This STMicroelectronics STi7108 development platform demonstrates what the future of set top box user interfaces will look like, with support for multiple live video views and pretty advanced 720p or even 1080p playing on the HDTV of 3D games like Quake 3.
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7-inch Android Tablet by Browan Communications
Posted by – June 2, 2010
Here’s a new 7″ Android tablet design presented by Browan Communications at Computex 2010, with a form factor related with the new Sony Dash, mostly for home use, perhaps as an interactive alarm clock.
ARM Powered 3D-TV by Samsung
Posted by – June 1, 2010
Samsung’s latest generation: ARM powered 3D Internet- Tvs, The 3D experience of a cinema is combined with internet. Watch 3D movies and Youtube, check your facebook account and chat with your grannie!
MSI 10′ Wind Pad
MSI presents a tablet prototype at Computex 2010. It has a 10′ capacitive touchscreen, a built in 1,3 MP camera, built in speakers and a sim- card slot as well as usb and sd slots.
Asus Eee Note EA800
Posted by – June 1, 2010
A new TFT LCD based ultra high resolution wacom touch e-reader. With long battery runtime as no backlights are needed.
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Pixel Qi vs iPad
Comparison of the Pixel Qi screen and the iPad screen in broad sunlight. Pixel Qi wins.
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$129 Android 2.1 HD Set Top Box
Posted by – June 1, 2010
Keenhigh mediatech is showing this awesome looking Telechips based Android 2.1 set-top-box at Computex. This is close to what the ARM Powerd Google TV devices might look like. Add to it the HDMI pass-through and IR blaster of the Google TV spec, and add perhaps an ARM Cortex A9 processor, and you will have the potentially $99 Android set-top-box.
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Pixel Qi wide view capacitive
Posted by – June 1, 2010
Mary Lou Jepsen demonstrates the Pixel Qi wide angle view capacitive touch 10″ screen, with anti-glare layer, wacom touch, two actual Pixel Qi prototypes as well as she explains how the Pixel Qi screen is actually made.
Android Phone “f910” by FirstOne
Posted by – June 1, 2010
Customized Android (1.6), 3,2′ resistive screen (480×320), 5 megapixel camera, Qalcomm ARM 11, available soon
Wi Drive Multi-Function portable Wireless Storage Router
The Wi Drive DX-325 is the first device that combines a router, a wireless network adapter and NAS.
$40 Media Player by Cepa
Posted by – June 1, 2010
It has everything one needs and will be available from end of year 2010.
7′ Android Tablet “Tab 7”
Usmart’s Tab 7 runs Android 2.1 and is powered by an ARM 11 processor. It has a resistive screen, built in WiFi and supports 3G dongles.
Asus Eee Pad runs Windows Embedded Compact 7
Posted by – May 31, 2010
Here is one very cool looking, ultra thin and ultra light tablet by Asus powered by Windows CE7 and running on an NVidia Tegra processor. It’s only 0,48 inches (1,21cm) thick, sports a touchscreen and a built in camera, supports Adobe Flash and is said to have 10hrs of battery life. Asus announced its release for end of 2010/beginning of 2011 but did not reveal the price. According to rumours it will start at $399.
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Inventec Dr eye
Posted by – May 31, 2010
Cool looking pocketable Android powered full computer system by Inventec.
