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Upcoming MIDs with Intel's new chipset

John Chan | Jun 05, 2009

Inventec X3 (Credit: John Chan/CNET Asia)

During Intel's mobility event at Computex Taipei this week, a few device manufacturers showed off their new products bearing the chipmaker's upcoming platform for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) codenamed Moorestown. This platform puts the processor, graphics and memory controller, among others, on a single chip. It's built for power efficiency, and according to Intel, will consume 50 times less power than the original Atom chip when idle.

Companies that showed off their new prototypes included big names such as Inventec and Quanta, but also lesser-known ones such as Finland-based EB. Each of these devices also came with some sort of custom interface built upon either Windows or Linux. This makes sense as fiddling around with a full-fledged desktop OS is difficult on devices with screen sizes of about 4 inches diagonally.

The Moorestown platform is not ready for production at this point, so we won't see these products hit the market till at least next year. Here are more pictures of these upcoming MIDs.
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Introducing the new Mobile Phones channel

Damian Koh | Jun 02, 2009

First things first. We've heard your feedback and been hard at work for months to align ourselves with what's current in the market by merging the Handhelds and Mobile Phones channels. Most of the work is on the backend, so you won't see drastic modifications to the site. The primary aim is to help you navigate the mobile devices pages more efficiently when you are looking for phone reviews and help stories. Check out the new Mobile Phones page here.

Here's what you can expect.
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Qualcomm unveils new 1.3GHz Snapdragon chipset

Damian Koh | Jun 01, 2009

Toshiba TG01

Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset first made headlines when it debuted in the Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile smartphone, showcased at the Mobile World Congress this year. The talking point at the time was the 1GHz processor. That's nearly twice the speed of most smartphones currently in the market. Following that, the buzz on the Web was on the companies reported to have signed on with Qualcomm to use the Snapdragon, as well as rumors of upcoming handsets. The new chip was even demoed on a Netbook in February.

Today, Qualcomm announced a new Snapdragon chip using 45nm manufacturing technology at Computex. Aside from a speed bump to 1.3GHz, the processor is reportedly more energy-efficient and has enhanced 2D/3D graphics-handling capabilities. It'll also support integrated GPS, Wi-Fi, WVGA displays and various mobile TV standards.

According to the chipmaker, at least 30 devices running Snapdragon from over 15 companies are in the pipeline. The list includes Asus, HTC, Toshiba, Inventec, Wistron, Compal Communications and Foxconn. Qualcomm also introduced a new category of ultraportables dubbed smartbooks aimed at providing an always-on connection.

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Palm Pre syncs with Apple's iTunes

Nate Lanxon | Jun 01, 2009

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Palm's executive chairman is Jon Rubinstein, once head of hardware engineering at Apple. And it just so happens that the Palm Pre--his currently gestating baby boy--knows exactly how to sync with iTunes, and the code that tricks iTunes into thinking the phone is an iPod is built right into its firmware. No user hacks, no extra software needed.

Apple won't be pleased. At the All Things Digital D7 conference this week, Rubinstein demonstrated the iTunes syncing ability on stage with the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg. Walt asked how he thought Apple would feel about Palm using iTunes, to which Rubinstein claimed Apple is "practically a monopolist" and that people should be able to use music they pay for in any way they like.
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Palm shows Pre at D

Ina Fried | May 29, 2009

Palm showed the Palm Pre's rival to the App Store during its demo at D: All Things Digital on Thursday.
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CARLSBAD, Calif.--In one of the more anticipated chats at D: All Things Digital, Palm Executive Chairman Jon Rubinstein showed off the Palm Pre and talked about several features of the smartphone for the first time.

Rubinstein showed how the device can search Amazon's MP3 store and download songs directly to the device, a feature mentioned at the Pre's unveiling at CES in January. The Pre is scheduled to go on sale June 6 with a price tag of US$199.99, after rebate.

He also showed a "media sync" feature that lets users grab nonprotected media files directly from iTunes without any special software. In addition, the universal search feature will not only search Google and Wikipedia, but also Twitter.
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