Archos Android to be shown and released in September

Posted by – June 14, 2009

Archos had representatives from Intel and Microsoft on stage, so Archos could not use this event to also show their fully in-house developed Archos Android product or line of products. Sadly. We will have to wait a bit more to see more of that. But Archos CEO Henri Crohas started his Keynote speaking about the Android line of products and giving us some details, basically saying that it’s going to be awesome.

Archos explained a bit of how it is working now in terms of R&D and development work. Archos still has their core engineering team working on the Android device/devices to be unveiled on or before September the 15th at another event. All the while, Archos is able to release Intel and Microsoft based products and position themselves very well on the market, in partnership with engineers and manufacturers in China, in partnership with Intel and Microsoft as well.

You can hear more from the Archos CEO Henri Crohas about Android in the keynote that we broadcast live using ustream.tv at around the 15-25th minute: http://archosfans.com/2009/06/11/archos-event-video-recorded/

Here I filmed a highlight of Henri Crohas’s talk about Android in upcoming Archos device/devices:

Android fans at the Archos event in Paris

Posted by – June 14, 2009

CrOvax and Ulrich from http://frandroid.com are Android fans at the Archos event in Paris, reporting about their reaction to the fact that Archos is not zet showing the Android device/devices publicly but only a bit talking about them at this point, and annoncing only officially about the Archos Android September event that will be coming up.

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.

$150 Pegatron Desktop PC

Posted by – June 7, 2009

This super compact desktop consumes under 1W of power and still runs all the important software that most people need.

Pogoplug super cheap NAS device

Posted by – June 7, 2009

Powered by a Marvell processor, this is a $79 low power consuming computer to host your home NAS or anything else you want, totally open source.

Forever Plus Corporation

Posted by – June 7, 2009

Chumby

Posted by – June 7, 2009

Toshiba TG01

Posted by – June 7, 2009

Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile smartphone

idti touchscreens

Posted by – June 7, 2009

Ming Jong cheap laptop

Posted by – June 7, 2009

Aiptek storybook and Mona Lisa

Posted by – June 7, 2009

Vitiny microscope

Posted by – June 7, 2009

Gi Far LCD screens for wireless devices

Posted by – June 7, 2009

$20 karaoke system

Posted by – June 7, 2009

CTX electric bicycle

Posted by – June 7, 2009

Pixel Qi vs Kindle vs Toshiba R600 vs regular LCD tablet


Side by side comparison video showing the Pixel Qi 3Qi LCD screen next to the E-ink based Amazon Kindle, next to the transflective Toshiba R600 and next to a regular resistive touchscreen tablet laptop. Comparing performance in direct sunlight, in the shade and in a dark room with and without the backlight.

Mary Lou Jepsen answers comments


Following the initial video that was released showing the Pixel Qi screen during the Computex trade show in Taipei, Mary Lou Jepsen, CTO and Inventor of the Pixel Qi screen technology, answers user comments that were posted on the Engadget and Mobileread threads (among many other blogs who linked to the first video) with users from all over the world commenting and asking questions about the screen in the first video.

Mary Lou Jepsen’s Home Lab


Mary Lou Jepsen, CTO and inventor of the Pixel Qi technology, explains more of how the Pixel Qi 3Qi screen works, shows us a bit of how she works with her screen technology in her home lab, testing the angular performance in the OLPC screen and tells how power consumption can be saved further with a few motherboard modifications to behave like the OLPC laptop (turning off the processor and motherboard when they are not needed) and more.

Also watch my other Pixel Qi videos:
http://138.2.152.197/2009/06/02/pixel-qi-screen-demo-live-from-taipei/
http://138.2.152.197/2009/06/07/pixel-qi-vs-kindle-vs-toshiba-r600-vs-regular-lcd-tablet/
http://138.2.152.197/2009/06/07/mary-lou-jepsen-answers-user-comments/

ARM Freescale Smartbooks and Smartphones

Posted by – June 5, 2009

Steve Sperle of Freescale introduces the Freescale ARM Cortex A8 powered Smartbook by Pegatron and an Android device by Inventec IAC runing smooth video playback as well.