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Dec 31

FIC’s 10.4-inch CW001 Mini-note splashes down in FCC database

First International Computer — which is a majority owner in Everex and the manufacturer of the first OpenMoko handset — has delivered an intriguing little machine to us courtesy of the oh-so-revealing FCC. The FIC CW001 Mini-note will arrive on US soil packing a 10.4-inch 1,024 x 600 resolution display, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, 2.5-inch SATA II hard drive, dual USB 2.0 ports, a single ExpressCard slot, Intel’s 945 GSE graphics, a 1.6GHz Atom CPU, an optical drive and a Windows-based (XP, presumably) OS. You’ll also find an inbuilt microphone, headphone jack, VGA output, Ethernet socket, a 4-in-1 multicard reader and a 4-cell Li-ion good for around 4.5 hours of battery life. No telling if this will surface as yet another Cloudbook, but everything here hinges on the price. Then again, doesn’t it always?

Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops

FIC’s 10.4-inch CW001 Mini-note splashes down in FCC database originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 30

OQO bringing Atom-powered Model 2+ UMPC to CES

Posted in: intel, MID, OLED, Today's Chili, UMPC

If it feels like forever to you since OQO’s Model 02 hit the market, your instincts are pretty darn good. But if you were overly optimistic that the Atom-powered prototype it showed off back in August (pictured) would eventually become a reality, you — sir or madam — take today’s golden crown. In a recent Digital Experience! email blasted out to media members worldwide (full blurb is after the break), we’re very clearly told that OQO will be on hand to demonstrate its new Model 2+. Said UMPC will pack a 1.86GHz Intel Atom CPU, a touchscreen OLED display, 2GB of RAM and global 3G connectivity. OQO even goes so far as to say that it will offer performance “up to twice as fast as its predecessor.” Did our heart just skip a beat over a UMPC? Why, yes it did!

[Via GottaBeMobile]

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OQO bringing Atom-powered Model 2+ UMPC to CES originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 29

IPod Touch Was This Year’s Favorite Stocking Filler

Posted in: Apple, Today's Chili, UMPC

What did you get for {insert holiday here]? Very probably it was an iPod Touch.

The graph above, from Market Share, shows the iPod Touch’s browser usage over the week including Christmas Day, where there is a sharp bump. We’ve long had a feeling that Mobile OS X – the OS run by the iPhone and the iPod Touch – was the next big thing not just for Apple but for computing in general, and this seems to prove it.

Of course, once you get your new toy hooked up to the web, what do you do? Start buying things, that’s what. After all, Christmas is the season of shopping. The numbers show that there was also a sharp uptick in App Store sales over the Christmas period, double to quadruple the normal amount, in fact. Despite being on sale ($1 instead of the usual $5), helicopter game Chopper netted its developer $25,000 on Christmas Day alone, and other developers report similar numbers.

That’s great news all round, but the real eye-opener is that, whereas before everybody carried a music player in their pocket, soon everyone will have a computer in their pockets. Apple might just have reinvented the UMPC without anybody noticing.

App Developers See 2-4x Sales Boost on Christmas [148 Apps. Thanks, Johnny CA!]

Graph [Market Share via Mac Rumors]

Illustration by Charlie Sorrel