Archive for May, 2008
May 17, 2008 | Aigo
Well well well, looky what we have here! A tasty little morsel of Aigo goodness! UMPCFever.com got a pre-release model of the upcoming Aigo MID- my personal favorite. All reports look good! Smooth scrolling like the iPhone, very responsive touch screen, etc. HOWEVER- reports on battery life are not good. 2 hours use with WiFi. That's pathetic. Hopefully some of this will be fixed before any commercial release of the device.
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Well thanks to the man, the myth- Chippy, from UMPCPORTAL.COM- we have the first ever MID on pre-order. Tegatech, the Australian distributor of the Compal manufactured MID (same device as the Gigabyte M528 and the Aigo MID) is now listing this mobile internet device for pre-order. So what's the damage you ask? Get ready for this.... $1199. WHOA! That is BRUTAL! It should be about half that price! Nevertheless, it's good to see some of these devices coming to market soon. Peep the product page here.
UPDATE- It looks like there is a non-3G version for $999. The 3G model is currently priced at $1199. Remember- these are AUD prices (Australian)- so prices in the U.S. could be significantly lower. Let's hope so.
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Don't front- this old haggard of a device (as far as specs are concerned) is actually pretty dope. It's form factor and size is un-matched- (why? I don't know because it's almost the perfect form factor)- even by today's modern UMPC's and mobile device standards. News has it that Ubuntu has been ported to the old PDA device (not to mention Android) recently. But does that make it a MID? Probably not. But still-- I wish some manufacturers would take notice of the Zaurus' design and structure-- it's a pretty nifty hardware design and now with Ubuntu being ported to the device, it should make it a fun little piece of kit to play with.
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The big boys all got together and decided to play nice! And that means WiMax is headed stateside! Whoohoo! So apparently Sprint's broadband enterprise is merging with Clearwire. Intel, Time-Warner, Google, and Comcast will also be partners in the deal. Lovely stuff I say! Lovely!
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