Posted on 12 November 2009
Back in May, I took a look at the small screen PC market to try and determine the distribution of screen sizes. I did the same in September.
Today I’ve been through the figures again and the same trend continues. There are less sub 10†screens on the market and far more 10†and 11†devices.
Posted on 12 November 2009
It would appear as though the SmartQ 7 [Portal page] which Chippy checked out for a while is getting a little refresh. This site shows what seems to be called the ‘SmartQ V7 HDMID’ which is actually sort of clever as the V7 has an HDMI port and is a MID! Beyond the HDMI port, the V7 triple boots into your choice of OS Android, Ubuntu, or Win CE, and has some under-the-hood adjustments. The case of the V7 looks to be exactly the same as the SmartQ 7 but […]
Posted on 12 November 2009
Kubel of MyT91.info seems to be one of the first guys to get his hands on the recently released T91MT, the first multitouch version of the T91 [Portal page]. In addition to an unboxing that was posted the other day, kubel now also has a full review of the unit. The unit is pretty much exactly the same build as the T91, but it is rocking Windows 7 and a multitouch resistive touchscreen which kubel says only functions correctly with up to two points of input. Though there was a […]
Posted on 11 November 2009
Over the last 6 months or so, Viliv has created a near rebirth of the UMPC, stunning a good number of people with the highly regarded S5 and X70. Not to long after, they brought the Viliv S7, their first device with a keyboard. I wrote an article back in July titled: The Viliv S7’s biggest challenge: the keyboard. After having a chance to review the S7 for myself, I found the keyboard to be the most disappointing part of the S7. At the same time however the S7 made […]
Posted on 10 November 2009
I doubt many of you will be spending $599 on a UMPC just for the Kindle PC application but if you’re thinking of a mobile tablet PC anyway, here’s my tip for a good PC-based Amazon Kindle reading experience. The Viliv X70 UMPC. (Video after the jump.)
Posted on 10 November 2009
Sascha from Netbooknews has just tweeted that the Kindle application for the PC is now available. ‘This is the beginning of the end for the Kindle hardware’ he says. Lets see…
Posted on 10 November 2009
Back at IDF in September we heard a lot about how Intel would be bringing an app store to Windows and Moblin-based netbooks. The Apps store is due to launch early in 2010 but if you want to get a head start on writing apps for a potential 30 Million plus customers (!) then today is your day. The software development kit has arrived. The goal of the Intel® Atomâ„¢ Developer Program Software Development Kit (SDK) is to provide programming framework and libraries that enables the interaction with the Intel® […]
Posted on 10 November 2009
Not too long ago we wondered what happened to the T91 which seemed to launch only to quickly succumb to a total lack of supply in the face of big demand. There still doesn’t appear to be one simple answer as to why the Asus Eee T91 [Portal page] went through some awfully turbulent supplies at its initial launch, but it would seem that to a certain extent things were waiting on Windows 7. Now suddenly it looks like Dynamism and Amazon have plenty of T91s to sell, and the […]