JKK - JKKMobile.com

Sascha - Netbooknews.com

Chippy - UMPCPortal.com

Show notes:

Netbooks

Smartbooks/MIDs

UMPCs

Other

N900 Firefox/weave release . Plugin, Small screen optimised. Firefox quality. Fast javascript processing. Add-ons. (weave!) but no FLash!

Mozilla pulled it from N900 Firefox release - "“Support for plugins in Firefox for Maemo has been disabled. On most Web pages that use the Adobe Flash plugin, the performance of the plugin didn’t meet our standards, and the interactivity and performance of the entire Web page was negatively impacted."

We go over the specs of the iPad and talk about the good points, issues, the showstoppers and work out where this device really fits.

iPad specifications, links, images here.

Ebook readers
DUal-screen.
Entourage - Due for launch
MSI dual screen
WHY WHY WHY

Screen Tech:
Pixel Qi
Mirasol

Smartphones
Moorestown  LG
Aava - Slightly smaller.
Main diffrences in tech. Main differnces for cunsumer.

Other
Viliv going android


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Events coming up:
DevMob2010. London. One day. Intel. 3rd Feb
MWC. Mobile phones meets mobile computing  on 14th Feb.

Smartbooks
HP smartbook
Lenovo Skylight
compal etc protos (Nvidia stand)

Laptop -> Smartbook -> Tablet
Lonovo U1 hybrid

Netbooks, Netvertibles.
Viliv S10
ASUS T101MT
Ideapad s10-3t

Netbooks
Samsung N150
HP 5102
1005 PE.

ARM prototypes. (Smartbooks/tablets)
Tegra2 Nvidia. Why its interesting.
Multiplatform.
Multitouch.
But no products yet.

Jkk announcement:
Vegetable Pad - No news. 27th Event watch out for that.

MIDS
Inbricks
$200 mentioned price.


UMPCs
Viliv N5
UMID BZ
UH900

Featuring:

Chippy

JKK

Sascha

Notes used in the podcast:

Smartnooks, MIDs, Tablets. Consumer focused media and internet devices.
Netbooks, Pinetrail.

Qualcom called 'first ever':
Lennovo Skylight - smartbook. Snapdragon. 10. Linux-based OS. Price - $499. What do we thnik of that?

Pricing
OS. Linux
Form-factors


Smartbook price points
Eeepc tablet, NVidia Tegra 2
HP Smartbook - Android. netbook style.

Ereaders - dual-screen smartbook readers. Why?

Pixel qi solution?

Most of smartbooks we've seen have been on ARM  but at keynote.
Moorestown.

Hybrid,

Pinetrail netbooks. Antoher good step forward for netbooks. More battery life, more power and importantly, more freedom fo manufacturers to make new and interesting designs that san across a rang of price points.
Sascha is going to talk us through a few of the highlights.

Lets tallk about MIDs and smartbooks now, consumer focused mobile internet devices. The second coming, you might say,
UMPCs to MIDs from both Intel and ARM partners.

Moorestown.
Nvidia 2
Freescale

Softrware for MIDs and tablets.
OS and applications.

Price points.

UMPCs

N5
MID BZ
 

We will be live at CES2010. 2pm on the 8th. Las Vegas Time.
http://meetmobility.com/2009/12/29/meetmobility-live-podcast-with-runcore-at-ces-2010-netbook-tech-zone-8th-jan-2pm/
[please re-blog this]


Pinetrail Netbooks.
Confirmed specs/techdocs.
No HD video! No Digital monitor output!
Little improvement in 3D
Chance for Broadcom and Nvidia.
Manufacturers making range of options. One chassis, multiple price ranges. (Moblin basic -> ION Multitouch!)


Netbooks. Pinetrail, GPU.
Press conferences. 5th starting.
ASUS.

Netbooks are dead!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8421491.stm
""The days of the netbook are over," said Stuart Miles, founder and editor of technology blog Pocket Lint. "
"Ian Drew, spokesman for chip designer Arm": "It will be a lot of different machines for a lot of different people," he said. "This whole market will be exploding in the next couple of years."Impetus for this change will come, he believes, from the phone world where many, many types of gadgets are already blooming.

