I just hacked this image up (apologies HP and Apple) as an easy way to illustrate how Windows on netbooks is at risk. In this article I look at the ‘smart’ device opportunity.

I just hacked this image up (apologies HP and Apple) as an easy way to illustrate how Windows on netbooks is at risk. In this article I look at the ‘smart’ device opportunity.

By now you’ve likely seen my ‘iBook’ project. As I mentioned, I documented the process and now I’m here to post the guide in case anyone else is interested in making their very own. There is definitely more than one way to make a book safe, and if you have more appropriate tools, feel free to improvise. The methods I selected we’re based on low cost and simplicity and will at least give you a good idea of the process. Let’s get started. Project cost: aprox. $10 Project time: this […]

Update: How-to guide is posted if you are interested. I was in the mood for a nice DIY project, so I picked up about $10 worth of materials (including the book) and decided to create myself an iPad case with a twist. There were a few reasons I decided to make this: Didn’t want to drop $40 for Apple’s iPad case iPad back scratches easily, I hate to rest it naked on the table I feel like a pretentious bastard using the iPad in public because everyone knows what it […]

In this article I want to talk about Intel’s Moorestown, a platform Intel has been public about for over 2 years. It’s Intel’s stab at a platform for the mobile, always-on, always connected segment. That is, smart devices. From smartphones and smart tablets all the way up to smart netbooks. As ARM-based smartphones get bigger and more powerful and already have ALL the smart features required, there’s a huge risk to Intel so clearly there’s a serious business reason for doing this and getting it right.

A few days ago I did some research and analysis on the new ‘Queensbay’ platform from Intel It’s a highly integrated 2-chip system comprising Tunnel Creek processing platform and I/O chip that takes the platform used on many current MIDs and UMPCs and optimizes it in a similar way that Pinetrail did for netbooks. Despite some improvements in size and graphics power and a hint that it might be capable of some cool consumer and media devices, it’s not the Apple A4 / Tegra 2 competitor that I’m guessing will get referenced in articles today. That job lies with Moorestown and I’ll tell you more about that later today on Carrypad.

I remember back to the forming of the Open Handset Alliance back in Nov 2007 when the ‘Open Platform for Mobile Devices’ was announced. Intel were a founding member and it was unclear what silicon platform Android was going to use. I think the term Google used at the time was ‘processor independent.’ Soon after that, the thought of running Android in Intel faded away but Intel has remained a member. Recently I’ve been hearing more and more news about Android on X86 and in news out today from IDF […]

Latest MeeGo information from the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing includes UI images, build details and lots of great developer information.