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Remap Firefox’s Fullscreen Shortcut

Posted on 12 December 2008

Here’s a quick tip for those of you that, like me, use F11 a lot and get stuck when it’s not there (or under a FN-Key as it is on the Everun Note.) Remap it with a simple plugin! – Remap Firefox’s Fullscreen Shortcut. Via Liliputing.

WM Smartphones get a Full Web Bashing.

Posted on 12 December 2008

Gizmodo have just completed a browsing speed and accuracy test with three high-end windows mobile devices using Pocket IE and Opera 9.5. The results should hardly be a surprise. There isn’t a single reasonable result among them!

Quick access to devices in the UMPC database.

Posted on 11 December 2008

I’ve just added a drop-down menu on the top-right of all news pages which takes you directly to the product information for each of the 200+ devices in the database. Hope you find it useful.

Android on the HTC Touch

Posted on 11 December 2008

Its working on the Beagle Board (Cortex core) and many other platforms now. Fast becoming the de-facto Linux-based mobile distro. Or is it just the media favorite? With 47 members in OHA, I think it’s beyond being just a bloggers darling now. Linux and Android for Vogue – xda-developers.

55% want at least WVGA resolution for mobile internet

Posted on 11 December 2008

Interesting poll result at Pocketables. I thought people might have been more inclined to accept a 640×480 resolution but 800×480 topped the charts. Poll results: 55% want at least WVGA resolution for mobile internet.

NC10 on the QVC Shopping Channel

Posted on 11 December 2008

It’s simply amazing that netbooks have reached almost every sales channel possible in such a short time. This video clip from shopping channel QVC in the UK is actually pretty good and gives you a good overview of the device.

Mobile Broadband Computing report predicts 341m users by 2014

Posted on 11 December 2008

According to this report from the company, Disruptive-analysis, there’s currently 35 million global users of mobile broadband computing with Europe accounting for 50% of those users. The summary is an interesting look at what could happen. “Free inch netbooks, provided on a subsidised basis by mobile operators on typical 2-year contracts are popular, but have a limited addressable market. The new market category of MIDs will grow only slowly. Only 3m will be sold in 2009, although by 2014 this should grow to ten times that figure. Unfortunately it doesnt […]

Why an iPod Plus is more likely than an Apple Netbook.

Posted on 11 December 2008

Following Apple’s moves is a complex but fun and stimulating activity so here’s my take on the big, crazy, risky business of predicting where Apple will move. I think they will move up the Ipod chain rather than down the notebook chain and here’s why. Netbooks are cheap and in my head, I just can’t get past that simple thought. Apple can’t make a netbook as it would seriously risk de-valuing every other product in their portfolio and, due to the required sales numbers and relative complexity of OS X, […]

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