JKK - JKKmobile.com
 

Sasca Pallenberg - Netbooknews.com
 

Steve 'Chippy' Paine - Carrypad.com

Show notes:

QUESTIONS about Netbook World Summit
How was it different this year? (Smart books (qualcomm definition) Bigger netbooks.)
What are you going to call it next year? The 12" cheap laptop conference?
We're seeing bigger, heavier netbooks every week. How important is mobility in the netbook world now?
Jean Veraldi of Qualcom called netbooks 'low cost laptops' do you agree? Also said 'We have enough cpu and multimedia strengths' - enable always-on. Different usage.
NC10. 200,000 units in France. France is big market, 65m people. 1/10th of 'greater' Europe. About 1/5th of 'western' Europe. 5x200,000 = 1million. 250,000 Rest of Europe. 300,000 US. 300,00 Asia. 2 million total sold?


Always-on. How are netbooks going to compete.

Jolicloud.

Blog series on MIDs and UMPCs: Patrick Moorehead. Marketing and strategy, AMD

Eric Schorn AMD marketing blog:

Videos from Netbook World Summit
NewGadgetsDE

All of us have the Archos Android Tablet.

JKK - JKKmobile.com

Sasca Pallenberg - Netbooknews.com

Steve 'Chippy' Paine - Carrypad.com

Warner Crocker - GottaBeMobile.com

Show Notes

Fujitsi UH900
Specifications
13Wh battery .. they say 3 hours.. they also said with power saving it could be up to 6 hours.... maybe running at 800Mz??
It should be available on December 17th in Hong Kong for about 1600 USD.. uuuh

Time inc
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2009/12/02/time-incs-tablet-project/

Crunchpad.
- Just how good was it?

Intel Atom Dev SDK Beta released


Warner: Ink Blots.

Carrypad.com launch

JKKMobile update

Sascha update: Netbooks LeWeb/Netbook World.

Next podcast planned for shortly after LeWeb. After 10th Dec.

UMPC

Good News for Linux/Menlow Netbooks, UMPCs and MIDs

GMA500 support

Netbooks

Sascha (@sascha_p) - Netbooknews.com

JKK  (@jkkmobile) - JKKMobile.com

Chippy (@chippy) - UMPCPortal.com

Podcast 34 Topics in detail:

IDF
Software. Moblin. Developer Program.
No devices
Moorestown launch 1h device 2 half 2010.

IFA overview.
Vaio X
JournE
Netwalker.

Viliv S7.
OVerview

Android Tablet.
229 8gb Cortex GPS optimised browser.
Flash 10 Q1 2010.

Mobinnova N910.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/09/mobinnova_n910_smartbook_hands-on_tegra_smartbook.htmlDifference between video consumption and web consumption.

$100 smartbooks.
http://www.itpro.co.uk/615184/new-arm-chip-promises-100-netbooks
The real story - Dual cortex A9. - If the OS can suport.


IDF.
PineTrail
Moorestown
Graphics?
New platforms, Windows 7
New devices for Christmas.
Moblin netbooks. When? Moblin in beta.

News Roundup
smartphones/ midphone/mid  (intro with why we're talking about smartphones.)

JKK. HTC Touch Pro2, Nokia N97 JKK@s phone hunt sponsored by Dynamism.
How are you using it.?

leading into the
599 Euro N900.
Is it a MID?
OS, Price, availability.
New devices in the future. Strategy.

MIDs/Smartbook

Smartbook legal issues....

• Archos devices 9th Sept.
• Always Innovating Touchbook. 
• Sharp Netwalker
• Apple 9th iPod refreshes.

 The recent round of rumors stem from this post at Apple Insider and were strengthened with an article from the Financial Times. 

We talk around the details that came from these two post focusing on a possible 10" tablet-style device focused on media, home-use and running the iPhone OS. Is there a market for it or are Apple simply going to create a market.

At the end of the podcast, each member is asked if they want to buy one. There's an interesting response!

Size: 34MB

Length: 50 minutes.

• "open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve."
• "Speed, simplicity and security"
• "Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips" - First consumer OS to be targeted at both ARM and X86
• XP chellenger. Android Challenger. Moblin Challenger. Jolicloud challenger.

