MeetMobility special round-tablet podcast

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Join me, Steve, Sascha, Warner, Xavier, Ben and Brad talk about the recent Apple Tablet rumors.

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A special round-tablet podcast is now available. Recorded on Wednesday 29th July

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Subject: The Apple Tablet.

Show notes: Total running time: 50mins

Chippy, JKKMobile, Sascha, Warner, Xavier, Ben and Brad talk about the recent Apple Tablet rumors.

Steve - UMPCPortal.com in Bonn
JKK - JKKMobile.com in Helsinki.
Sascha Pallenberg - Netbooknews.com in Taipei
Ben Lang - UMPCPortal.com in Pennsilvania
Xavier Lanier - Notebooks.com San Fransisco
Warner Crocker - Gottabemobile.com located in Virginia, U.S.A
Brad Linder - Liliputing.com also in Pennsilvania


The recent round of rumors stem from this post at Apple Insider and were strengthened with an article from the Financial Times.

We talk around the details that came from these two post focusing on a possible 10″ tablet-style device focused on media, home-use and running the iPhone OS. Is there a market for it or are Apple simply going to create a market.

At the end of the podcast, each member is asked if they want to buy one. There’s an interesting response!


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New RunCore Pro IV SSD line-up released

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INTRODUCING THE NEW RUNCORE PRO IV SSD PRO IV LINE FOR PC AND MAC USERS:

PC Editions
RunCore Pro IV 70mm PCI-e SATA II Solid State Drive SSD : 32GB - 128GB
RunCore Pro IV 50mm T-Style PCI-e PATA Solid State Drive SSD : 32GB - 128GB

RunCore Pro IV 2.5" SATA II Solid State Drive SSD : 32GB - 256GB
RunCore Pro IV 2.5" PATA IDE Solid State Drive SSD : 32GB - 256GB

RunCore Pro IV 1.8" PATA IDE Solid State Drive SSD : 32GB - 128GB
RunCore Pro IV 1.8" 5mm micro SATA Solid State Drive SSD : 32GB - 128GB
RunCore Pro IV 1.8" 5mm PATA Zif Solid State Drive SSD : 32GB - 128GB

Mac Editions
RunCore Pro IV 1.8” SATA II LIF Solid State Drive SSD for Macbook Air Rev B & C : 32GB - 128GB
RunCore Pro IV 1.8” PATA ZIF Solid State Drive SSD for Macbook Air Rev A : 32GB - 128GB

RunCore Pro IV 2.5" SATA II Solid State Drive SSD for Mac : 32GB - 128GB
RunCore Pro IV 2.5" PATA IDE Solid State Drive SSD for Mac : 32GB - 128GB



These new SSDs are using the same controller we tested on the RunCore Pro IV 2.5" SATA II SSD.
That means that even if you have slower PATA bus you get big performance boost on real life use as these SSDs are designed to speed up random small file read and write speeds.

" Pro IV SSD line up will begin shipping throughout the month of August and will soon appear on www.RunCore.com and all online Authorized Reseller online shops for preorder. Retail pricing will be $179.99, $289.99, $499.99, and $899.99 respectively for 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB drives. "

Expect to see first test results really soon.

Runcore Press Release

Behind the scenes: Cebit and Computex 2009

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On the videos: Me JKK, Steve from UMPCPortal.com, Sasha, Nicole and Lars from NetbookNews.com, Joanna from LAPTOPmag.com, Brett from Conics.net and many others...

Asus Eee PC T91 available ( was ) and reviewed

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Yep, Amazon and others had pile of T91's but they seems to be all gone in few hours..

If you didn't get one, you might wanna check these reviews:

Engadget: great ideas coupled with mediocre hardware

Gizmodo: Keep Dreaming

Liliputing: The T91 is a mixed bag

GottaBeMobile: For Touch enthusiasts who are looking for a Netbook sized device, the T91 could very easily fill the bill.

NotebookReview: Is the Eee PC T91 a better choice than lower-priced netbooks with bigger screens and better specs? Possibly

CNET: Small and light; well-done custom touch-screen interface; good battery life.

LAPTOP: This tablet netbook sets itself apart with an attractive touch interface, but it’s held back by slow performance, a small hard drive, and cramped keyboard.

You get plenty of info from those reviews, but I think most of them forgot the main factor: mobility. T91 is the smallest netbook available, has durable SSD, touchscreen, 3G/GPS on new version etc.. all super for mobility.



I bought one for me, so expect some heavy testing, modding and pretty long videos about this "hoping it can replace my 900a" convertible netbook.


Details, News and Links for Asus Eee PC T91

MeetMobility Podcast 30

Welcome to listen Meet Mobility Podcast no. 30 .
Join me, Steve and Sascha talking about mobile computing.

Continue reading...


Note: There’s 30 seconds of silence at the start before the podcast starts. Apologies.

