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Intel Atom N470 comes with looser netbook spec restrictions

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 26th 2009 No Comments

Intel atom logo If you’ve dipped even the tiniest of toes into the tech world this past twelve months, you’ll likely have noticed the cookie-cutter spec sheets for netbooks. Intel and Microsoft’s policies on exactly how big a hard-drive, how much RAM and other elements of a netbook’s make-up have hamstrung what could’ve potentially been a hugely innovative segment into little more than a matter of aesthetics. Unfortunately neither company plans to lift those regulations any time soon, but we’re hearing at least that with the advent of the Intel Atom N470 the bar will be raised somewhat.

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Intel Moorestown Moblin v2.1 MID gets hands-on demo [Video]

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 25th 2009 1 Comment

Intel have rolled out plenty of mockups, conceptual art, non-functional prototypes and fancy slides over the past few months to show us what Moblin running on a Moorsetown-based MID might look like, but we’ve had to wait until IDF this past week to get a decent sighting of the platform in action. MID Moves sat down with an Inventec prototype running Moblin 2.1; you can see their hands-on video after the cut.

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Dell launch Mini 10v Moblin Edition netbook for devs [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 No Comments

Dell have announced their first netbook running Intel’s Moblin platform, and it’s available for developers to buy now. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10v Ubuntu Moblin Remix Edition is priced at $299 and comes with the usual Mini 10v specification – Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard-drive – but uses Canonical’s combination of the core Moblin Version 2.0 interface, libraries, and applications with the internals of Ubuntu Linux 9.04.

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Intel Moblin v2.1 mobile UI gets video demo at IDF

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 23rd 2009 No Comments

Intel have been demonstrating their latest work on Moblin, the open-source OS they’ve been so instrumental in developing, including v2.1 of the user interface for handhelds and mobile devices. MID Moves were on hand to grab all the details, including a video demo of “MyZone”, Intel’s pulling together of calendar, news, social media and more.

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Samsung ND10 OS-free netbook is crying out for Android

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Aug 13th 2009 No Comments

Looking to save a little money on your next netbook, but still want a brand-name machine? Not especially enamored with Windows XP, and prefer to use Linux or something else? Then Samsung may have the answer, in the shape of the ND10. Ostensibly identical to the well-thought-of Samsung NC10, the ND10 was recently spotted in China offering the same 10.2-inch, Intel Atom N270 hardware but with no OS and $50 discount.

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NEC pledge WiMAX support to Moblin-based PNDs and mobile devices

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 21st 2009 No Comments

car pnd NEC have announced that they will be supporting Moblin-based mobile devices and in-car PNDs with WiMAX functionality. The company already develops WiMAX mobile broadband modules and has recently unveiled a battery-powered WiMAX router; this new announcement will see Intel’s open-source Moblin OS get native support for the high-speed wireless technology.

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Intel and Google in talks for Android MIDs?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 10th 2009 No Comments

Google and Intel are reportedly working together, regarding support for the Android platform on Intel-based MIDs. While that might seem slightly unusual – given that Intel has been heavily promoting its Moblin open-source platform for MIDs and netbooks – according to Taiwanese MID manufacturers it’s all part of the chip company’s plan to be “the hardware platform of choice”.

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Intel & Nokia announce Moblin & Maemo collaboration; HSPA licensing

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 23rd 2009 No Comments

intel nokia collaboration Details on the Nokia/Intel collaboration are out, and unless the duo are planning a big surprise for their imminent conference call it’s not quite the announcement we were hoping for. That means no Intel-based Nokia MID or netbook, but a “long-term relationship” to develop new mobile device architectures with integrated Nokia HSPA/3G connectivity. The pairing will also coordinate their Moblin and Maemo Linux platforms, with common technologies and cross-OS applications.

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ASUS Eee Keyboard gets Moblin [Video]

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jun 15th 2009 No Comments

ASUS have been showing off their Eee Keyboard since CES back in January, but until now it’s always been demonstrated running Windows XP. Now the Eee Keyboard – which has a 5-inch touchscreen and is intended to function as a media PC – has been given a shot of Moblin, Intel’s Linux-based OS.

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Intel announce five Moorestown MIDs for 2010 [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jun 4th 2009 No Comments

Intel has announced five MIDs (Mobile Internet devices) which will use the upcoming Moorestown platform, including the 5-inch Inventec “MediaPhone” spotted yesterday. Now confirmed as the Inventec X3, the device is the largest of the five new MIDs, which include hardware from CCI, EB, Quanta and Aava Mobile.

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