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• Smartphone growth slows 11 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  The recession is hindering smartphone sales, says Gartner, which reported the segment's weakest year-on-year growth since the study began. Sales totaled 36.5 million in 3Q 2008, up 11.5 percent from 3Q 2007, but Linux's share held fairly steady at 7.2 percent from the previous quarter.
• MontaVista touts Android readiness 12 months ago
  
  MontaVista announced that it will support developers who use MontaVista Linux with Google's Linux/Java Android mobile platform. In other Android news, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo and Korean handset manufacturer KTF will produce an Android phone next year, says a Reuters story.
• iPhone remains left out as Android scores Flash 1 year ago
  
  Google and Adobe announce Flash for the G1 and other Android devices. Will Apple change its tune?
• Linux weaktops poised for death by smartphone 1 year ago
  
  "A computer that carries light on the hardware and is designed to run programs provided as network resources is nothing new. Entrepreneurs and engineers have been reinventing this device since the days of the Unix terminal. However, as smartphone hardware gets faster and cheaper, the browser-only computer is going to have itself a double dose of irrelevance .... "
• T-Mobile and Google Introduce First Android Phone (G1) 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Google and T-Mobile have introduced the first Android-based mobile phone today called the T-Mobile G1. T-Mobile held a press conference which is available for online streaming. T-Mobile's press conference provided quick overviews of the device and seemed to position the device directly against the Apple iPhone with developers discussing the openness of the platform without any approval process. The phone will be commercially launched on October 22nd alongside a large marketing campaign. Features discussed:
• Analyst: Android, Symbian should combine as mobile open source OS 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Analyst Jack Gold of J.Gold Associates says the open Symbian and open Android operating systems should combine into a single open-source operating system for mobile devices. He predicts that such a combination will occur in three to six months. Gold said he based his comments on conditions in the market and not on information that officials in either movement told him.
• So, just what can you do with this ASUS Eee Linux PC thing anyway? 1 year, 10 months ago
  
  "Its screen is 7" and runs at the odd resolution of 800x480 and the operating system looks like something Fisher Price might have designed. Why would you buy it? What on earth can you do with this...?"
• OLPC heralds era of low-cost computing 1 year, 11 months ago
  
  "Critics of the One-Laptop-Per-Child (OLPC) Project like to point out that it has not yet lived up to its goal of putting $100 notebooks in the hands of millions of kids in poor countries, but that's a short-sighted view considering the impact it's already having on the computer industry. .... "
• OLPC and the Kindle 1 year, 11 months ago
  
  "When I saw the One Laptop Per Child device, I just had to tinker around with it. So during an hour-long train ride home I explored the little OLPC and was quite impressed..."
• The Nokia N810 Internet Tablet walkthrough in HD 2 years ago
  
  "We would like to kick off Tablet 101, the newest section of Internet Tablet Talk, with itT’s two-part Nokia N810 Walkthrough high-definition videos.

  Part I - the Nokia N810 on all its angles in HD, as well as side-by-side with the Nokia N800 and the Nokia 770 (11 minutes)

  Part II - the Nokia N810 and OS 2008, what’s new, and Rhapsody demo (16 minutes)"

• First glance: the Nokia N810 Linux internet tablet doesn't make sense 2 years, 1 month ago
  
  "I had an opportunity to play with the new Nokia N810 Internet Tablet for about five minutes last night, and came away confused..."
• Lessons to Learn from the OLPC 2 years, 1 month ago
  
  Whether you're impressed with it or not, the XO-1 is having a major impact on notebook design. It's development has brought outside-the-box thinking and cost-consciousness to a level that we rarely see in portable computing. There are a number of lessons that can be learned the from its unique design and we can already see that some of these concepts have been noticed by manufacturers. From the article, "The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is by no means a success yet, but its development has taught us a great deal about mobile design and what people want from a laptop. Their XO-1 notebook was not developed with the American consumer in mind- it is intended for children in developing countries- but any time that this much effort is put into designing a laptop (especially one this small and inexpensive) it is going to have an impact on the industry."
• Getting started with the Trolltech Greenphone SDK 2 years, 2 months ago
  
  "Trolltech recently released many smartphone developers' dream combination-the Linux-based Greenphone and its open-source Qtopia Phone SDK.

  The Trolltech Greenphone is a full-featured tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz) mobile phone with a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera. Like many other modern smartphones, it features a QVGA touchscreen, Bluetooth, client USB, mini-SD Flash and stereo audio connectors."

• Adding Internal USB (and internal ReadyBoost) to a UMPC 2 years, 2 months ago
  
  "This is my hack to end all hacks. It is the most insane, warranty-voiding thing I've ever done to my UMPC. Thanks to a tip from JKKMobile, I hatched a plan. He told me the internal WiFi/Bluetooth module has a USB interface. Where there's a USB interface, there can be a hub .... "
• Intel and OLPC kiss and make up 2 years, 4 months ago
  
  There's nothing like allegations of predatory conduct to bring two organizations together.
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