Clevo TN70M testing

ARM
MiDs netbooks and smartbooks
http://blogs.arm.com/smart-mobile-devices/arm-community-at-computex-wrapup/

Elitegroup - Huge line-up of netbooks.
Pegatron - Update
MIO GPS smartpbook

Other manufacturers we saw:
Nvidia  - Tegra smartbook MID. ION Netbook graphics.
Freescale - MID Android.
Ti 
Qualcom
ARM in general.
VIA -

Discussion points:

• USer expecience.
• OS
• Browser
• Speed
• Timescales
• Positioning
• Battery life
• Price
• General discussion point - http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/305564/never_mind_netbook_here_smartbook?fp=2&fpid=2

• Compal KAX-15
• Digicube on Menlow
• XPPhone - Geode
• Viliv X70 EX
• Inproved Viliv S7
  
• Archos 9 (not at computex)
• MIDPhone (not at computex)

Computex
We're all going.
Steve: MIDMoves, Intel invite.
Start.
Events

Computex. Theme this year?
Cheap netbooks, ARM, MIDs, thin netooks.

Netbooks:
ARM-based Asus?
Android netbooks
Thin & cheap

HIGHLIGHTs:
Products:
Intel MIDs.
T101H prepare to launch


Intel:
Keynotes: Mobility, Moblin, Ultra Mobility
New CPU platform for netbooks. Details at Computex.
2-chips  on one die. Lower power.
Press release slides:
http://www.umpcportal.com/downloads/Pineview_Moblin_disclosure.pdf

Moblin
JKK Experience. UI problems.
Positive side, good press.
Sascha Jolicloud thoughts?
No Moblin 2.0 for Menlow. Moblin 3!

Intel investor slides: (Moorestown, Medfield)
http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/05/intel-investor-presentation-highlights-smartphone-push

VIA. Nano

Ti
Nvidia
Qualcomm
Freesscale

Other:

Smart Devices Q7

Podcast 27 show notes:

Dell Mini 10, N110,  Archos 10, Gigabyte Touchnote

IDF Beijing - 1day. Moblin updates?
New Z series. Z550 Z15.
Moorestown 2010 + new moblin
Windows 7

Devices launching in MAy
T91,  T101H
T91 test samples are shipping
Computex.
EeePC on Qualcomm Snapdragon.


Samsung Mondi on ARM11 @800Mhz

Mid section -

UMID news
AIgo BIOS news.
S5


Qualcomm CEO: Netbooks may soon outsell notebooks

How we worked using netbooks, mids and 3G all week!

ASUS T91, T101H, Seashell 1008HA, keyboard

Gigabyte netbooks.

Linpus secret netbook! New OS. Taiwan Mobile Tw101 Atom, flash, linpus

Viliv S5 S7 X70

UMID M1

Lluon Mobbit

Mifi device

Webciety, Mobile Enterprise Arena.

Meetmobility event.


Meetmobility Best of CeBIT AWARDS:

Manufacturer: ASUS.

Product: Novatell, mifi.

Podcast 1. Day 2 (March 4th)

Overview of the first few days at CeBIT. Highlights of Netbook, UMPC and MID products.

Weltexklusiver Content aus Taipei:

Samsung NC20 unboxing

Eee PC T91 GUI

Acer Aspire One D150 unboxing

Exklusiver Content fuer Deutschland:

Eee PC 1000HE - erste Eindruecke

Gigabyte M528 Unboxing

Name that podcast. (From podcast 23)
Current podcast name suggestions:
maurozea- Mobile Life.
Pixel Qi fan - Shoe-Time Computing
dm - mComp cast
Please help and submit your suggestion.

Highlights from CES.

Pegatron Netbook - Freescale. 8
VIA Nano. Dr Mobile. 11.6" and 8.9"
Vaio P
OQO 2+
Dell Mini 10. Silverthorne. Edge-to-edge. 1.2kilos
1000 HDN Optical drive. Bluray. New CPU, new Chipset. Video-focused.
ASUS Eee PC T91 T101H Convertible.
HP 2140
Viliv S7, X70
UMID
MIO 'MID'. ARM.
BYD Venus MID on the Intel stand. No details.
Aigo windows 7 + XP. Velocity. Maybe upgraded.
MSI U115.
Thanks To EC for his photos and contact from CES.
Thanks to forum membersfor support during CES.

UMID device details:

Link to Vaio P printout.........(PDF) source.

Thanks JKKMobile

cover the followin topics:

CES UMPC Watchlist.
UMID.
Lluon
Viliv S5. S7 proto and X70 Atom, 7" tablet.
+ usual suspects.
+ Samsung, OQO, Sony.

