Comments on: Dell Latitude ON Review

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:23:03 +0000

Actually, it’s running on a derivative of the TI OMAP3430, which I believe is an ARM Cortex A8 core, similar to the Palm Pre and the IPhone 3G S.

http://mvista.com/blogs/jefro/2009/09/29/latitude-on-launched-today/

http://e2e.ti.com/blogs/mobilemomentum/archive/2009/09/29/heralding-the-arrival-of-dell-latitude-on.aspx

By: visao

visao — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:38:35 +0000

its ARM 11 – boots from a module on the motherboard. Both Windows & LatitudeOn can run at the same time, when LatitudeOn is booted, Windows goes into hibernate.

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:38:06 +0000

This is a fantastic idea.

Even on a Blackberry, typing an email is not a pleasant experience. It’s so much better to be able to do that on a big screen with a proper keyboard, without having to boot up windows.

Being able to do that basic business task properly all day makes Latitude ON worthwhile.

Apart from that, I can’t see any reason, as it has a browser, why it couldn’t be used in conjunction with cloud computing, to facilitate other business applications.

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:03:43 +0000

arm11 or cortex? if its the former then i can understand a definition of slow…

also, any idea what the linux system is booting from? or any other details about it at all?

oh, and can you have both running and switch between them, like one could on the HTC shift?

By: AndyT

AndyT — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:26:32 +0000

I would assume most mobile Corporate Executives ALREADY own some kind of Smartphone so this seems a bit redundant IMO. Not a fan of Citrix thin-client solutions either. All corporate apps should already be fully browser-based and SSL-enabled when on the road. KISS is best approach. If your company has not met these simple standards then you already have a major problem with your IT department and mobile tech is the least of your issues that need to be rectified ASAP. I make my living fixing Bad IT Manager decisions and believe me the USA has no shortage of bad IT managers.