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Mio Windows-based 3.5G GPS Handset
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News, GPS,
Mio Technology plans on launching a Windows Mobile-based 3.5G GPS handset in Q1. It will feature a Qualcomm 3.5G chipset, a Spirit touch user interface and a built-in 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera. The company has also announced that it will be releasing a MID with GPS capability by the end of the first quarter and will have a 7 or 8-inch TFT-LCD display, 3G technology and will run on a Windows CE operating system.
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| Digitimes
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Intel Renames Processors and MIDs Atom
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Misc. Tech, PC / Laptop,
Somebody at Intel has decided that the company needed a face
name change to go along with some of its new tech, the first out since their PentiumPro was released in 1995. Atom is what they now call their low-power processors and low cost MIDs that will become available sometime later this year. They believe that the market is right for pocket sized “netbooks” priced at around $250.00. The chip itself is about 25 square mm, and were previously referred to as Silverthorne and Diamondville. In an even kinder move, the Atom MID was formerly code named Menlow.
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Windows Mobile 7 leaked: Microsoft’s mobile savior?
Posted by Sparky Categories: Smartphones, CES, CES 2008, Design, Handhelds, Portable Audio / Video,
The Inside Microsoft blog has scored an exclusive first look at Windows Mobile 7, and boy is it hot. Taking some user interface cues from the iPhone as well as throwing some truely unique and possibly revolutionary ideas the whole package looks slick, usable, and very much ‘the future’. The OS features a multi-touch interface similar to the Microsoft Surface table, and additionally features gesture based actions allowing a user to shake or rotate the phone to perform on-screen operations.
Windows Mobile 7 looks to be leaps and bounds ahead of the currently released Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 OS’s. This kind of software revolution may just be the edge Microsoft needs to keep their market share in the mobile space and help give them an edge in the upcoming generation of portable internet and media centric devices.
Read More | Inside Microsoft
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