Meet:Mobility Podcast 40 is now up. Recorded on Jan 8th 2009 Live at CES.  This podcast is sponsor-free but we thank to Runcore for allowing us to use their booth and for setting up the local audio equipment. Runcore make fasst, good value SSDs that we all use in our devices so check them out.

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Show notes: Podcast 40:

On the podcast: JKK – JKKmobile.com Sasca Pallenberg – Netbooknews.com Steve ‘Chippy’ Paine – Carrypad.com

Show notes (used in preparation of the podcast. Not neccesarily in running order)

Smartbooks, 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