Atom zone. Intels preview video.  2 devices not revealed! (OQO, Samsung, Sony, someone else)

Wibrain i1. Short update.

Sony UMPC/Netbook - Details coming on the 5th?
What do we think so far.

CES Netbook watchlist.
Trends? Touch, SSD, Price, ARM/Snapdragon
ASUS going Touchscreen, There will be a netvertible Eee PC
HP comes out with the Atom Mini-Note
MSI and Acer should show their 2nd generation.
emtec netbook
Big Shift over to 12.1 inch and even bigger


Plan for CES. When. Meetings with manufacturers. And blogger meet-up?

MIDMoves project.
What is it..
When
Who..
Devices...

Show notes:

Netbook WOrld Summit.
Summarise, where, how many people, how many days
Any interesting news:
New devices.
New manufacturers
New software and services.

News: Snapdragon Netbook concept
Instant on
Battery life -
    Ti think netbooks in a 3W profile are possible
Snapdragon will enable mini laptop style devices - with screens of between nine and 12 inches - to run for between four to six hours without needing to be charged, according to a spokesman. Smartphones using Snapdragon will be able to run for longer.
Processing power
OS

HP mini 1000?  big keyboard and looks are the only things that count?

JKK: SSDs
What's the optimum speed read/write.


T10L. Netbooks without keyoards, UMPC or Tablet?
Low cost components. Interest at 500.
Prove that UMPCs always were alive?
Low cost will stimulate sales or is the form factor still for nich audiences.
Lluon Mobbit - Another tablet, UMPC or MID!


Intel say netbooks only good for one hour.
Techrunch Netbook bullshit.
N97 kill netbooks - Forbes.
N97. Is it a MID?

MIDs
SFR Compal MID. Archos 5g PRICE

AIGO Mid.
JKK's testing. JKK gives overview.
JKK liking the Aigo. Still using Eee pc on the go?

Questions about Aigo.
1- Why XP?

JKK - JKKMobile.com

Sascha - EeepcNews.de

We talk, and talk and talk on this 1.5hour special!

Great news about UMPCs. Detailed talk about Benq MID, Ubuntu Mobile, Fujitsu U2010

In part 2 we talk about Netbooks. 

Samsung NC10, Lennovo S10, Packard Bell (Acer?), Toshiba, Sylvania , Gold 900A. Mini 9

JKK - JKKMobile.com
Chippy - UMPCPortal.com

Who's there:

• Samsung MID.
  
• HP
• Option
• Panasonic
• Fujitsu
  
• MontaVista

Mobile Internet Device community. GyPSii mobile geo blogging, Move TV embedded media player (flash + new format, needs cpu), Wi2Wi (embeded wifi, bt radios)

Moblin community. Canonical, Linpus, WindRiver, Xandros

Mobility Pavilion

Blog lounge

Best-o Computex?

Overall impressions on netbooks.

Did you get bored of netbooks?

MIDs and UMPCs?

VIA. Big presence?

Any chances to see systems running Nano?

Gigabyte: M528  $750. Shipping July to Taiwan. Is it too expensive?

ASUS, MSI, ACER
901 Specs as expected. 1.15KG. Cheap batteries. Pricing high?
MSI Wind only available with XP until late summer. Linux (Suse Wind) late summer.
ACER with Linpus First. XP later.
901 secrets

+ other netbooks.
Elonex. 4 new netbooks.
GCubed (GGG!)
Clevo T71N
Gigabyte M912. Running VIsta + Ubuntu. Soft Touch.

Linux builds:
Canonical with Netbook  Remix and Xandros - Will use Moblin core.
new news. Linpus will join Moblin too. with Xandros and Canonical.
   - Well-controlled drivers and distros. Efficient. UI advantages.
 - Opportunity for developers to input their software at the front end and end up on all distros.
 - Major software developers see millions of installed users, can invest in top quality software and systems. Video, music etc.
Leaves Suse. Will they use Moblin core?


CPU platforms.
ATOM. Diamondville
VIA Nano (Was isaiah)
Nvidia + Qualcomm - MIDS and low-end notebook demos and talk. Windows Mobile 7
AMD Turion X2 unknown!

Samson Q1 U USB Mic details.

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