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Gadgets
Leaked Video: Dell’s Streak MID With Android 2.0
Software
The Highs And Lows Of Installing Android On A UMPC
12:10AM Danny Allen | Those Android-powered tablets from Archos are pretty neat, but if you’ve got a UMPC (like Samsung’s Q1UP) lying around, you can try Android thanks to the Android-x86 project. The catch: despite great performance, there are still a few major limitations. More »
Computers
Did Someone Track Down The Mysterious Android MID?
11:10PM Mark Wilson | Remember that iPhone-like Android MID that everyone went crazy about yesterday? It looks like someone may have tracked it down. Manufactured by SMiT, the device is called the MID-560. And its got decent specs. More »
Music
Dell’s First Android Smartphone Ain’t A Phone
2:40AM Matt Buchanan | The Wall Street Journal chimes in on talk of Dell’s Android smartphone with the bit that it’s not a smartphone (yet), but a media player with Wi-Fi, a la iPod touch or Zune HD. If Dell doesn’t kill it. [WSJ] More »
Business
Intel And Nokia Partner To Make Future Something-Or-Other
1:55AM Jason Chen | As reported, Intel and Nokia had a big fancy announcement to tell everyone that they’re going to be doing something together in the future—the specifics of which wasn’t important (or defined) enough to mention today. More »
Design
MID Concept Gets An ‘A’ For Awesome Design
3:20AM Sean Fallon | To be honest, I’m not really into netbooks. I’m looking for an internet device that is more than just a really tiny laptop. This MID concept seems to be a step in the right direction. More »
Phones
Texas Instruments Spills the Beans, Archos Working on an Android MID/Smartphone
4:58AM Adrian Covert | Android Community has learned that Archos is working on a Mobile Internet Device that will run Android, have phone functionality and use the TI OMAP 3 processor (same as the Palm Pre). More »
Software
TuneWiki Turns Mobile Internet Devices Into Zune-Wannabes
3:30PM Gizmodo US Edition | First, Intel decided to go with Linux for its MIDs, and now it’s giving the bird to Microsoft again by revealing a contender to the Zune’s social music aspect. TuneWiki, a “social media player” software based on Intel’s Atom processor integrates music and video with synchronised lyrics and a social network. More »
Computers
Lenovo’s Ideapad U8 MID Under Starter’s Orders at Olympics
7:59PM Kit Eaton | Way back in April was when we first showed you details on Lenovo’s Ideapad U8 mobile internet device, and Lenovo’s just launched it at the Beijing Olympics. The palmtop phone/PC has an Intel Atom Z500 ticking away inside at 800MHz, GPS, dual cameras, and with 1GB of RAM and a sizable 6GB SSD. Connectivity-wise, it’s fully loaded with 802.11 b/g wi-fi, Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G support and apparently “WiMAX support.” There’s also a dongle for picking up China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting signals so you can watch the Olympics for free. But therein lies the rub: The 300 gram, vaguely PSP-like U8 is a China-only gizmo, so you won’t care that it’ll have a price “equivalent” to other smartphones. [Pocketables] More »
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