The iPad has been quite a success. In theory it shouldn’t be . . . → Read More: Steve Ballmer responds to the iPad
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. . . → Read More: webOS Netbooks on the way Intel confirmed that it is close to bringing Android 2.2 to the Intel Atom and other x86 platforms. According to Renee James, Intel’s VP of Software and Services, Intel will be releasing its x86-friendly port of Froyo to the masses via the Android Open Source Project sometime this summer. This will open the door for manufacturers eager to release Android-powered netbooks and tablets, while also allowing developers to design apps for the x86 platform . . . → Read More: Intel to release x86 compatible version of Android 2.2 later this summer We already knew that Intel was working to port Android OS to work on their Atom processors. Now we’re hearing that Intel are readying an Android 2.2 ( Froyo ) port into the mix for tablets and netbooks. Best of all, we may see these devices starting to surface in as little as two months, according to a new report . . . → Read More: Android 2.2 Froyo-powered netbooks and tablets with Intel Atom CPU coming in two months? Sony’s first VAIO P was a was quite a disappointment considering how poorly it performed and the huge price tag it carried, but Sony seems to be confident that its second-gen VAIO P will right the wrongs of the past. Shipping one week ahead of schedule, the “Lifestyle PC” comes pre-loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium and has an Intel Atom Z530 processor and 2GB of RAM to help keep things flowing. Apart from that, the $900 rig has a 8″ 1600×768 display that’s straddled by optical trackpads, Everywair 3G, GPS, digital compass and an accelerometer. Of course if you lived elsewhere you’d have a lot more options than that to chose from, but who needs that much stress in their life . . . → Read More: Sony’s latest VAIO P “Lifestyle PC” now shipping According to market research firm IDC, 2010 will see shipments of PCs rebound in 2010 and erase the terrible sales figures seen in 2009. Overall sales are expected to rise 19.8% YoY with a total of 354.8 million units shipped . . . → Read More: IDC predicts PC shipments to grow 20% in 2010 Eldar Muntazin has leaked a slide from Nokia which shows 4 mobile operating systems planned for 2010; Series 40, Symbian, Maemo and Windows . Oh yes, the Windows word at the end is highly significant and may mean that Nokia sees an even more diverse future than it has already. Actually seems like a good plan to me . . . → Read More: Nokia building Windows 7 phones? Would you believe us if we told you that that rubber bracelet-looking thing is actually going to have a built-in SIM card and bring voice / text capabilities to Android tablets, e-readers and netbooks via Bluetooth? Yeah, it sounds super crazy, but that’s exactly what it’ll eventually do. . . . → Read More: Iota Flex wants to be a MiFi for voice and text We’ve seen the future of Intel’s mobile platform, and it isn’t all roses and sunshine. Three years after the chipmaker told us Moorestown would reduce Atom’s energy consumption by a factor of 20 , company execs told us earlier today that they’ve more than reached that goal with the new Z6xx series . . . → Read More: Intel reaches for the ’smartphone zone’ with Moorestown-based Atom Z6, comes up shorthanded Color us excited. . . . → Read More: HP: opportunities for webOS ’smartphones, slates, and potentially netbooks’ |
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