I’m listening to a podcast that was announced on Hugo’s blog tomorrow! Dr Neil’s Notes #31 is live.  There’s plenty of ultra mobile PC application talk and all the usual banter. Sometimes I wish these were live because I always want to join-in. Guys. I’ve dropped ie7 and here’s my applications list that I use on a daily basis to perform my work on Carrypad. (My ultra mobile PC is my main PC) Firefox (which is my interface to email, calendar, RSS reader, documents and spreadsheets, CMS) Putty (SSH client) Trillian (might […]

Dr Neil and Hugo Ortega are back together for another of their frank and passionate discussions.
This time they’re talking about applications for the UMPC.

Its a great podcast and you can find it [url=http://drneil.blogspot.com/2006/11/dr-neils-notes-31.html]here.[/url]

PocketPC’s have been used as media devices for years. I used to load up 128MB of Mp3’s for a days listening on my Cassiopeia E-115 and even used it for QCIF videos for a while until I got bored of the video conversion process. Now of course, we expect full media players on our devices and it looks like the Nokia 770 has just got what it deserves, a nicely presented media player application. Canola. Take a look at Thoughtfix’s video and then take a look at some of the […]

The i7210. How does it feel after 2 months?

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[quote]I have been extremely impressed and a little surprised at how easily it has fulfilled the desktop role and how capable it is with many many tasks. [/quote]

sounds good…

[quote]No device is perfect though and I want to review these issues now because potential buyers need to be aware that these issues are still outstanding.[/quote]

sounds not so good!

Full details at Carrypad – [url=http://www.carrypad.com/journal/2006/11/i7210-umpc-long-term-testing-notes.html]i7210 long term test notes[/url]

Here’s some information about new Dell Axims. The info comes from Brighthand and I have to say ‘well done’ to Ed Hardy who spotted this. There was one important line in an IDC report: The company [Dell] has finished phasing out some of the older models from its portfolio and is concentrating on developing the Axim X51 platform with faster processors and more memory. Ed expects to see Axims running Windows 5.5 but personally I’d like to see then push the platform up to 800×480 with a 5″ screen. If then […]

This is fantastic news via PocketPCThoughts. The Next Generation of XScale: Monahans Is Here! Three new Marvel Xscale processors have been announced. Mummy, Daddy and Baby Monahans! Daddy breaks through the 1Ghz barrier. •PXA320 (Monahans-P)- 1.2GHz scalable down to 806MHz, general applications processor; [Update – Only 806Mhz for the time being. 1.2Ghz has been tested though.]•PXA310 (Monahans-LV) – multimedia processor, supposedly capable of 30fps H.264 playback in VGA resolutions; and•PXA300 (Monahans-L) – the budget line This kind of messes up the term ‘Ghz class’ because there’s a vast difference in […]

PocketPCThoughts have some great news today. There’s 3 items I want to relay. Firstly, the W-Zero3 from Sharp. This is very much how I imagine the HTC Athena will be, but with a bigger screen and a magnetic keyboard cover instead of the slider. I had forgotten about this high-end Smartphone from 2005. Its not a ultra mobile PC (VGA screen and Windows Mobile 5 unfortunately) but there’s a lot to learn about form factor it in. PocketPC thoughts are reporting that it made top 5 in a trend tracking […]

Writing detailed reviews should always be a long-term process. Often its not possible though. Even after spending many many hours with a device, you don’t find out about everything that an owner would. This has been true of the TabletKiosk i7210 ultra mobile PC which I still use as my daily PC in docked, mini-PC, extended-screen mode. I’ve had it for nearly two months now and I think I’ve finally found out pretty much everything there is to know about it. Good and Bad. I have been extremely impressed and a little surprised […]