Unboxing Acer Aspire One Android netbook

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Meet Inbrics Android MID

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Live Broadcast today at 21:30 CET

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EKing S515 UMPC unboxed and handled

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Quanta demoes Android smartbook and tablet

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Archos 9 tablet dissected

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Archos 9 is out now and you may have noticed that it's 1.1Ghz Atom with slow HDD and Windows 7 isn't that fast.. No worries as you can swap the HDD quite easily to fast SSD.

As you can see, it needs to be 1.8 inch PATA ZIF SSD.

Judging by these pics there is not much more to modify inside it but it's always fun too see how they look inside...



More pics here, thanks FCC

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Lenovo Snapdragon smartbook has "Custom Linux"

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3G and LTE sounds cool with smartbooks but yet another custom Linux?

I have used Android on a smaller device and I think it could work on little bit bigger ones too, if made right ( not like Archos ) but a yet another special build? .. no thanks.

That blurry cam picture shows it's size looking about the same as normal netbook ( 10 inch screen maybe ) but with thin and rounded edges.

We should see more of it in January at CES..

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10 Android apps I use on Archos 5 IT

UPDATED: Google Maps now working!

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I have been using Archos 5 IT quite a lot, but the missing access to Android Market has made installing apps a bit too hard..

Main apps has been the internet browser and Twidroid but I needed some others too. Here are the 10 top apps I have been using with download links:

1. YouTube player

Archos has it's own player onboard, but it is far from stable and about a week ago stopped working with youtube videos. YouTube changed something inside their api and Archos have been slow to fix it. ( same happened to other related 3rd party apps but they fixed the issues in hours )

This player can't do HD videos like Archos own player but it's stable and fast to open. After installing it you get popup asking which player to use for videos. ( you can keep it asking or make it default )

You can't download it from Archos own apps store but I found it from here.



2. TubeDroid YouTube downloader

As the name says, it downloads youtube videos. Works fine and even keeps the videos under it's own list. You can choose which player to use with it.

Available here for $1.99 payment with PayPal or Credit Card.



3. AnySoftKeyboard

On screen keyboard for multiple languages. I like it more than Archos default.

Download from AndAppStore



4. Settings switches

CurveFish has selection of switches for easy access to setting like brightness, GPS, bluetooth, wifi and autorotate. I use the brightness swich.

Download from CurveFish

5. BatteryLife Widget

Big battery meter widget. It shows the battery life more accurate than the tiny default one.

Download from CurveFish



6. AndExplorer

Basic file explorer, but lets you open media like videos on any player where Archos own always opens on it's own player/viewer.

Download from AndAppStore



7. Meridian Player Evolve

Video and audio player for Android. Let's you play music or podcast on the background while surfing etc. ( default one turns off on background )

Download from AndAppStore




8. Skype Lite for Android

Skype app without voip..( uuuh! ) good for chatting.

Version 1.0.0.5 here

Mirrors



9. Nimbuzz

IM client supporting many networks. New version let's you send pictures too.

Get from Nimbuzz



10. Big PlanetTW

As Acrhos 5 IT doesn't have access to Android Market nor Google Mapps app ( and even if you get any G app, they won't install ) you may want to use this basic Google maps app with support for GPS, search and offline use. You can download maps and use it for very basic map browsing with GPS without internet connection.

Download from here

UPDATE: Google Maps now working! Get it from here



There must be tons of other good applications and vidgets for it but as you need to hunt them it's frustrating. I hope Archos updates to newer Android with all Google goodies and Market soon...

Any good apps you are using? ( with download links please ;) )

Archos 5 internet tablet. First impressions

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Unboxing Archos 5 Internet Tablet

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I needed to register to get youtube player working... uuuuh...

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Meet:Mobility Podcast 34

Welcome to listen Meet Mobility Podcast.
Join me, Steve and Sascha talking about mobile computing.

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Podcast 34 Topics in detail:

IDF
Software. Moblin. Developer Program.
No devices
Moorestown launch 1h device 2 half 2010.
Maemo
- n900
- battery life
- convergence.
Tablets. MIDs. Phones. PC Tablet.
Archos Android
HD2 ( 4.3 WM ) / Droid ( 3.7 Android 550MHz cdma )/ Dell ( 5.0 android 2.0 )other big phones! ( where are the keyboards?
DELL Streak. http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/10/dell-streak-5-inch-3g-android-mid-with-3g/
Motorola Droid http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droids-website-published-a-bit-early-with-specs-galor/
HTC HD2 http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/htc-touch-hd2-hands-on/
Archos 9 Tablet.

Why Tablets now? Apple hype? Usage scenarios? Ereaders. Kindle for PC.
What happened to Crunchpad?
Windows 7
- netbooks at ms site ,
- What does Windows 7 bring?
- New marketing.


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More and more tablets coming.. Windows 7 helping?

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Just with few minutes surfing I found tens of new tablets on Asian market places...

