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LonMID M100 Atom-based internet device spotted

, May 11th 2009 Discuss [1]

One of Intel's demo MIDs from IDF Beijing has shown up for a closer photoshoot, and its already got QWERTY-lovers drooling.  The LonMID M100 bears a strong resemblance to some HTC convertible smartphones, but packs more grown-up specifications: an 800MHz Intel Atom Z500 processor, 512MB of RAM (1GB supported) and 4GB SSD, together with a 4.8-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0. Read The Full Story

Zhongyi S101 MID gets hands-on

, May 5th 2009 Discuss [0]

The unnamed Chinese MID spotted back in March with a nifty pocket docking station has now been identified, as the Zhongyi S101 (no relation to the ASUS netbook of the same name).  The S101 has a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, Marvel PXA 628MHz processor and 128MB of RAM, and runs a Linux OS with Firefox, IM apps and PMP functionality. Read The Full Story

HP ProBook S-Series business notebooks [Video]

, Apr 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

HP have announced the ProBook S-Series, a range of value business notebooks with displays ranging from 14-inches to 17.3-inches.  Each has an HD-capable display and uses either Intel or AMD processors; there's also optional Qualcomm Gobi WWAN with the HP un2400 mobile broadband card.   Read The Full Story

Boxee gets Linux update: Hulu & App Box, still no Netflix

, Apr 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

Another update has seen the Linux version of the Boxee multimedia platform gain Hulu support, together with access to the App Box download system.  Boxee V.0.9.11.5777M also gains a new GUI skin and brings the Linux version better up to date with the OS X version of the app. Read The Full Story

Sugar on a Stick: OLPC without the XO-1

, Apr 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Part of the OLPC project's appeal has been its innovative Sugar OS; now Sugar Labs have released a public beta of Sugar on a Stick (SoaS), which allows anybody to create a portable Sugar environment that will run on any computer.  Fitting onto a 1GB USB memory stick, SoaS combines a compressed version of Fedora 11 with the Sugar Labs amendments. Read The Full Story

MSI Android netbook planned for Computex?

, Apr 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

MSI are planning to demonstrate a netbook running Google's Android OS at Computex 2009, according to the Chinese-language paper Economic Daily News.  The company will apparently be using the event to sell the Android Wind reference design to PC vendors; the original MSI Wind netbook was a great success as a white-box product, rebadged by other companies. Read The Full Story

i-Buddie netbook Android hack [Video]

, Apr 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

Google have never been shy when it comes to their plans with Android, and consumers should prepare to see it on more than just cellphone screens.  The next big market for the open-source platform looks to be the netbook; over at NetbookNews they've been playing with an i-Buddie Atom N270-based netbook running the latest build of Android. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Shuttle announces new power-saving Nettop with SUSE Linux Operating System

, Apr 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

Shuttle has announced a new duel-core nettop for consumers: the X270V. The box is running SUSE Linux on Intel dual-core Atom 330 CPU's with each core clocked at 1.6 GHz. The machine can hold up to 2GB of DDR2, and offers users one of the smallest footprints of any nettop computer. Read The Full Story

Crunchpad Tablet pictures leaked

, Apr 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

Wired managed to save some photos of a new tablet that Web 2.0 personality Michael Arrington is producing. These photos were leaked and were up for a short period of time before they were taken down, one assumes, at the request of Mr. Arrington. The Crunchpad is a low-cost device that features a large touchscreen display, and low-end components that run a specially designed version of Linux. Crunchpads would compete directly with netbooks, offering consumers a keyboard-less option for accessing the internet on the go and for running software like Skype. Read The Full Story

Acer: Android doesn’t deliver “total internet experience” on netbooks

, Apr 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

Acer may have thrown down some new netbook love this week, but it doesn't mean they're getting ready to join in with the latest trend: putting Google's Android platform onto the budget ultraportables.  At the company's launch event, Acer's business IT product manager Jim Wong told reporters that while the company plans cellphones using Android, he believed the platform isn't ready for the "total internet experience" on netbooks. Read The Full Story

UMID M1 import hits $750 for non-3G XP MID

, Apr 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

We've a definite soft-spot for the UMID M1 here at SlashGear, but with the company themselves dragging their feet on official US and European sales, and import prices riding ever higher, it's hard to see the clamshell MID ever finding its niche.  Australian-based importer Justek have tweaked the pricing on the non-HSDPA version of the M1, but for US customers it's still in excess of $660. Read The Full Story

OpenMoko FreeRunner canned, 50% staff cuts; time for “Plan B”

, Apr 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

It was only at CES 2009 that we played with the latest iteration of the OpenMoko FreeRunner, there running the Google Android OS.  Now the company's CEO, Sean Moss-Pultz, has announced that production of the FreeRunner has ceased, and that 50-percent of OpenMoko's staff have been cut in an attempt to bring costs down to manageable levels. Read The Full Story
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