Pixel Qi shows 10″ capacitive
Imagine being able to combine the Laptop, Tablet and e-reader into one convertible device, then having a screen technology that enables you to take it outside in the sun! Geeks outdoors in the sun, how cool is that going to be? Imagine also being able to turn off the backlight, increase up to 5x the battery runtime of your Tablet compared to for example the iPad. At Computex 2010, Pixel Qi is finally releasing the 3Qi screen, here demonstrating 10″ capacitive touch screen support and with half a dozen or more major partners. Here are some details from Mary Lou Jepsen, CTO of Pixel Qi, about the current status of the mass manufacturing of this technology. Look forward to many more Pixel Qi related videos from Computex 2010 uploaded right here on http://ARMdevices.net
I am going to Computex
Computex in Taipei Taiwan June 1-5th is going to be awesome. Last year was my first Computex show and it was a great experience. While last year, I was lucky to be the first to see Pixel Qi in action (2, 3, 4), I saw Android on laptops and tablets, I saw Smartbooks demonstrated by Freescale, Qualcomm and Nvidia (2). I interviewed ARM about the status of Mobile Computing. Now finally, all those products are actually going to reach the market. For the past year, advances and optimizations in Chrome and Flash support is showing consumer-grade web browsing experiences for these products. Here are some of the main topics that I hope to film at this year’s Computex conference:
– Pixel Qi LCD in actual announced products “to be announced by half a dozen or more companies”, this technology is going to be the basis for the combination of E-reader, Tablet and Laptop markets.
– Chrome OS and Flash support on ARM Powered Laptops, makes Smartbook category ready to be a massive success.
– Android Tablet Edition, I trust that Google provides the full Google Marketplace on a whole range of Tablets to be shown.
– Cheaper Android Phones, I want to see cheaper phones shown by other manufacturers than just HTC, Motorola and Samsung (although those companies make nice Android phones).
– Youtube HD on cheap set-top-boxes, right after the Google TV announcements expected at Google I/O, I would like to see manufacturers showing cheap sub-$100 ARM Powered set-top-boxes that stream Youtube in HD quality directly on the HDTV, that may provide HDMI pass-through and overlay interactive features to existing TV channels as well.
– Connected E-readers, e-ink devices are great for reading, they make people read more again. But it’s important that all the worlds text contents reach those e-readers wirelessly.
Check back here on http://ARMdevices.net before, during and after the Computex trade show June 1-5th, to find me uploading 50 to 100 new awesome videos showcasing all those new ARM Powered devices that I think are going to change the world. If you are a blogger, subscribe to my RSS feed and make sure you check back here for the best Computex video coverage, you are of course welcome to embed my best videos on your blog with a link back to my blog post. If you are a fan of big technology news blogs and you like my videos, I appreciate if you submit my best videos to those sites.
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Acer to launch Chrome OS laptops at Computex
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Venturebeat.com reports that it has heard from several sources that Acer is going to launch Chrome OS laptops at Computex in June.
Last year’s Computex, Acer really disappointed me with their “fake” Android netbook, one that booted Android as a dual-boot with Windows on an expensive and power consuming Intel Atom based Netbook.
The big questions are:
– Will Acer’s first Chrome OS laptop use an ARM Processor or will it be based on Intel?
– What type of price point does Acer plan to reach?
The answers to those questions I think could be found by answering following two other questions:
– Does Acer want to be innovative enough and be one of the first big laptop manufacturers to use an ARM Processor in a Laptop form factor to lower the price, increase battery runtime, lower the weight and size of their new Chrome OS line of laptops?
or
– Does Acer feel it needs to stay in bed with Intel and Microsoft, and thus keep any non-Wintel projects out of their marketing radar?
If they announce it with ARM and Pixel Qi at Computex, hear the drum rolls:
1. 50h battery runtime
2. Instant on, month of standby
3. Below 800gr, 1cm thickness
4. Below $199 retail, no contracts, they sell tens of millions?
5. Built-in 3G module (maybe not included by default) for always connected use
6. Native Code SDK and OpenGL for even advanced video-editing and 3D games
7. Maybe even a swivel screen and the device holds like an e-reader? Touch-screen not absolute necessity for cheap model. Next/previous page and enter/exit buttons on the side would be good enough.
Source: Venturebeat.com
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Marvell Applications Processors positioning explained
Posted by – June 7, 2009
A representative of the Marvell embedded processor explains its positioning on the market with its PXA168 and other PXA based Marvell processors compared to ARM Cortex and to Intel Atom.
AllGo Embedded Systems Android PMP
Posted by – June 7, 2009
AllGo Embedded Systems develops Android for PMPs using Freescale i.MX37 processor. AllGo optimizes Android use on low cost PMP devices including support for WiFi and DVD resolution video playback.
