JKK, ‘Sash’ and I recorded the Meet Mobility Podcast 28 this afternoon. We spent an enjoyable 50+ minutes talking about Computex and what we think might be on the cards.

Check out the show notes and listen in at MeetMobility.

We’re all going to be there next week which makes the event twice as exciting! I’ll be at Computex as a guest of Intel so you’ll find breaking Intel-focused coverage here at MIDMoves. I’ll be covering the Intel keynotes where we’re expecting news on Moblin, Moorestown and the new netbook platform, PineView. There’s some mumblings about MIDs too. I’ll also be posting as normal in UMPCPortal so keep both sites in your bookmarks and check back regularly.

Tonight, 07 April, 2130 CEST:

JKK just announced on twitter that he’ll be going live with the DELL Inspiron MINI 10 this evening (2130 Berlin time /CEST) I’ll be there too, as will our podcasting buddy and netbook king, Sascha. Go to http://www.jkkmobile.com/live and you’ll find video, live chat between JKK, Sascha and myself and a live text-chat session for everyone to ask questions in. Naturally JKK will be recording the session too. For a sneak preview, check out his unboxing video that’s just gone up.

Tomorrow, 08th April, 2100 CEST (approx):

We’re aiming for a live MeetMobility podcast recording which will be followed by an exclusive live look at the Gigabyte T1028M touchscreen convertible tablet that’s on it’s way over from Mobilx. That session will also appear on https://www.umpcportal.com/live.

Stay tuned to twitter for late announcements: Check or follow: JKKMobile and Chippy

Podcast 26 is now up over at Meetmobility. We talk about the devices we used at CeBIT (nothing more than umpcs, netbooks and 3G modems for the whole weeks work) and the highlights of the show including the new offerings from ASUS, Gigabyte and the hands-on we had with devices on Intel’s ‘MID Wall.’ We’ve also taken the time to think about who and what we think deserves an award.  We’ve come up with the ‘MeetMobility’ Best of CeBIT’ award.

Hop over to MeetMobility to get the podcast and see who won the Best Manufacturer and Best Product awards.

The Viliv S5 that has been sent for review and MIDMoves SXSW duties has just cleared customs in Germany which means it’s highly likely that we’ll not only do a live MeetMobility CeBIT roundup podcast tomorrow but also a live testing and Q&A session with the brand new Viliv S5. Ben and JKK also have the Sony Vaio P so we’ll add those two into the mix. Sascha from Netbooknews.de will be around too. It’s going to be a long long night of mobile computing fun so join us at 2000hrs CET, tomorrow on UMPCPortal.com/live or JKKMobile.com/live

Last weekend we, the MIDMoves team, finally managed to get together on Skype for a chat about how the first MIDMoves event (we’re planning another!) went. We recorded the chat as a podcast which you can listen to below. The hour-long session covers the events we did and talks about some of the positive and negative elements.

On the podcast: Steve Paine (UMPCPortal), Jen Lee (Pocketables), Ewan Spence (Ewan Spence), Nicole Simon (Cruel to be Kind).

Download MP3 or click the ‘play’ icon to listen here.

At MBC09 last week I had the chance to talk to Sarik Weber of Cellity. [twitter, website] Cellity is an ‘addressbook 2.0’ and because of its nature, integrating with many web-based services, it has a big focus on mobiliy. I asked Sarik what he thought about the MIDs and you’ll hear the answer to that and a few other questions in the audio recording below.

MBC09  interview with Sarik

The audio recording was made using a Samson Q1U USB mic plugged into a Wibrain i1 running Windows XP and the free, Audacity audio recording software. It was posted direct to the site over 3G within minutes of the recording. More info on this setup here.

Sometimes, voice is simpler. Certainly when you’re in a mobile scenario, getting some audio recorded can be extremely efficient if you’re in a position to be able to do it. Most smartphones give you the ability to record audio but in my experience, you get poor quality, a fixed mic and no way to post-process. If you want to broadcast live, there are very few ways to do it. Using a MID or ultra mobile PC gives you the option to work in a higher quality and more flexible way.

I did some tests with an Intel Atom based Wibrain device recently and wanted to talk in a bit more detail about how I did some quick audio podcasts and broadcasts while staying mobile but still keeping the quality high and remaining efficient.

The key to being efficient in this case was being able to use processes, knowledge, hardware and software that I use in a normal desktop environment and to use a posting process that automates as much as possible.

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Podcast CES09 #8
Saturday, 10. January 2009 00:06 (CET)
Dell Mini 10
Lime Note
CTL2Go classmate 3
No Samsung device?
UMID getting attention now. Official specs on website uncovered. Lots of interest in forum.
MIO MID
Windows 7 download
Thanks To EC for his photos from CES.
Thanks to forum members.

Podcast CES09 #7
Friday, 9. January 2009 05:08 (CET)
MIO MID
Viliv S7, X70
Locked 3G on Vaio P
New CPU and GPU on Eee PC
BYD Venus MID on the Intel stand. No details.
We’re getting devices!