Nokia N900 launch delayed till November
World’s leading mobile phone maker Nokia has announced that they are going to start selling their N900 smartphone from November.
The launch has been delayed as it was earlier scheduled to launch this month.
Nokia said that they decided to delay the launch as they are currently working on feedback [...]
Dell Mini 10v netbook comes with Moblin!
Intel supported mobile Linux platform has gone mainstream!
Dell has announced their new netbook model named Mini 10v which comes loaded with Moblin.
The company however warns that this new mobile platform is experimental.
Intel has just released the latest edition of Moblin (version 2.1).
Moblin has been [...]
Moblin based Netbooks in the near future
Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation has given enough hints that we might soon see netbooks powered by Moblin Linux platform.
He said: “You’re going to see this week interesting new netbooks coming out that are killer. They have the cool factor and they’re priced right.”
The first [...]
ARM announces 2GHz Cortex-A9 microprocessor
ARM has announced a new Cortex-A9 microprocessor that would run at 2 GHz.
This processor has designed to be used on portable devices like smartphones and smartbooks.
The company aims to deliver the product by the end of the year so that devices powered by it could arrive by next year. [...]
Sharp PC-Z1 mobile internet device announced
Japanese tech giant Sharp has displayed their latest tech gizmo named PC-Z1.
Sharp PC-Z1 is essentially a mobile internet device featuring a 5 inch touchscreen.
It is designed to run web based services and applications.
The company said that the device is small enough to be a smartphone but is [...]
Nokia N900 with Maemo 5 announced
Nokia has announced their latest mobile internet device Nokia N900.
Nokia N900 as expected comes powered by Maemo 5 mobile platform based on the Linux OS.
The device comes equipped with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3.5-inch, 800×480-pixel touchscreen.
Nokia N900 comes powered with a 600-MHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor. [...]
Dell working on Linux powered smartbooks
Linux is becoming a popular operating system for low cost laptops popularly known as netbooks.
Dell is one company which has been offering Linux powered netbooks in the international markets.
The company is now working on smartbook models as well and these would also be powered by Linux OS.
Smartbooks are powered [...]
NEC and Panasonic showcases 9 new LiMo powered devices
NEC and Panasonic have announced as many as nine new mobile devices which are powered with the LiMo platform.
With this the LiMo platform now powers as many as 42 mobile phones.
Limo Foundation claims that this number makes LiMo platform one of the most popular which [...]
CrunchPad details revealed unofficially
CrunchPad is one of the most talked about gadget in the market which is not coming from a high profile PC manufacturer.
It is the dream project of TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington.
His aim was to develop a touchscreen device that can be used to browse the web.
Reports in the media claim [...]
Optima announces Maemo powered mobile internet device
Chinese hardware company Optima has announced that they are working on a new mobile internet device that would be powered with Maemo mobile platform.
Incidentally, Maemo is only used by Nokia on their devices including Nokia 770, N800 and N810.
Optima OP5-E would become the first non-Nokia product in the [...]
