, the OEMs at the time were [...]
Yesterday, the Windows Team blog announced some changes they’re making to the upcoming Windows 7 Starter Edition. They’re removing some limitations (no more 3 application limit, not just for emerging markets) but retaining a whole lot of others (no Aero, no changing the wallpaper, no multimon support, etc). Now I don’t know about you, but [...]
It is still a relative trickle, but a few MIDs are making their way into folks’ hands, and then of course they find their way into unboxing videos. jkkmobile gives the unboxing treatment to the Aigo P8860 MID. I have to say, if you’re in the market for this kind of ultra-portable device, this looks [...]
All signs look to be pointing to a major release of The BenQ MID beyond Italy, which will be a big step up for that platform, given that we haven’t seen much beyond the Aigo in that platform. Pocketables has pictures and specs and also includes this promotional video, which certainly makes it look like [...]
If you’re one of those waiting to get your hands on a Mobile Internet Device this may be one of your best chances. Yes, there are a few on the market already if you work hard and trust eBay, but this looks like it might be an easier alternative. The Aigo P8860 MID is now [...]
This is a great thing for the community. Three fantastic resources on ultra mobile computing, UMPCPortal, jkkmobile, and Liliputing are teaming up to help provide us with more information on what is going on in the wacky world of mobile computing. We’ve always tried to keep up with all the UMPC, MID and netbook products [...]
I’m saying yes. Steve ““Chippy†Paine has been looking over investor presentations and points out that Portable Media Player (PMP) manufacturer, Archos, sees PMPs morphing into MIDs over the next two years. That only makes sense to me, simply because I continue to see much of the small mobile device push focusing on consuming media. [...]
Oh, my how time flies. Lora Heiny is reminding us that it isn’t too late to be thinking about the 2009 CES Tablet PC Meetup. Each of the last several years we’ve seen new interest in each new wave of mobile devices including UMPCs and MIDs. Lora is interested in making sure that as the [...]
Thoughtfix has been covering OSiM, and has a bunch of details on Maemo and Nokia’s popular Internet Tablet. Here are a few, but head over to his blog for much more. Look for a name change to the Internet Tablet line No 5th generation device announced, but software changes are coming to enable cell connectivity [...]
Interesting video, courtesy of Josh Bancroft’s Link Blog, with a round table featuring Jeff Moriarty, Christine Ngo, Steve ““Chippy†Paine, Cathy Brooks, Keisha Cochrane, and Chris Heuer at IDF discussing MIDs. Some fascinating discussion over the form factors and impressions about them. Technorati Tags: MIDs
Interesting concept here. Engadget is pointing to a couple of devices from Toshiba that are being shown off at IFA. The SD Multi-Tool and The SD Photo editor are both handhelds with touchscreens. The SD Multi-Tool has a 3.5 inch touchscreen, wireless connectivity and will let you browse the web, do email, run some video, [...]
My contract with Verizon is up, and it’s time for me to upgrade to a new phone. I currently own a Motorola Q and I’ve been very disappointed with it in terms of functionality and performance. It works, but it’s sluggish; it provides just enough capabilities and power to make it bearable as a smartphone. [...]
Steve ““Chippy†Paine got his hands and camera on the BenQ S6 MID at IDF this week. It is an intriguing little video to watch, if nothing else to watch the how the touch screen UI works on this MID. I agree with his comments that it is a nice interface. Technorati Tags: BenQ S6 [...]
Intel has recognized the general confusion about MIDs versus netbooks versus notebooks. The prime differentiation appears to be screen size and portability. MIDs are recommended for 4.5"-7" screens, netbook 7-10.2", and notebooks 12+". Associated with the screen size is the general device size. The processors change as well, although both are targeting the Intel Atom. [...]
MIDs are the talk of the town these days, and here is another one to talk about that is set to be released in October. The Clarion MiND is going to be sporting some internal GPS hardware and a little software to go with it. Seems like a smart move to me – carry it [...]
Jeff Moriarty, Intel Atom and Mobility Developers Community Manger and Steve ““Chippy†Paine from UMPCPortal check out the MIDs in the MID Tornado and some other ultra-portables at IDF. Very good video viewing. Technorati Tags: MIDs,IDF,Intel
Chippy from UMPC Portal is at the IDF Conference. He has put up a bunch of pictures on his site. Look for more from him soon, even some videos from the show of these MIDs. Click the image to the right to see the full list of MIDs that are supposed to be at the [...]
