Just as companies were starting to get serious about installing Android, a mobile Linux OS, on netbooks, Google announces Chrome, a netbook Linux OS. The relationship between the two OSes is already getting tense, or at the very least, awkward.
The Viliv S5 was sort of charming in its own way—a tiny Atom-powered touchscreen MID that went for $US599. Well the Viliv X70 is the S5′s bigger cousin, and it runs just $US599, too.
Nvidia is using Computex to herald the arrival of their system-on-a-chip Tegra platform, but it’s not the most explosive debut. They’ve announced 12 netbook and tablet products from relative unknowns, and bizarrely altered their claims about the product’s capabilities.
Within seconds of hitting the show floor at Computex, I was drawn to the flock of photographers surrounding this Intel BB and her MID. It’s actually a pretty persuasive argument for WiMax.
While we’ve been justifiably excited about the Eee Seashell, NEC has announced a product that’s nearly half the thickness and but 2/3 of the weight.
We spotted Korean manufacturer UMID’s new MID back in November, but now it’s finally seeing release, with a few changed specs and a $US599 pricetag. But it probably won’t change MID-haters’ minds.
On its own, it’s a stretch: the invite is green and vaguely Android-y, and there’s a faint rectangular device in the background, therefore Archos must be working on an Android MID! Right? Well, they are.
The gadget: Viliv S5, a computer that fits in your palm, packing all the Atom processor power of the latest netbooks along with GPS.
