mobile internet devices
Gadgets
Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Where’s The Flash?
3:30AM Joanna Stern | The new Archos 5 Internet Tablet is indeed powered by Android, and improves all around over its predecessor, with more storage and a better interface. But something’s still missing. More »
Computers
Netwalker Suggests That Sharp Sleepwalked Through The Last Few Years
11:00AM Joanna Stern | No matter what kind of consumer electronics you make it seems you’ve got to add some sort of internet device to the portfolio. Sharp’s addition (at least in Japan) is its 5-inch Netwalker that has a touchscreen and runs Ubuntu. More »
Gadgets
Archos Event Invitation Unsubtly Hints at Rumoured Android MID
7:24PM John Herrman | 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. More »
Computers
Who Needs Netbooks? Acer Plans Detail Mobile Internet Device
3:30AM Jack Loftus | Acer, makers of the 10-inch Aspire One netbook coming later this year, could be prepared to take business in a new direction, if a recent U.S. patent filing is to be believed. More »
Software
BlueMaemo Turns Your Nokia Tablet Into a Wireless Mouse, Keyboard
1:30PM Gizmodo US Edition | Usually, the only reason we use the keyboards on internet tablets is because we can’t get to a more comfortable input device. Still, if you want to turn that on your head, here’s a beta application for Nokia Internet Tablets (the N800 and N810 specifically) that let you use them as a keypad and mouse for your main computer. BlueMaemo uses Bluetooth and works with Windows XP, Vista and Linux BlueZ. I guess it could be fun for freaking out anyone who’s using your desktop at the time. Can anyone say awesome Halloween prank? [JK on the Run] 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 »
Gadgets
Mobile Broadband Finally Gets a Logo, But Is It a Cloud Or Seagulls?
4:20AM Kit Eaton | Relax, people who’ve been using mobile broadband internet: your scarily unbranded ‘net surfing days are over. The GSM Association has coordinated 3 Group, Asus, Dell, ECS, Ericsson, Gemalto, Lenovo, Microsoft, Orange, Qualcomm, Telefónica Europe, Telecom Italia, TeliaSonera, T-Mobile, Toshiba and Vodafone among others to create the “Mobile Broadband service mark.” It’s a logo designed to let consumers know the item they’re using/seeing on the shelf in a store is a ready-to-run mobile internet device. But is it a cloud or a pair of seagulls? Hopefully the latter: you wouldn’t want to run your precious laptop outside when rain is threatening. More »
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