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Bebook Neo to be released for 299€

Posted by Charbax – January 22, 2010

Category: E-readers, Exclusive videos, Freescale, CES, Onyx

Bebook are now going to distribute the awesome looking e-reader for 299€ from their website. It is manufactured by Onyx International which I interviewed the Chairman, CTO and Marketing representatives at CES 2010 in my previously posted video:

Source: engadget.com

xataca.com‘s video review (in Spanish): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_VheXVNT_w

lesen.net‘s video review (in German): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8HO3FC3Xak

e-book-news.de‘s video review (in German): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8p1YxveYXQ

Official introduction video from Bebook: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9XUdkw3Yn4

Category: E-readers, Exclusive videos, Freescale, CES, Onyx
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HP Compaq Airlife 100 hit the FCC

Posted by Charbax – January 21, 2010

Category: Tablets, Laptops, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, CES, Android

Wow, so HP is likely going to be pushing the awesome looking Qualcomm Snapdragon powered Android laptop on 3G networks! See my previously posted video of it:

Source: engadget.com

See more videos of this product from CES:

Netbooknews.com‘s video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIm5BQhvhgk

JKKmobile.com‘s video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5RdVAEXqCc

Liliputing.com‘s video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o3T5w9NDvA

HP’s official CES video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMl0XISYnY

Andy Clipsham, Product Manager on the HP Android Smartbook, unveils it at the Qualcomm keynote at CES 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSvGhXa6RdY

Category: Tablets, Laptops, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, CES, Android
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Google Marketplace on Archos 5 Internet Tablet with Android using hack on Firmware 1.7.33 (and all newer ones)

Posted by Charbax – January 21, 2010

Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Reviews, Texas Instruments, Archos, Android

Here is a video that shows you how easy it now is to install the full Google Marketplace experience on a Archos 5 Internet Tablet with Android with the new firmware 1.7.33 that integrates a whole bunch of the Android 1.6 software features from Google that optimize everything better for Archos’s larger screen:

Discuss this video in the forum: http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=29833&p=195177#p195177

Archos 5 gets Android 1.6 update, for real this time (engadget.com)

Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Reviews, Texas Instruments, Archos, Android
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NetbookNews.com: Yi Fang M5 at CES 2010

Posted by Charbax – January 21, 2010

Category: Tablets, Rockchip, CES, Android

Yi Fang M5 is a 4.8″ Android tablet based on a ARM9 Rockchip processor. Comes with webcam, MicroSD, announced price for distributors is $128:

Posted by NetbookNews.com, found via android-france.fr

Category: Tablets, Rockchip, CES, Android
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I uploaded 72 videos from CES 2010

Posted by Charbax – January 21, 2010

Category: Opinions, CES, Archos, Google

: Image by Getty Images via Daylife

Wow, I beat my record for the amount of videos that I filmed and have posted from a 4-day consumer electronics conference. I uploaded 72 videos to Youtube from CES 2010 in HD 1280×720 9mbit/s quality. And I am still not done. I still have at least 2 more videos that I can think of that I forgot to upload yet (one because I had to edit it) which I will get to upload during the next couple of days as soon as I find them.

22 of those videos have so far reached audiences of more than 1000 viewers, which I think is lower than I would have hoped for. I did not have any time during my trip in the USA to try to promote my best videos for trying to get them embedded on the big technology news blogs. And also, the big technology news blogs like Engadget and Gizmodo had their own armies of 20+ bloggers each doing all the coverage that they needed. Engadget for example brags about having published 700 posts during CES (I didn’t count them), that wouldn’t leave much space for them to think about embedding any other small video-bloggers videos even if those might be better than their own ones.

My new site http://ARMdevices.net is also only just launched right now before CES, I need to work on optimizing the features, especially the comments and social networking aspects of it. Please do subscribe to my RSS feed if you do use that kind of technology so you will automatically know when I post new awesome videos.

My plan is now to film my next extensive consumer electronics show video coverage at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from 15-18th February, where Google might be releasing Nexus Two, Three and Four, so definitely check back for that!

Until then, I plan to release some awesome video reviews of amazing new products. I have right here the Android based Hivision Mininote laptop, it is absolutely amazing and I have been preparing to film my extensive video review of it to be published imminently. I should hurry up as I am probably one of the very few very lucky people on this planet with a real ARM Powered Android laptop. I also got a Pocketbook 360 e-ink e-reader which may well be the most pocketable e-ink e-reader on the market, I will soon post a high quality video review of that one. I just got a Huawei e5830 Mifi adaptor, awesome to always stay connected to the Internet, I will test VOIP Android applications on Archos 5 Internet Tablet using its new Donut-based Android firmware 1.7.33 and the hacked Google Marketplace using it to see if that can fully replace a mobile phone.

Consumer Electronics Show 2010 Wrap-Up: Best and Worst of Green (treehugger.com)
Engadget is live from CES MMX! (engadget.com)

Category: Opinions, CES, Archos, Google
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A message to Boxee about the Boxee payments system

Posted by Charbax – January 20, 2010

Category: Set-top-boxes, Opinions, Nvidia

I posted this comment to Avner Ronen’s announcement about the upcoming Boxee payments system:

It was nice to film Boxee Box at CES.

And congratulations to them with all those people thinking they were the best of the show.

I wish the Boxee project good luck in revolutionizing the TV world. It’s a big deal though, I think that industry is not only a multi-trillion dollar industry worldwide, they also basically control the minds of people. TV stations are decisive in elections, they make or break politicians and one cannot become famous without TV.

