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Qualcomm CEO – Smartbooks are Dead. Killed by Tablets.

Looks like Qualcomm’s IQ 2010 is already full of punchy headlines after CEO Paul Jacobs admitting during the open keynote that tablets such as the iPad… had already occupied the niche they expected smartbooks to. Jacobs described tablets like the iPad as delivering the concept

Ramos Miumiu T8-3D PMP Hands On at IFA 2010

Rockchip is making waves in the tablet world as they are a very popular choice for Chinese tablet manufacturers. While at the Rockchip booth a IFA 2010, Sascha got his hands on the Ramos Miumiu T8-3D PMP with a 4.2-inch display and the Rockchip 2016…

Dell Streak Unboxing and Hands-on (Dell Mini 5)

Roland over at our sister site NetbookNews.de has gotten his hands on the Dell Streak… for unboxing in English of course, its worth watching just to hear a German with an East coast accent! The Dell Streak is a hybrid device that lives in the

Ramos W7 4.8-inch MID with access to the Android Marketplace

Our friends over at Shanzai.com have unboxed the Ramos W7… last week and put it through the paces to give us their review. The Rockchip video performance was solid enough at 480p but fell short on handling 720p. If YouTube is what you are after,

EKING 5-inch MID Slider with Touchscreen

The Chinese manufacturer EKING has come out with a new unnamed 5 inch UMPC or Mobile Internet Device. The device most likely sports an Intel Atom CPU and it comes with a multi-touch display. The slider form factor is pretty interesting with a physical keyboard…

Viliv N5 Vs. UMID BZ – Clamshell Handheld Showdown

Chippy over at UMPCPortal.com has shot a comparison video between the Viliv N5 & the UMID BZ… two 4.8″ touchscreen clamshell handhelds with keyboard meant for thumbtyping.

Eken M001 7″ Android 1.6 Tablet On Sale for $113

TheEken M001 which used to be called the Haleron iLet Mini HAL is on sale now for $113USD. There is the “>Amazon listing below if you wanted to check it out for your self.

This has been on sale for a while so I’m told,…

SmartQ V5 HD Android MID Hands on

The SmartQ V5… HD MID has a4.3-inch display, with a 600Mhz ARM11 processor (with the latest firmware is now overclocked 800Mhz) provides the heartbeat, 256MB DDR2 RAM, 2GB SSD (via SD card slot can be upgraded with the V5 up to 32 additional GB), USB

Intel will release native Android 2.2 “Froyo” Support this Summer

Summer time usually doesn’t yield huge announcements but this one is note worthy, Intel is putting the finishing touches on the latest version for x86 based netbooks and tablets. What is exciting is that there will be coming out beased on Android 2.2 “Froyo. So…

Lynx Sharp SH-10B MID with 5-inch touchscreen

Communicasia 2010 is on day 3 and we seem to have an interesting MID in our midst, NTT DoCoMo has put the Lynx SH-10B on display. The system is manufactured by Sharp and therefore reminds us of the Netwalker…. The mini-mini-netbook has a high-resolution

Best of Computex Awards – Netbook Nation #18

Netbook News has out their Best of Awards for Computex 2010. Find out who we think wins our awards for Best Netbook, Best Software, Best Tablet and Best Future Technology of the show. Netbook News even gives you a look at our favorite bizarre gadget…

Dr Eye N18 5 inch MID running Android

We came across this MID last year and were pretty excited about it, things have changed a bit like the price, it was meant to be coming on the market for $300, pre-order for $200, its now going on sale for $400. The MID has…

Freescale Tablets Display at Computex 2010

Freescale had a huge tablet display over at their office across from the exhibition center. Its an interesting video simply because it shows off the various form factors that tablets are coming to market with. Threre are about 25 tablets on display and 50% of…

Moorestown MID Demo at Freescale Computex 2010

Freescale had a few demos on hand at their office in the Nangang Software Park during Computex 2010. We got to check out a moorestown MID which was able to run 720p video content without issue.…

Meet:Mobility Podcast 49 – Netbook Threats & HP Bets

It was a pleasure yesterday to sit in the Meet:Mobility Podcast yesterday, its usually the dynamic treo Sascha Pallenberg, JkkMobile & Chippy. With Sascha’s on his whirl wind road trip around the USA if you missed it you really should check out his visit to…