Wow… and I thought netbooks were boring… Seems strange that we’ve been seeing quite a few MIDs lately, but not in the capacity in which they were expected. Intel is responsible for propagating the term MID and the initial plan was to couple these devices with the Atom platform to have pocketable web access ‘companion’ device that could also function as a media player and productivity tool. However this hasn’t quite come to fruition as the current Atom lineup just doesn’t lend itself to the type of device that people […]

According to Shanzai.com, the Acer Liquid is ready to go and if the prices we’re seeing at Clove are correct, Acer will be lowering the pricing bar a long way for high-end smartphones.

While Intel, AMD, ARM and VIA might want you to believe that low-power silicon is the answer to all battery life problems, the truth is somewhat different. We’re at a point now where all silicon, be it X86 or RISC-based, can perform at low enough power consumption that other components on a device become more significant in the power, heat and battery life equation. Talk about ‘ídle’ power drain is irrelevant when you’re using a device in constantly-connected mobile computing scenarios.

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My daughter picked up a(nother) teenie mag yesterday. Apparently this particular one is a must-read for the latest Miley Cyrus info although it appears that they’re getting some good tech scoops too. Check this out. It’s the new Apple tablet with a 10.2 inch screen and it ‘should’ be called the ‘iPad’.’ It’s coming in January. Photoshoptastic?

I’m really enjoying the Archos Android tablet but the one thing that would make it better would be a slider keyboard and 3G.

Here’s a step in the right direction then:

A fairly new company called Emblaze Mobile has just unveiled its brand new upcoming phone, named the First Else. Details on carriers and pricing aren’t yet ready for primetime, but Emblaze had a press event today in which they showed off the First Else. Take a look at Engadget’s coverage of the event for a video of the keynote. The idea behind the First Else is that it will provide a “revolutionary’” and intuitive interface. ‘The phone should learn the user, instead of the other way around’ was sort of […]

A fairly new company called Emblaze Mobile has just unveiled its brand new upcoming phone, named the First Else. Details on carriers and pricing aren’t yet ready for primetime, but Emblaze had a press event today in which they showed off the First Else. Take a look at Engadget’s coverage of the event for a video of the keynote. The idea behind the First Else is that it will provide a “revolutionary’ inch and intuitive interface. ‘The phone should learn the user, instead of the other way around‘ was sort […]