Update: Our worry has been confirmed. Moblin V2 for MIDs is now planned for 2010(See bottom of page.) “Moblin MID is a fully featured platform for next generation smart phone devices built on Moblin Foundations. It is expected for release in 2010.” Where does this leave Linux-based MIDs in 2009. Windows only? I was pleased to see the announcement of the Moblin V2 Core Alpha Release today but annoyed to see that it’s “initially targeting Intel(r) Atom(tm) based Netbooks.” Moblin, the Intel-funded core Linux distribution intended for OEMs and end-users […]

Day three and four of my Mid Moves tour and I’m switching devices. The Compal and it’s slide out keyboard stays behind, and is replaced with the BenQ S6. What’s in the box in hear you ask? Let me show you…

Half way through my four days touring round Scotland with Intel MID devices, and the elements continue to guide me. Today is the turn of Water in my daily highlights video.

Taken at Deep Sea World, for some reason the fish weren’t interested in the delights of mobile internet devices – even when I hid the Compal’s keyboard away and showed them the touch screen.

Steve has already talked about the camera quality on the Compal MID today, but I wanted to quickly mention the video quality. I think I’d agree with him that video side is a little disappointing.

A look inside Ewan’s bag of electronic toys and other paraphinalia – you’ll need all this to do what he’s doing…

Business Week summarises the current position on Intel-based MIDs nicely and talks about Moblin 2.0 (due to appear in devices later this year,) a new partner announcement that will come at the Mobile World Congress and covers the ever-present discussion about the space between a smartphone and a laptop. “I’m not sure there’s a third category of device” between a cell phone and a netbook, says Andy Lees, a senior vice-president in Microsoft’s mobile communications business. “The thing that distinguishes a phone is it goes in your pocket or purse. […]

Hands-up who’s a big fan of having a decent camera in a smartphone? Hands-up who likes pushing photo’s direct to Flickr while on the go? Hands-up who would like to take this to the next step and to have high-end on-cam editing of images, post processing and a built in full-screen browser with which to use the amazing range on online applications. Add a 3G connection and you’re able to all that while on the go. Having a great camera on a MID (or MID on a great camera – […]