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Show notes:

Google chrome os

* “open source, lightweight operating system that willninitially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-sourcenits code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available fornconsumers in the second half of 2010. Because we’re already talking tonpartners about the project, and we’ll soon be working with the opennsource community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyonenunderstands what we are trying to achieve.”
* “Speed, simplicity and security”n
* “Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips” - First consumer OS to be targeted at both ARM and X86n
* XP chellenger. Android Challenger. Moblin Challenger. Jolicloud challenger.n

Advantages of Chrome OS.
Free. Brand. Cloud Apps. Single sign in.

ASUS T91, T1010 update.
T91 Pricing. Launch dates, regions.
T101 menlow

Kohjinsha sk3 testing.
Good hardware. Poor battery life.Clevo TN70M testing

vege Tablet
Tablet, netvertible. What is it? 9″ screen.

Viliv stuff
X70 went on sale.
S7 appearing….

Raon Digital joins OQO, Flipstarts, Pepperpad, Wibrain
All dedicated UMPC manufacturers. Only Viliv left.

MiFi
We all have Mifi HSDPA.
Update. Battery life heat.

jkk’s phone hunt




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Viliv S7 samples starting to appear

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Steve showing S7 at Cebit 2009



Jagalcsh's pictures of his fresh S7

We of course envy him while waiting our sample...


Jagalcsh's Blog [ Korean ]

Via UMPCFever

Details, News and Links for Viliv S7

Nokia N97. First 24 hrs. First impressions

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First 24 hours


Video filmed and uploaded with Nokia N97


Video streamed live with Nokia N97



A test picture taken with Nokia N97


It is getting some heavy testing but that's how it needs to be...


jkk's smart phone hunt sponsored by Dynamism

Details, News and Links for Nokia N97

Wanna use Google Maps My Location on your UMPC or netbook?

Now you can!

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Google has launched My Location for Google Maps for normal PCs..

Yep, and it works pretty nicely without GPS too!


Read more from Google's blog

And test your self with FireFox 3.5 or Chrome [ press blue dot on top left corner of the map ]

Unboxing Nokia N97

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Yep, N97 is here and getting pretty heavy testing.. lets see how it stands against UMPCs and other high end phones coming later...


jkk's smart phone hunt sponsored by Dynamism

Details, News and Links for Nokia N97

Viliv S7 UMPC - 1.33Ghz first, 2.0Ghz on international version

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Yep, Viliv S7 is on their site now showing 3 versions for Korean markets:

- S7 I-LOG HX with 1.33Ghz Atom Z520, 1GB RAM, 60GB HDD and XP

- S7 I-LOG HX with 1.33Ghz Atom Z520, 1GB RAM, 32GB SSD and XP

- S7 I-LOG HX with 1.33Ghz Atom Z520, 1GB RAM, 32GB SSD , DMB and XP

Korean prices start from $570 up to $670 on DMB model.

All models feature 7 ich 1024 x 600 touch screen, wifi, bluetooth and optional Wimax




But that's not all:

- There will be pile of international versions mixing 1.33Ghz Atom with HDDs, SSDs and 3G modems.

- Flagship model will have 2.0Ghz Atom, 1GB RAM, 32GB SSD, 3G and Windows Vista (Free Upgrade to Window 7)

- They have some secret goodies on the flagship model which we can reveal when the demo device is here!


MyViliv.com

Details, News and Links for Viliv S7

Live Broadcast tonight at 21:00 CEST

Hosted by Steve and I on multiple video streams and live chat..

Starring: Kohjinsha SK3 and pile of other UMPCs

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Check your local time and mark your calendars and set alarm clocks!

Viliv X70 Premium 3G review

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If you want one, remember that Dynamism has the special pre-order deal on next Monday ( July 6th ) only.

Details, News and Links for Viliv X70

Kohjinsha SK3 unboxed

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Thanks Steve! Jump to UMPCPortal.com for more pictures and info

Details, News and Links for Kohjinsha SK3

Viliv X70 UMPC dissected

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Many asked these pics so here they are...

Upgrading in mind, SSD is mini zif so there is no room for 1.8 inch SSDs on 3G versions..

I have no info if non 3G versions have the pcie connector there, if not, there is room for 1.8 inchers.

Review video uploading now.. more on the video.

Details, News and Links for Viliv X70

How-to: Internal 3G to Samsung NC10. The easy way

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Many of you have asked me to do NC10 3G mod, but as I don't have it and no one has wanted to do it remotely; here is the next best thing.

On many other netbooks and laptops you can't swap wifi card with 3G card, but on Samsung NC10 you can.

Basso tested and it's working fine. He also got a really small usb wifi dongle for wifi sessions, but if you mostly need your netbook while mobile, you don't need wifi anymore.

I would suggest a small hole to the bottom for easy SIM card swapping... or just taking the soldering gun to your hand and solder the 3G card straight to USB and power lines like I did with Dell Mini 9 Maybe Basso will do it later...

Thanks Basso! Jump to BassoPT's Ultra Mobile Computing for full read