Here is few of them:

Cooorui Z4 convertible

- Screen options from 7 to 12 inches
- Intel Atom N270
- 2.5 inch HDD ( 80 to 320GB )
- Wifi and LAN
- 0.3Mpix webcam
- SD card slot
- Headphone/mic ports
- VGA out
- USB x 2
- 265mm * 185mm * 34mm 1.2kg



Cooorui 3G Tablet

- 10.2 inch 1024 x 600 touch screen
- Intel Atom N270
- 2.5 inch HDD ( 160 to 320GB )
- Wifi, LAN and 3G options
- 1.3Mpix webcam
- SD card slot
- Headphone/mic ports
- VGA out
- USB x 3
- 226.3mm * 166.9mm * 24.7mm 1.0kg



Ngai Lik NBX-8010H Tablet

- Display: 10.1-inch TFT (1,024 x 600)
- Processor: Intel Atom N270
- CPU speed: 1.6GHz
- Hard disk drive: 2.5-inch SATA, 160/250GB
- Wireles LAN: Wireless LAN 802.11b/g with mini card interface
- Camera: 1.3 Mega Pixels Camera
- USB: high-speed USB2.0 x 3
- Card reader: 3-in-1 MMC/SD/MS
- Battery: 3 cells (2,600mAh, 12.6V) polymer battery pack
- Battery life: 2.5 hours
- Weight: 1.4kg



Shenzhen BGX Technology BGX-PP9010-1-1

- CPU: VIA 1.6G
- Memory: 1G
- HDD: 160GB
- LCD: 8.9 inch touch screen
- Pixels: 1,024 x 600
- VGA: VGA out
- WiFi: 802.11b/g
- Camera: 1.3 Mega Pixel
- Input device: USB Keyboard and USB mouse
- USB port: 4 high speed 2.0
- Card slot: SD/MMC card reader
- Audio: stereo audio output, microphone input
- Speaker: built-in stereo speaker
- Mic: built-in microphone
- Time: 2.5 hours
- Compliance for Windows Xp/Vista and Linux
- Features:
- Touch screen
- Bluetooth function
- Support SD/MMC card
- Network camera
- Wireless network



Shenzhen BGX Technology BGX-LP1020

- CPU: N270 1.6G
- 10.2 inch touch screen 1,024 x 600
- Memory: 1G DDR2 SODIMM(Can be update to 2G)
- HDD: 160G SATA HDD (can be updated to 320G or more)
- ODD: Support USB ODD Device
- Wireless LAN One Mini PCI interface ,2 Antennas, Support 802.11 B/G/A
- Audio: HD Audio, Built-In 1 speaker
- Camera:130M Pixels Camera
- LAN: 10/100M Ethernet Controller
- Card reader: SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO
- Keyboard 86 key with 19mm key pitch and 2.5mm key stroke Multi-national language support
- Touch Pad Integrated Touchpad, Left key, Right Key
- Dimension: 250(L) x 185(W) x (26 to 32mm)(H)
- Weight: About 1.2kg (including 3 cell Li-Ion battery pack)
- Battery: 3cell, 2,200mAh
- Battery life: ≥ 2Hour
- Color: Yellow, white, pink, red are available




It looks like there will be tons of tablets and convertibles, some will get to EU and USA, some will stay in Asia..

Meet new Kohjinsha UMPC, PA series convertible

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4.8 inch convertible touch screen
Intel Atom Z520 (1.33Ghz) with 512MB RAM
32GB SSD
Wifi and bluetooth
One-Seg TV tuner
1.3 mpix web cam
Micro SD
1 x USB
7 hour battery life ( forget it .. 4 hours is real )
161 × 111 × 10 ~ 26mm 400g
XP Home

Looking closer it seems to be UMID M1 with new housing and tons of buttons.. screen frame has 2 d-pads and 4 other buttons.. one marked as pointer.

Mouse buttons and optical mouse in front of keyboard.. that makes it quite deeper than M1, to same size as Sharp NetWalker




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SHOW IS OVER. THANKS ALL!

Sharp NetWalker and Archos5 ( if DHL is on time ) on ARM only show!

We’ll be focusing on the Mobile Internet experience as usual but we’ll be giving a hardware overview, software overview (as much as we can given that these devices are brand new on the market) and trying to answer your questions.

The Sharp Netwalker is kindly provided to by Conics.net. The Archos Android Internet Tablet is kindly provided by you readers. (Please keep supporting our advertisers!) The session is unsponsored. Bring beer and expect a no-holds-barred session.

Start time 1900 GMT. (Time in your location)

Live chat, audio and video

Bring your own food.

*1 About 50% chance right now on the Archos tablet.

Session will be recorded.

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Flash now working on Sharp NetWalker

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Yep, Sharp just gave us the flash update and it works... Not super, but still ok.

It is flash 9.0 ( Shockwave Flash 9.0 r115 plugin ) so flash 10 content is no go..

Update is under registered users section at Sharp.co.jp and it's all Japanese so i uploaded to my site for easier installation. Just extract and run the installer.

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