Uh, oh. Like everyone else we got excited last week when it looked like the price for the GigaByte M528 MID had finally come close ($685) to what we think MIDs should be sold for. Perhaps we were too soon in our glee. Steve “Chippy” Paine is reporting that we may all have been too [...]
Maybe they were just waiting for Michael Phelps to be done with his historic Olympic run or maybe we’re just starting to hear about it. Whatever the case, Jenn at Pocketables is reporting that Lenovo’s U8 MID has finally made its Olympic debut. Remember there are no plans for the U8 to make it to this country, [...]
Speaking of MIDs, Hector Gomez keeps experimenting with his new Aigo P8860 MID and has sent along a brief report (with pictures) of his attempts at running Ubuntu on the device. Here’s his report: So far it does load up and works great except the speed to load the applications takes a bit because its [...]
I can’t catch the gentleman’s name from Intel in this video but he’s showing off three MIDs that we should be hearing more about at the Intel Developers Forum that begins this next week. He gives a quick look at Lenovo’s Olympic IdeaPad, the Aigo MID (which is already on the market in some places) [...]
Well, this one has a few folks excited. The GigaByte M528 now has a real price of $684.99 and looks to be shipping soon from Expansys for US customers. The site says it can be ordered on request which I take to mean you plunk down your cash and you’ll get your hands on the [...]
GBM reader Hector Gomez has his hands on the Aigo P8860 MID and has sent us some pictures to pass on. In his early hands on he reports that battery life is 2 hours and 50 minutes with WiFi and BlueTooth on. His device came with two batteries. Here’s the rest of his early report: [...]
If you’re interested in the Aigo MID, you might want to head over to UMPCFever to check out a bevy of unboxing photos. Sleek and pretty. Via Pocketables Tags: Aigo+MID
Yesterday was a relatively slow news day in the space we cover until TechCrunch dropped news that they were seeking advice/support/all comers to develop an open source Web Tablet with a hoped for price of $200. Some thought it was a hoax. My buddy Rob doesn’t think they are serious. Some jumped on it as [...]
The blogosphere and tabletscape is all crazy about Mike Arrington’s “Web Tablet for under $200“. I think it is a great idea and I hope they are serious, but I don’t think that they are. What I do believe, and this is mere speculation, is that Mike is telling everyone that Apple is indeed releasing [...]
Yesterday I blogged a post asking “Are MIDs still on Targer for a Fall Release?” This morning I see in my feeds that Jeff Moriarty, the Community Manager for the Atom Software Developer Community is blogging that he is going to be attending OSCON this week in Portland, to talk with and learn a bit from [...]
Flashback to January 2008. All the talk in the mobile computing space was about Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) that were coming this summer. Jump forward to April 2008 and we got word that Intel was pushing things back until fall. Meanwhile, Apple has released the 3G iPhone, RIM is prepping to unleash the Storm, Nokia just [...]
Apple’s recent announcement of the upcoming iPhone 3G is great news for people looking to go with AT&T or people who have already have an iPhone. The 2.0 firmware will bring a few advances such as implementation of support for Microsoft Exchange E-mail and the Apple approved application store– rather than Installer.app which is used [...]
Looks like we are inching closer to the MID, this time with an OS. Ubuntu 8.04 for MIDs has been released to the developer community: From canonical.com: We are delighted to be able to welcome Ubuntu Mobile Internet Device (MID) Edition 8.04 to the world as a full developers’ release. It is based on the [...]
The Mobile Barbarian is wondering (like a lot of folks) what the impact of MIDs will be. More specifically, he’s wondering how MIDs will stack up against the HTC Advantage, an advice he owns and likes quite a bit. Now that we have news that the newer version of the HTC Advantage will be available [...]
We’re certainly anxious to see if this comes to be. According to Aving, (that link is down at the moment) both Samsung and LG are getting close to shipping their Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). Samsung (who was the biggest presence in the UMPC space) might be pushing their Snapdragon powered MID out the door in [...]
According to this post on DigiTimes HTC is re-evaluating their UMPC strategy in light of the popularity of the Asus Eee PC and all those who are following Asus’ lead. No specifics to bank on yet, but early indications are that the devices will be using Intel’s Atom and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets. HTC has to [...]
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