The good news is that eviGroup has begun shipping a 5 inch Android-powered MID (Mobile Internet device) for just €199 in Europe. That’s about $253 US. The bad news is that like almost every other Android powered tablet I’ve seen in recent months, the eviGroup Wallet ships with an antiquated version of Google’s mobile operating […]
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NEC N-08B pocket-sized mini-laptop hits Japan
NEC has introduced a mini-laptop for the Japanese market that looks like a notebook — if you could fold up a notebook and fit it in your pocket. The NEC N-08B has a 4.6 inch, 854 x 480 pixel display with a fairly wide bezel around the edges. That provides enough space fro a decent […]
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Sharp IS01 Android powered mini-laptop now available in Japan… sort of
It’s been a month or so since Sharp introduced the world… or rather, Japan to the new Sharp IS01 mobile device. And a developer version of this little guy is now available in Japan. The Sharp IS01 features a small 5 inch, 960 x 480 capacitive touchscreen display and a QWERTY keyboard, which makes it […]
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Aigo’s hot little 7″ tablet runs Android 2.1, Tegra 2
With loads of tablets due out this year running the NVidia Tegra and Android twosome, companies are going to have to do something to make their offerings stand out. From what I see in the image above, I’d say Aigo has a good idea how to do that. Their 7-inch tablet is wrapped in an […]
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Acer to unleash horde of MIDs this may
Acer (and just about everyone else in the sector) isn’t just busy churning out new netbook models. The tech giant has also been working tirelessly on a new range of MIDs — and it sounds like the new models are nearly ready to hit the street. According to PC World, the Acer MIDs are set […]
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Sharp updates Netwalker, drops the keyboard
If a netbook is what you get when you shrink a laptop, the Sharp Netwalker PC-Z1 is what you get when you miniaturize a netbook. But what do you get when you take a Sharp Netwalker and lose the keyboard altogether? Apparently a Sharp Netwalker PC-T1. Sharp’s latest Netwalker features the same 5 inch, 1024 […]
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UMID mBook BZ UMID 4.8 inch mini-laptop takes its top off for the FCC
The UMID mBook BZ is smaller than a typical netbook, yet it features netbook-like parts including a 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z515 processor, a solid state disk, Windows 7, and a 1024 x 600 pixel display. But unlike a typical netbook, the mBook BZ’s display is just 4.8 inches. The entire mini-notebooks measures just 6.3″ x […]
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Fujitsu UH900 mini-PC unboxed
The Fujitsu UH900 is one of the tiniest mini-laptops you’ll ever see with a high definition 1280 x 800 pixel display. It crams all of those pixels onto a 5.6 inch display. The computer also features a full QWERTY keyboard that’s about 75% the size of a full sized keyboard. Touch typing isn’t going to […]
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Cydle M7: $199 tablet does TV, web search
Cydle is a company which typically makes in-car multimedia devices, but it’s branching out into MID territory with several new devices including the Cydle M7 which functions as a portable video player, mobile TV, and internet search device. The M7 has a 7 inch widescreen display and an integrated ATSC TV tuner. It also has […]
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Marvell’s ARMADA 610 brings 3D, 1080p HD encode/decode to MIDs and PMPs
Manufacturers of MIDs, portable media players, e-readers, and tablets will be soon able to reap the benefits of Marvell’s new ARMADA 610 chipset. The new design incorporates a gigahertz-class ARM v7 compatible CPU, 3D graphics (including Open GL ES 1.1/2.0 and Open VG support), as well as  full 1080p processing. On top of that, ARMADA […]