Comments on: Computing+Connectivity+Application=TI's Formula for MID http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/computingconnectivityapplicationtis-formula-for-mid/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Texas Instrument Places a Risky Mobile Bet http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/computingconnectivityapplicationtis-formula-for-mid/#comment-162642 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:02:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=41557#comment-162642 [...] chips to power their smaller, cheaper devices. TI even seems to subscribe to the dumber PC model with its mobile Internet device strategy, which packages a lot of chips and software into one reference design for [...]

]]> By: Tony http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/computingconnectivityapplicationtis-formula-for-mid/#comment-162641 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:42:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=41557#comment-162641 If they can keep the price around $300 and battery life > 10 hours, this http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS9011409662.html tablet looks pretty interesting to me — note that it’s based on a modified BeagleBoard

]]> By: androidandme http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/computingconnectivityapplicationtis-formula-for-mid/#comment-162640 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:40:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=41557#comment-162640 I’m really looking forward to their future Android devices. I love my G1 but I’d like to see a more powerful device for games.

]]> By: forever4now http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/computingconnectivityapplicationtis-formula-for-mid/#comment-162639 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:27:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=41557#comment-162639 I hope smartphone OSs eventually evolve to a concept where there is a common Linux platform with different installable “desktops” (e.g. Android/webOS/Symbian/Blackberry/etc.)…kinda like KDE & GNOME. This would be beneficial because:

1. device vendors would be able to differentiate their devices with a unique user experience.
2. component vendors would have fewer drivers to develop & support.
3. consumers would theoretically be able to change “desktops”, without changing devices.
4. the linux platform would be community developed & supported (versus being re-invented for every smartphone OS).
5. the linux platform could be made portable to both ARM & x86 CPU architectures.

]]> By: Charbax http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/computingconnectivityapplicationtis-formula-for-mid/#comment-162638 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:55:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=41557#comment-162638 Oh yeah, coolest thing about Archos is that they have announced to be making an Android version of this type of device. Which means third party applications support with all the larger screen, higher resolution, much faster ARM Cortex processor, up to HD resolution video playback and all the other things that comes with that..

]]> By: Charbax http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/computingconnectivityapplicationtis-formula-for-mid/#comment-162637 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:53:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=41557#comment-162637 You can put un-DRMed iTunes H264 video downloads unto the Archos as well, just as it supports all other video formats DivX, Mpeg2, Mpeg1, wmv, and audio formats Ogg Theora, Flac, WMA, WMA-DRM, AC3, AAC and more..

Full Youtube, Google Video and other flash sites supported, including the “High Quality” Youtube versions..

Archos 5 is a 4.8″ screen, is lighter, more compact, still can have up to 250GB of storage..

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