While I am amazed to see all Boxee’s cool TV remote interfaces work so smoothly on an ARM Powered Tegra2 device, I’d like to see confirmation that Boxee Box definitely support everything and all codecs on that platform. If they really will support all the same content sources such as Youtube HD, Hulu, all the podcasts, BitTorrent RSS and more.

Since Boxee is building an open system, perhaps the best way to implement pay-per-view would be to implement an open platform that not only supports Boxee payments but could support any other payment system where Boxee might not even see 1% of the transaction revenues. It’d probably be weird though for Boxee to be that open even on the payment opportunity side of things.

Coming soon: Boxee Payments (Avner Ronen/Boxee Blog) (techmeme.com)
Boxee Box interface demo video (engadget.com)
Boxee Adding Paid Content This Summer [Boxee] (gizmodo.com)
CES: Hands-on With the Boxee Box (mashable.com)

Category: Set-top-boxes, Opinions, Nvidia
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4.8″ WVGA should be the sweet spot for more pocketable devices

Posted by Charbax – January 19, 2010

Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Opinions, Archos

As you would know from checking out my other fansite http://archosfans.com I am a fan of the 4.8″ 800×480 resolution screens. I just wonder why we still haven’t seen any so called “smart phone” with such screen size and pixel densities. I posted this opinion at crunchgear:

5″ is about the perfect sized screen at WVGA resolution because it fits in mostly all pockets and provides enough resolution with large enough pixels to provide near full PC-like web browsing and movie watching experience. I also think that it can provide near desktop-like applications experiences.

Normally, even with a kick-stand like on the Archos, you will hold the 5″ Tablet at about half arms length from your eyes, while the laptop screen usually is nearly at twice the distance from your eyes down on your lap or on a table further away (also because you have the keyboard and mouse pad).

So basically, the Archos 5 Internet Tablet pretty much provides you 75% the full resolution experience of web browsing on a Laptop and 75% the experience of watching a movie on a laptop. In terms of number of visible and reachable pixels per degree of angle of vision.

While the iphone only provides you with 33% the resolution/experience in both browsing and video watching compared to a laptop. That is why most of the actual use of iphones and other similar sized smart phones are mostly for actually only doing phone calls and playing music and running random low definition apps (with few buttons and little screen size to actually use).

You may count screen size difference between 3.5″ and 4.8″ as “only” 1.3″ difference. Another way to compare screen sizes is the mathematical way, which is to say the truth that Archos 4.8″ screen is 2x the surface area of the iphone screen. Basically it is really a huge difference.

Archos 5 next to the iphone

And I just don’t think it is right to say that 4.8″ screened devices don’t fit in most people’s pockets. Wallets and Passports are all larger than 4.8″ in diagonal and they are designed to be transported in pockets all over the world. Walking around with business card sized LCD screens is just not good enough in my opinion if you really care to take the Web and Video with you everywhere.

Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Opinions, Archos
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Sheeva Plug 2.0 and Plug Computer 3.0 at CES 2010

Posted by Charbax – January 19, 2010

Category: Set-top-boxes, NAS, Exclusive videos, Marvell, CES

Here is one of the cheapest NAS and home networked computer system available on the market. For less than $100 you get a Marvell powered plug computer which functions not only as a NAS, it can host a bunch of applications and runs on open source embedded Linux software.

Category: Set-top-boxes, NAS, Exclusive videos, Marvell, CES
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Pegatron Neo Android Laptop at CES 2010

Posted by Charbax – January 19, 2010

Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, CES, Android

A cool looking Tegra2 powered Android laptop.

Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, CES, Android
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Asus Tegra2 Powered Tablet at CES 2010

Posted by Charbax – January 19, 2010

Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, CES

Asus is showing a mockup of a Tegra2 powered tablet. It did seem to be the one with the least screen bezel but it was not demonstrated with a functioning user interface. this may be a clue that Asus is working on an ARM Powered Android or Chromium OS based devices? Is this the Asus EeePad?

Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, CES
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OnStar in-car interactive features

Posted by Charbax – January 19, 2010

Category: Other, Exclusive videos, CES

On Star is making some features that they were demonstrating in the new Chevy Volt electric car at the CES 2010 consumer electronics show.

First real Chevy Volt battery rolls off assembly line (dvice.com)

Category: Other, Exclusive videos, CES
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Eyecon based on Marvell powered Sheevaplug

Posted by Charbax – January 18, 2010

Category: Other, Exclusive videos, Marvell, CES

Eyecon Technologies provides an always-on media control software for Android and iPhone for managing digital content in the home from all compatible UPnP/DLNA sources in the home and authorised sources on internet.

Category: Other, Exclusive videos, Marvell, CES
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Marvell slim desktop solution Ebox based on the Marvell Armada 510 processor

Posted by Charbax – January 18, 2010

Category: Set-top-boxes, Exclusive videos, Marvell, CES, Ubuntu

Marvell is showing an awesome looking full Ubuntu 9.10 desktop solution, based on their Marvell Armada 510 processor and system on chip design, manufacturers can now make desktop computers running Ubuntu to be sold for as little as $100 to $150 depending on volumes and margins taken by retailers. You get HDMI output, e-sata, 3 USB ports, audio in/out, all integrated in one ultra slim and light desktop box. It can playback 1080p video, output 1080p Ubuntu user interfaces and also render 3D games like Quake3 at the same time. This ebox Ubuntu desktop example is manufactured by Quanta.