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1.28 billion mobile phones to ship this year

August 31, 2008

The worldwide mobile phone market is on track to ship 1.28 million devices in 2008 despite the current economic slump, according to Gartner. Given an estimated global population of 6.7 billion, that’s roughly one new mobile phone this year for every 5 people on the planet!
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The UMPC is dead; long live the netbook!

August 29, 2008

Many of you may recall the March, 2006 launch of the much-hyped “Origami” devices by Microsoft and Intel. How is Origami — dubbed “Ultra Mobile PC” (UMPC) by Intel — doing these days?
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Netbooks to take the market by storm

August 23, 2008

The emerging sub-notebook category of “netbooks” — such as the Asus Eee PC — will achieve shipments of up to 50 million units annually by 2012, Gartner research predicts.
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Intel previews next-gen Classmate PC

August 20, 2008

Intel offered a sneak peek of the next-generation of its Classmate PC design at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco today. The new design features a tablet, touchscreen, and motion-sensing user interface, and is powered by — you guessed it — an Atom processor.
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Intel Mini-ITX mobo targets nettops

August 19, 2008

Intel has announced a mini-motherboard aimed at a new category of mini-PCs dubbed “nettops.” Interestingly, the “Desktop Board D945GCLF2,” powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core Atom Processor 330, is built in the Mini-ITX format pioneered by Intel competitor Via Technologies.
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