If there’s one thing you dont want to find out after you’ve spent a lot of money, its the possibility that you’ve been ripped off. I’m not saying Dell are doing this on purpose because the chances are that the battery maker is the one screwing around here but quality control should not be left to end-users. MyDellMini • Battery capacity 24 Wh, not 32 Wh. Via JKK. Update: The problem was NOT with Dell but with the battery reporting software. Sorry for the scare! The forum entry above has […]

One of the MIDs I was impressed with at the IDF in August was the Viliv S5. With a stylish design, excellent battery life and a selection of specifications, it appealed. Even without the keyboard. Launch was planned for Q4 but until a few days ago, we hadn’t heard anything. Through Lazion a few days ago we heard that there was a launch party planned and now Lazion have managed to get a pre launch interview with Yukyung, the makers of the S5.   Specifications revealed in the interview follow […]

My idea of an adrenaline rush is tearing into a newly delivered portable gadget, not tearing down a rollercoaster track at warp speeds. Even as a kid, when I actually thought it was fun to hang upside down and watch the coins fall out of everyone’s pockets, rollercoasters were always something I white-knuckled my way through with my eyes closed. Something about the cheek-flapping speed, teeth-rattling turns, and that ever-important moment when the stomach needs to decide whether to tell the brain “I think I’m going to be sick” or […]

Running a website as a full-time job doesn’t give me many opportunities to get out of the office. I try hard to get out once a day but it never works. The odd conference, exhibition and mobile blogging device test help a lot but there’s nothing like being given 4 days to just get away on a busmanns holiday. I did a similar event in 2007 with the Solar-ultra mobile PC tour, but that was a single-country event. This time I thought I should try and involve a few more […]

If you’re looking to run OS X on a netbook, this is a good starting point. In nice easy big-icon graphcs, boing-boing give you the details on what’s compatable and what’s not. I’ve never really found a reason to switch over from Windows to OS X. I’ve been close a few times while i’vebeen routing vurtual audio on PC’s but not close enough. Firefox looks the same on both OS’ right? Check out the full list at Boing Boing. Mac OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart – Boing Boing Gadgets.

Unfortunately, it’s not me! At least two members of the forums here have received their M528’s. Nalim and Skypeone have both reported that they have received theirs from Expansys and a quick check with a contact at Expansys confirms that some back orders have shipped. Who’s going to be first with pics and first impressions of this device? Guest posts welcome! In related news, the TIM IDOL is now available in Italy. Thanks Smurf!

So the Viliv is really launching! We’ll try and get some info about the US release dates because the last time we spoke to them they were talking about a U.S. release. 3G for Europe too please Viliv! Viliv S5 info here. Viliv S5 MID launch party set for December 23rd.

Pushing netbooks even further into the laptop space (no-one can really deny that netbooks are the new consumer notebooks now) is the Nvidia Ion chipset. It replaces the existing 945 chipset with a smaller chip and provides a big boosts to the graphics (10x is quoted) along with hardware decoding of video formats up to HD rates and digital TV out. This is excelent news for gamers, CAD artists and people looking for Vista / Compiz eye candy. Does this open the doors for a slew of SD-card-based games releases […]