We were expecting (a beta release of) Moblin 2.1 for handhelds before end of 2009 but it didn’t turn up. In a search this morning, however, found this. It’s a month old but it’s a build of Moblin for the Poulsbo chipset. Specifically for the Congatec In-Vehicle Infotainment board based on the Z530/Poulsbo. This could be useful for those looking for a slim Linux build for Menlow-based devices. Sure enough, on my Kohjinsha SK3 it booted but it ended up with a messed up screen resolution. I’m heading out of […]

In a few hours I’ll be on my way to London for tomorrow’s DevMob 2010 conference where I’m going to present some information about the 4” to 10” segment that came alive this week. (About time too!)
Before I packed the ‘magic suitcase’ (as it’s now known,) I took a picture of the contents – A lovely bunch of mobile devices…

Jenn of Pocketables.net pointed out today in a tweet that Apple is advertising the iPhone as a multitasking device. On the “Why you’ll love the iPhone” page, we see the following quote: And since iPhone multitasks, you can make a phone call while emailing a photo or surfing the web over a Wi-Fi or 3G connection. The way that they’ve worded it is indeed true. The iPhone can make calls and use a single application while doing so, however, Apple is pretty clearly playing with the concept of multitasking here, […]

Jenn of Pocketables.net pointed out today in a tweet that Apple is advertising the iPhone as a multitasking device. On the “Why you’ll love the iPhone inch page, we see the following quote: And since iPhone multitasks, you can make a phone call while emailing a photo or surfing the web over a Wi-Fi or 3G connection. The way that they’ve worded it is indeed true. The iPhone can make calls and use a single application while doing so, however, Apple is pretty clearly playing with the concept of multitasking […]

More than the actual product itself, I was excited for Apple’s iPad unveiling because I was waiting for them to show the world their innovative solution to input on a large keyboard-less device. I was very surprised to find that they didn’t offer anything innovative. Instead, the iPad uses a simple iPhone style keyboard (albeit a larger one). The inability to efficiently input text on these large slates is going to be responsible for their extinction. The companies making these big slates, in an attempt to justify the slow keyboard […]

Two 8.9″ UMPCs with options for multi-touch, 3G, high-capacity SSD and 2GB RAM. The ExoPC and Nav9 are clearly from the same OEM.

We had a brief view of a Viewsonic tablet at CES but it wasnt this one. This article shows a 1024×800, 8.9″ touchscreen running on Tegra2. The $440 price doesnt include any 3G and we wonder;  is this a Google Android build or a base Open-Source Android build. There’s a huge difference. See the full article at Engadget. Viewsonic joins the Android Tablet fraternity with the VTablet 101 — Engadget. Source: Cloned in China

Meet:Mobility Podcast 41 is now available. Recorded on 1st Feb 2010, JKK, Sascha and Chippy talk around the iPad and other mobile computing news including the Aspire ONE 532H, Archos 7, Dell Mini5, iPad, ExoPC, NetbookNavigator, Firefox for N900 and Adobe Flash.