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Will MIDs have a rebirth?
There was a time when basically all Jenn covered on Pocketables were devices like the one you see above. But then companies started to move towards smartphones, and eventually, MIDs and UMPCs simply...
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Windows 8 to include Xbox LIVE, probably games
Windows 8 is proving to be a very interesting operating system. It could even bring back our beloved MIDs! And today, Microsoft announced that its wildly successful Xbox LIVE gaming community will be...
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Windows 8 will boot up in under 10 seconds
If you thought that Windows 8 was going to boot up slowly and not very efficiently like in previous versions, then thankfully, you were wrong. The Building Windows 8 blog is reporting on what they're...
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Motorola introduces ET1 tablet aimed at enterprise
While most of the tablets and devices we look at are intended for the consumer, of the numerous business products also released there is sometimes one worth noting. One of these device is Motorola's...
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Intel gives us a look at future Medfield devices
In an attempt to transition into the mobile space, desktop chip giant Intel has recently been working on getting their processors into mobile devices. They started by building a chip specially tailored...
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Quad core smartphones are being heralded as the next generation of mobile power, with Nvidia's Tegra 3 leading the quad-cord revolution. In theory, the Tegra 3 and other quad-core devices should give...
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Microsoft confirms lockdown of Windows 8 ARM devices
Since it was first announced, there have been rumblings about various restrictions that would be placed on the ARM version of Windows 8. Most of those concerned plugins and desktop experience, but one...
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Intel’s mobile Medfield chipset outperforms iPhone 4S, Galaxy Nexus in some...
If the concept renders and CES demonstration of Intel's Medfield smartphone platform didn't get you interested in the x86 based mobile chipset, today's information might just be enough to get you...
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Canonical job posting suggests that the Ubuntu Mobile OS still lives
Late last year, we reported on Canonical's plans to bring their desktop Linux distribution, Ubuntu, to mobile devices and smartphones. When Ubuntu for Android was released in February, most assumed...
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Intel’s Xolo X900 goes on sale in India as the first Medfield powered smartphone
It's been nearly four months since we got the first look at Intel's plans for Mefield hardware, and finally the first smartphone powered by Intel's x86 mobile processor is about to go on sale in India....
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Sony giving Fresh Start to Vaio UX Micro PC
Update: Sony Fresh Start back to being just for Vaio TZ The bloatware-free Fresh Start option that Sony recently made available to Vaio TZ notebooks running Vista Business will soon tire of its...
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Sony Fresh Start back to being just for Vaio TZ
What do you make of this? Yesterday, I sent an email to Sony’s Media Relations Specialist asking whether the newly announced Fresh Start option would ever become available to the UX series of Micro...
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Sony Vaio UX490N/C heads to Korea as UX58LN
The title pretty much says it all. The Vaio UX490N/C Premium Micro PC that’s been available in the US since late last year is on its way to South Korea. The only thing that will change when the 1.2GHz...
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Sony Vaio UX missing from Sony Style website
Though Sony still hasn’t commented on or even acknowledged the existence of the 8.9-inch VIA OpenBook bearing its name in the netbook’s properties at Computex and expected to begin shipping in Q3 of...
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Low-clearance power plug straightens Vaio UX
One of the most annoying design flaws of the Sony Vaio UX Micro PC series is the power port, which is inconveniently located at the bottom of the unit. The placement is not a big deal when the UX is...
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Sony PSP3 concept: Lovechild of Vaio UX and PSP
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if a Sony Vaio UX Micro PC had an illicit, not to mention incestuous, affair with a Sony PSP Slim, then here’s your answer. It’s a PSP3 concept "designed" by...
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Sony Vaio UX modded with Core 2 Duo U7600
See that? It’s the first ever Sony Vaio UX Micro PC to be powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 processor! Micro PC Talk forum member and modding madman anh cracked open his UX280P yesterday, removed...
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Sony Vaio UX worth next to nothing in RadioShack trade-in program
Even though the resale value of used, unwanted, and old gadgets is always very low, I still can’t believe that the just-launched RadioShack trade-in program has appraised my mint condition Sony Vaio...
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When to consider a smartphone, a tablet
Smaller phones used to be the trend most companies were trying to set and follow. But recently, it's been the bigger, the better. Devices like the Dell Streak and the Motorola Droid X have taken...
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Is BlueStacks what Microsoft needs to get back into the tablet game?
WinRumors is reporting that Microsoft will demo its Windows 8 Tablet UI at D9 and that it may introduce Windows 8 ARM-based tablets ahead of a full desktop release. If true, these would certainly be...
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