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Myriad Offers Dalvik Turbo for Intel Atom. Android and Windows side-by-side?

Posted on 11 February 2010

I’ve already seen a Dalvik runtime component on a Moblin build running on a netbook (Canonical were working on it and gave a quick glance at Computex last year) but here’s another clear indicator that there’s interest for running Android applications on the Intel Atom CPU. Myriad have released Dalvik Turbo which is an optimised version of the Dalvik Engine used in Android. I don’t know about you but wouldn’t it be nice to run all those Android apps on a netbook, on top of your existing Windows or Moblin […]

Meet:Mobility Podcast 42 – Battery Life and the Calm before the Storm.

Posted on 10 February 2010

Meet:Mobility Podcast 42 is now available. Recorded on 10th Feb 2010 and covering Dell Mini 5, MWC, Android and some tablet/pad news.

ASUS “killer product” in June

Posted on 10 February 2010

Rumors are brewing about a product that ASUS will launch in June (Computex?) According to chairman Jonney Shihm it will be a ‘killer.’ No-one quite knows what it’s going to kill at the moment but the sensible money is on a tablet. ASUS “killer product” in June says CEO: Tegra 2 tablet to launch? – SlashGear. Source: Digitimes

ASUS “killer product-inch in June

Posted on 10 February 2010

Rumors are brewing about a product that ASUS will launch in June (Computex?) According to chairman Jonney Shihm it will be a ‘killer.’ No-one quite knows what it’s going to kill at the moment but the sensible money is on a tablet. ASUS “killer product inch in June says CEO: Tegra 2 tablet to launch? – SlashGear. Source: Digitimes

Meet:Mobility Podcast 42 – Battery Life and the Calm before the Storm.

Posted on 10 February 2010

Meet:Mobility Podcast 42 is now available. Recorded on 10th Feb 2010.

Buzz on Maps Brings it Together. (Demo Video)

Posted on 10 February 2010

At the same time as releasing the new Google Buzz feature on Gmail, Google also updated their maps clients to include Buzz features and it’s great to see this level of mobile internet, location, friends and social media integration. I’ve taken a look at it on a couple of smartphone.

DevMob 2010 Video Interview

Posted on 09 February 2010

While I was at DevMob2010 last week the organisers interviewed me for a video. We talked about some of the sessions at DevMob and the opportunities for developers in the 4-10 inch screen size range. I’ll be talking about this again next week at Mobile World Congress with my MeetMobility team-mate, Sascha Pallenberg so if you’re going, make sure you drop in on one of our sessions.   Find more videos like this on DevMob 2010 There’s also a good set of DevMob posts over at Soft Talk Blog.

Dell Mini 5 to Appear at MWC

Posted on 09 February 2010

We’ve just had confirmation that Dell will be presenting the Dell Mini 5 at the Mobile World Congress ‘Pepcom’ event in Barcelona, next Monday.

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