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  Dell’s CEO at the Citrix Systems’ keynote confirmed the release date of its upcoming Android MID, Streak aka Mini 5. According to Michael Dell, they’re looking to release the device first in Europe with O2 Telefonica whereas AT&T will carry it in United States sometime this summer. Mini 5 sports a 5-inch capacitive display [...]

  Datawind launched its UbiSurfer Mobile Internet Device in India. UbiSurfer is touted for its ‘Ubiquitous Surfing’ capability that offers internet on the go with an integrated SIM card slot and a cellular modem. UbiSurfer’s specs sheet includes a 7-inch WVGA (800×480) display, WinCE or Linux OS, 128MB RAM, 1GB Flash memory, earphone jack, integrated [...]

  We’ve seen a lot of dissections before but it’s a rare sight seeing a teardown of an unreleased (yet confirmed) product. Dell teased us with the Mini 5 aka Streak MID at the CES and now thanks to this teardown from the Vietnamese site, we know few more important details. The innards consist of [...]

  It’s not only Apple who wants to taste the tablet pie. New reports have emerged claiming both Dell and Asus working on their respective tablet devices. While we have seen Dell’s prototype (known as Streak) in action, there’s not a single trace of Asus’ offering except that it will be known as Eee Pad. [...]

  Dell’s upcoming Android-based MID has seen the light of the day albeit unofficially. The MID known as Streak features Android 2.0 OS with 5-inch WVGA (800×480) touchscreen, 5MP camera with dual LED flash, front-facing camera for video calls, microSD card slot and 1300mAh battery. Dell Streak is also rich in connectivity boasting widely used [...]

  Archos promised to bring its Android powered device and here it is, the Archos 5 Internet Tablet. The Archos 5 allows user to enjoy the Android interface on its 4.8-inch touchscreen display (800×480) and the integrated OMAP3440 Cortex A8 CPU clocked at 800MHz makes sure every command is handled smoothly and quickly. Archos gives [...]

  While Google has already hit a low blow to Intel by announcing Chrome OS for netbooks, Intel is still seeking a partnership with them for another small form factor device, the MIDs. Digitimes is citing MID makers in Taiwan that Intel is supposedly in talks with Google for their Android platform to be developed [...]

  Dell’s smartphone rumors have been going on since the beginning of the year but here’s a rather interesting piece that, for a change does not talk about its smartphone plans. In fact, WSJ cites their sources who claim that Dell is creating an ARM powered Android MID, akin to iPod Touch but a bit [...]

  Bangalore based Procsys is selling ION 2600 handheld device to cater businesses’ Point of Service (PoS) application needs. The ION 2600 is somewhat revolutionary for the PoS category because of the fact that it is powered by an Atom processor. It does effectively handle businesses various needs by supporting Smart card readers/writers, biometrics and [...]

  Samsung has announced the Mondi MID which was leaked on Samsung’s page a couple of days back. Mondi comes from a Latin word meaning ‘world’. The specs remain unchanged from the last time. The MID will use Clearwire’s WiMAX service and Wi-Fi for WiMAX less areas. The device runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and features [...]

  An interview with a Finnish broadcaster, Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo confirmed that they are actively looking to enter the laptop business. The reason for this is the rapid convergence between the computers and mobile phones, making Nokia to move towards the next evolution of phones. The rumors were rife about Nokia’s entrance in the [...]

  It was least expected but SoC makers have garnered the much needed attention at this year’s MWC that could shape the future of phones and other devices. We have already seen ZiiLabs showing their ZMS-05 SoC running Android and doing HD playback at 720p. Now Nvidia has announced their Tegra 600 Series SoC that [...]

  LG Electronics announced its association today with Intel for the development of a Mobile Internet Device (MID) that will be powered by Intel’s MID hardware platform, Moorestown. LG’s MID will be the very first to integrate Moorestown platform along with Intel’s Moblin 2.0 OS. Moorestown is the codename of second gen MID platform that [...]

  Not so famous, USI recently showed up their mobile internet device at the Intel Developer Forum to take the crown for thinnest MID built on Intel Atom processor. USI MID-160 is one good device to look at and has equally good specifications in a slim 1.5cm profile. Its got a nice 5-inch WVGA touch [...]

  Another netbook on the block comes from an unexpected player, Daewoo. Named as Lukid, it is a re-badged version of Intel Classmate PC. It is powered by an Intel 900MHz Celeron processor, has a 9-inch display, 30GB HDD and 512MB RAM. Lukid runs Windows XP and also features Wi-Fi, USB and a SD card [...]