Samsung has some long range plans to gain a foothold in the U.S. notebook market and key to those plans appear to be tiny footsteps with the itty-bitty Q1 UMPC. Baseline … Read More »
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Nintendo just boosted their profit estimates for the coming year by $150 million from over half a billion dollars, indicating that the company might be one of the unlikely winners in the console wars. I would have laughed at that thought even a year ago, … Read More »
Summer is time to read, especially those pot boilers or romance novels that make perfect companions for your mid-year break. Those of us who are stuck working, I would like to recommend three books, that might not make up for suntan, but will teach you a … Read More »
MySpace plans to launch a site in Germany this summer, looking to move into one of the biggest Internet markets in Europe. But the company will face local entrenched players when it arrives. German users say that Lokalisten holds the title of … Read More »
Hugo does it again with another great, no make that two great videos! In a two-part series, Hugo Ortega compares the TabletKiosk eo with the Samsung Q1. This is probably the … Read More »
Dapreview is teasing us with a rumor of a new handheld from iRiver that supposedly will have these features: smaller than W10 Tablet PC or UMPC DMB and GPS maybe a camera Macromedia Flash player 8 Wibro support This … Read More »
Apple files patents like they sell iPods– a lot. The latest one to come to light is potentially the most useful. The filing implies this would be used in some sort of iPod with a touchscreen and listen to this: It describes a touch-screen interface for portable … Read More »
This was a big week for wireless earnings and market figures, with Motorola grabbing the spotlight from Nokia in the ongoing battle between the two dominating global cell phone makers. Motorola, still milking the success of the Razr, gained significant market share in its attempts to … Read More »
Every quarter, one hopes EBay will provide some clarity on Skype, and what kind of success the company is having with its $2.6 billion purchase. And every quarter, one is left scratching his head, pondering over meaningless metrics. It is baffling because eBay calls it third … Read More »
Apple’s iPod is not only the hottest consumer electronics device, but it is also one of the hottest chip design wins in the business, so much so, it can make or break companies. Portal Player went to the public markets on the strength of its partnership … Read More »
On the current MobileTechRoundup podcast Kevin, Matt and I discussed the possibility of installing Linux on a Samsung Q1 UMPC. We pointed out that while it is possible there are a lot of things you give up that are not available on a PC … Read More »
I’ve meant to mention this for some time, but it kept slipping my mind; even though I’m far from 50 like the father of the Tabletscape, I do have occasional memory leaks. ;) For some Samsung Q1 owners this will be old news, but … Read More »