Meet:Mobility Podcast 70 is now available. A Phone in a Pad!

It’s show number 70 on 17th June 2011.

In Podcast 70 we discuss a lot of news coming from Computex. Windows 8, Cedar Trail, new tablets, Chromebooks and Ultrabooks. Apologies for the less-than-perfect volume mix between us in this podcast.

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On the Podcast:

JKK from JKKmobile – @jkkmobile on Twitter

Chippy from Carrypad- @Chippy on Twitter

Sascha Pallenberg from Netbooknews – @sascha_p on Twitter

Computex general.

Windows 8
Punk This – Swap your hard-drive for ARM / X86 Flexibility

Netbooks:

• Cedar Trail. Asus Eee PC 1025 Series Cedar Trail netbook hands on
• Keeley Lake. Another Reference Design that Intel Should Produce
• Malata releases Canoe Lake
• ASUS Eee Pad Transformer II with Windows 8 (Rumor)

Tablets

• Is this a pad….or a phone in a pad?
• Viewpad 7x
• 3D screen on Eee Pad Memo
• HP Touchpad latest
• Toshiba Thrive pricing and dates
• iPad with 3D Display
• June 21st for Nokia Meego Device. N950?
• AMD Shows Z-Series ‘Desna’ APU at Computex, Running Android!

Other

• Oaktrail Tablets – None shipping yet. Q550 very close. Evolve III Meego battery life.
• Ultrabook Engadget hands-on with UX21 AnandTech – The Ultrabook: Meet the New Thin and Light Intel NotebookChromebook

Meet:Mobility Podcast 51 is now available. Recorded on 7th  2010.

In this show, number 51 on the 7th May 2010 Chippy, Sascha and guest Joanna Stern from Engadget talk about their netbook and tablet experiences at Computex 2010

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Show Notes:

On the podcast:

JKK – JKKMobile.com

Chippy – Carrypad.com

Sascha Pallenberg – Netbooknews.com

Guest: Joanna Stern – Engadget

Show Notes used in the podcast:
Netbooks:

Intel Canoe Lake ref-design
Eee PC 1015N with N550 and Ion2 plus Optmus Technology
Eee PC 1015T with AMD V105
MeeGo on Asus and Acer. No Dell, HP etc at this stage.
Eee Appstore

Tablets

Asus eee pad 10 and 12″, eee tablet, epad (10″ Intel booth)
Huawei S7
Moblin tablet on Oaktrail.
Viliv X10, Windows and Android
ARM tablets. When? Tegra2 – Fall. No word on Android marketplace.

Technology
Oaktrail, Moorestown
Microsoft strategy! Windows 7?! Windows 7 CE
ARM Eagle, Nvidia Tegra2, 1.2Ghz dual-core Snapdragon

Best tablets seen?

The second event is a live open presentation and Q&A on the Dell Streak. That will start at 2100 CEST (Midday San Francisco, 2000 UK, other times here.)  I don’t have a full retail model but the device I have allows me to show you around the device, demonstrate some features, give you some thoughts and answer your questions. So far the device is living up to all my expectations with the extra bonus that the battery life appears to be better than I thought. Unfortunately JKK can’t join us because he’s still out in Taipei and by the time he gets back to his studio on Wednesday, I’ll be away on another commitment until the week after. We might have a few Streak owners from the UK joining the chat though so it will be the perfect chance to get together to talk about the device from multiple perspectives. Video and chat will be running at Carrypad.com/live. I’ll be bringing the Sony Ericsson X10, Viliv S5 and Archos 5 for comparison. See you there.

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Show notes: Total running time: 58mins
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
Discussion points about smartbooks:
* USer expecience.
* OS
* Browser
* Speed
* Timescales
* Positioning
* Battery life
* Price

Intel said they can make a better smartbook:

Moorestown smartbooks.
Flash, runtime (AIR, Android)
Smartphones
720p recording.
Long standby
Moblin2 and Wind River

Staying with Intel. Menlow continues as the XP platform
No windows on Moorestown. At least the initial or primary version of it.

UMPCs

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

How about Pinetrail for netbooks and high-end UMPCs?
We didnt get GPU info although there are some rumors around.
Why? What will it bring? Is it a risk to move from the trusted platform?
Cost? Efficiency? Power? Video decoding.

Netbooks continued….

netbooks wave continue – a ton of new designs but nothing groundbreaking except….
Nvidia ION
Multitouch T91
Moblin 2 for netbooks
What about Win 7. Will think slow down now as we move towards September/October

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