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Nokia order Snapdragon Smartbook and Atom netbook from Taiwanese OEMs

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 24th 2009 No Comments

nokia netbookNokia have reportedly ordered netbook computers from OEM firms Compal and Quanta, according to the Commercial Times as quoted by Bloomberg.  While the source of the information was unclear, Nokia have seemingly ordered both Intel Atom-based netbooks and Qualcomm Snapdragon based smartbooks.  The Atom netbooks may ship as early as Q3.

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Compal KAX15 MID with overclocking Atom Z515 CPU [Video]

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 5th 2009 No Comments

MIDs a failure?  No no no, how could that be when this little beauty is headed to the market?  Known here as the Compal KAX15 MID, but likely to find itself a variety of alternative brands including Gigabyte and Aigo, it’s based on Intel’s existing Menlow platform and packs an 800MHz Atom Z515 processor, a 4.8-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

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Video hands-on after the cut

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NVIDIA Tegra hits 12 new MIDs: 1080p, Flash GPU & huge battery life

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 2nd 2009 No Comments

NVIDIA have announced twelve new Tegra-based devices at Computex 2009, which the company is describing as MIDs (Mobile Internet Device).  According to NVIDIA, Tegra is capable of up to 1080p video playback, hardware acceleration of Flash video, 25 days of music on a single charge and always-on processors with support for 3G, WiFi and WiMAX.

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Compal, Mitac & more have CULV ultraportables planned for 2009

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, May 5th 2009 No Comments

It looks like Intel’s CULV wish may be coming true, as six whitebox manufacturers in Taiwan are apparently ramping up for production of ultraportable notebooks based on the platform.  Industry sources have fingered Pegatron, Clevo, MSI, Compal, ECS and Mitac as all preparing 13- to 14-inch CULV notebooks, with the first shipments expected in June 2009.

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Compal reducing MID budget by cutting R&D

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Apr 22nd 2009 No Comments

Say it isn’t so! According to DigiTimes, Compal is cutting back on their budget for researching and developing new mobile Internet devices or MIDs because they just aren’t sure if the market is stable enough for them.

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ODM Compal making Android-running netbook

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Apr 6th 2009 No Comments

It seems like everyone is jumping on the Android bandwagon these days. Compal even has their hands in the pot, and are rumored to be developing a new line of netbooks that run on Android.

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Mysterious Palm smartphone delay rumors

By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 23rd 2009 No Comments

palm pre treo proAccording to the latest rumors, ODM handset manufacturer Compal Communications is facing delays in producing “shipments of smartphones to Palm from mid-year to the end of the year”; the company has also reportedly seen orders from Motorola canceled.  While likely to prompt much speculation about the state of the Pre, the report – which originated in Chinese-language paper Commercial Times – fails to mention any specific Palm device.

Update: Palm speaks – after the cut

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Viliv S5 gets unboxed, compared to VAIO P & Compal MID

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Feb 26th 2009 No Comments

Since we’re still waiting to hear when the Viliv S5 MID will land in Europe or the US, our unboxing joy will have to be achieved vicariously through photoshoots like UMPC Fever’s.  They’ve managed to score one of the 4.8-inch touchscreen handhelds, and have photos not only of the unboxing but of the GUI, accessories and even a few group shots with the Sony VAIO P and what looks to be Compal’s MID.

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Compal APA00 and APA01 touchscreen HD-capable PMPs

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Feb 11th 2009 No Comments

Compal have quietly unveiled two new internet-connected touchscreen PMPs, the APA00 (black) and APA01 (white).  Each has DVB-T digital TV, the ability to record to a 1.8-inch internal hard-drive, native HD support up to 1080i, and WiFi b/g.  Control is via the 7-inch, 800 x 480 touchscreen, with both PMPs running the uCLinux operating system with a custom finger-friendly GUI.

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Compal Tabasco is mysterious T-Swivel MID: coming to CES 2009?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Dec 16th 2008 1 Comment

The mysterious T-swivelling MID that was mistakenly identified by some as the Palm Roteo has been correctly traced back to Compal, in the shape of their Tabasco MID concept.  On show at Computex 2008 back in June, the non-working handheld was meant to demonstrate a 4.5-inch (or 5-inch) touchscreen device with a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with 2x optical zoom and flash plus a front-facing webcam.

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