Chippy has posted a video of the Moblin 2.1  at IDF 2009. Moblin is Intel’s open source operating system project for MIDs and netbooks. While it is already up to version 2.1, it has seen very little adoption so far, but Intel is hoping to change that once Moorestown phones start coming to market. Anyway, peek the video below, and I don’t know if you’ll find it equally as funny, but for some reason, the giant cat monster terrorizing people made me chortle.

Update: Viliv S10 Specifications and latest information. I’ve had some hands-on with the Viliv S10. It’s slick, well designed, well finished and impressive. Viliv are talking about a 10-hour battery life on this which would probably translate to around 6-8hrs on-net usage. The big question is of course, price. Are we going to see it come in below the Gigabyte Touchnote T1028? And what about the T91? Here’s a video I took during my MIDMoves IDF tour this week. One correction on the video. The S10 is due to be […]

Here’s the new Viliv S10 ‘Blade’ convertible touchscreen netbook. Great build quality and looks. Certainly better than my Gigabyte Touchnote! Available before the end of the year.

There are a number of companies lined up here to present their software and solutions. 4.5 mins per company. I’ll try and summarise each one here. 1. Navteq Digital map data provider promoting their developers network. Free sample map data available. API available for location based traffic and advertising. Also promoting the Global LBS challenge.  Prize pool is $8.2 million in cash and licensing.     2. RX networks. Promoting their GPS-enhancing solutions. Improving lock-times, indoor performance for mobile devices. Products:   3.  Dial Plus Enhancing phone calls with contextual […]

  Seated and ready to go. 0900 Started. Preamble. Dadi Perlmutter coming on stage now. Warming-up by talking about the definition of cool. Today’s keynote will cover a lot of ground. I’ll be covering the ultra mobile and MID news from the keynote. 0930: Laptop technology being highlighted at the moment. Expecting ultra mobile, mid information at about 0945. 0935: Highlighting the effect of SSD of performance with a boot-up race. 0940: Overview of the handheld-focused products and ‘power gating’ ; the process of turning off parts of the silicon […]

I saw a prototype of the S10 at Computex this year and have been clutching a set of photo’s ever since. At the showcase last night, Viliv presented the device and we were able to make a presentation video. I’ll upload the video later today but in the meantime, take a look at the photo set from Computex.

We’re at the Archos 9 launch event. Ron Ferguson talking about history of mobile computing devices, Archos 10 netbook. And now the Archos 9 launch…. Ultra Thin Ultra Powerful Ultra HD Ultra Mobile Note it’s running in the 1.1Ghz CPU. Z510. 60GB Drive. Wifi / BT. 16:30 Talking the specs 16:30 Showing a video of the keyboard being used flat on a table. (Not being thumbed) “Groundbreaking new design inch Available Oct 22, 2009 $499.99 Intel now on stage talking about usages that are moving to the internet. Big stats […]

I’m reporting from the IDF09 battery technology session. Here’s what’s been happening in Li-Ion tech.   “3% per year improvements in capacity (watt-hours) inch If you ask me, that’s peanuts. Chemistry research not keeping up with Moore’s Law ;-) Battery packs aren’t just cells… 11:27 am. Trends Thin and light systems and their effect on battery packs. Here;s a nice diagram that explains how cell types affect design. Prismatic cells 40% more expensive for same capacity. Clearly cylindrical cells are more common. Next few years: More than 2600mah in a […]