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Lunch@Piero's:
Lunch@Piero's is a press event sponsored by Pat Meier Associates. Pat Meier is a friendly, welcoming person and the event brings a few companies together just to show off to press. Pat Meier is the PR agency that handles VIA, so VIA had a huge presence at the event.
VIA's EPIA series culminates in the form of the pico-ITX. This board is the smallest board ever produced. It includes a range of expandability including Serial ATA and IDE as well as a SODIMM slot on the bottom of the board. The board includes headers for USB, Audio, and more and allows a completely custom case to be built around it. This product is really targetted to the embedded market. VIA.
VIA also powers many sub-notebooks including some UMPCs. These new generation devices should last about 5 hours and provides enough power to do daily work tasks. They are no gaming machine, but many include cellular connectivity and even WiMAX for always on internet on the go. These sub-notebooks are really awesome to see and are perfect for the road warrior on the go.
This product uses the Via C7 processor and is basically a small internet enabled device. Don't let that fool you, the MicroTube (MTube) has the full a full x86 processor and includes the latest version of Ubuntu running Firefox and whatever other programs you want to install. This gadget is one of the most ultra-mobile UMPC I have seen. It also includes DVB-T (HDTV over the Air), WiMAX, Speech Recognition, and more. This is really where PDAs should be heading. This is a research project sponsored by the Taiwan government, but I expect a full product release sooner or later.
Kingston:
Kinston was also at the press event just as they were last year. This year, Kingston is really branching out into the more consumer oriented products. They are releasing USB flash drives branded by their HyperX line. Their drives are really interesting in that they USB plug retracts into the device instead of using a cap. Kingston really has something and their devices currently go up to 8GB, but expect higher capacities soon. ASE Labs will have reviews of Kingston's flash and memories products this year. Kingston.
Crucial/Micron/Lexar:
Crucial was present at the event as well. ASE Labs will be meeting with Crucial/Lexar on Day 2, but this blurry show is like that for a reason. It shows a solid state 32GB hard drive being shaken while running and working fine. Solid state is really the way to go for mobile computing and expect more on our Day 2 coverage. Micron.
OpenMoko:
This is a really great development for the Open Source community. This is a truly open phone running Linux. The new version of the phone being released soon includes features that really make it capable of competing with the iPhone including an accelerometer and GPS. Really, this is one cool phone but it only works on GSM networks. OpenMoko
gOS:
Google's new operating system gOS 2.0 was released yesterday and it looks very interesting. Expect a full review of the new operating system next week or so. What is really interesting is that gOS is powered by Ubuntu and it includes many enhancement that really shows that the web can be an operating system. I still have my doubts, but the image shows a webcam application. That is Steve shooting the shot on the screen. Very interesting to see the operating system being packaged on Everex PCs. Think gOS.
Everex PC:
Everex has really turned around and is selling PC's at Walmart.com and some other stores that run gOS. They produce desktops and laptop, but the truly interesting one is the one shown in the image. This is a full laptop (sub-notebook) that has a 5 hour battery life. The laptop has a wide range of connectivity options and will retail for $400! Their desktop is actually called the gPC and retails for $200. ASE Labs should have a review of the laptop some time this year. Everex.
Stay Tuned:
More show coverage will be coming soon, keep your browser on ASE Labs and make sure to »check out our forums while you are here. Thank you for reading.
Day 2 Coverage: »Posted Here.
Lunch@Piero's is a press event sponsored by Pat Meier Associates. Pat Meier is a friendly, welcoming person and the event brings a few companies together just to show off to press. Pat Meier is the PR agency that handles VIA, so VIA had a huge presence at the event.
VIA's EPIA series culminates in the form of the pico-ITX. This board is the smallest board ever produced. It includes a range of expandability including Serial ATA and IDE as well as a SODIMM slot on the bottom of the board. The board includes headers for USB, Audio, and more and allows a completely custom case to be built around it. This product is really targetted to the embedded market. VIA.
VIA also powers many sub-notebooks including some UMPCs. These new generation devices should last about 5 hours and provides enough power to do daily work tasks. They are no gaming machine, but many include cellular connectivity and even WiMAX for always on internet on the go. These sub-notebooks are really awesome to see and are perfect for the road warrior on the go.
This product uses the Via C7 processor and is basically a small internet enabled device. Don't let that fool you, the MicroTube (MTube) has the full a full x86 processor and includes the latest version of Ubuntu running Firefox and whatever other programs you want to install. This gadget is one of the most ultra-mobile UMPC I have seen. It also includes DVB-T (HDTV over the Air), WiMAX, Speech Recognition, and more. This is really where PDAs should be heading. This is a research project sponsored by the Taiwan government, but I expect a full product release sooner or later.
Kingston:
Kinston was also at the press event just as they were last year. This year, Kingston is really branching out into the more consumer oriented products. They are releasing USB flash drives branded by their HyperX line. Their drives are really interesting in that they USB plug retracts into the device instead of using a cap. Kingston really has something and their devices currently go up to 8GB, but expect higher capacities soon. ASE Labs will have reviews of Kingston's flash and memories products this year. Kingston.
Crucial/Micron/Lexar:
Crucial was present at the event as well. ASE Labs will be meeting with Crucial/Lexar on Day 2, but this blurry show is like that for a reason. It shows a solid state 32GB hard drive being shaken while running and working fine. Solid state is really the way to go for mobile computing and expect more on our Day 2 coverage. Micron.
OpenMoko:
This is a really great development for the Open Source community. This is a truly open phone running Linux. The new version of the phone being released soon includes features that really make it capable of competing with the iPhone including an accelerometer and GPS. Really, this is one cool phone but it only works on GSM networks. OpenMoko
gOS:
Google's new operating system gOS 2.0 was released yesterday and it looks very interesting. Expect a full review of the new operating system next week or so. What is really interesting is that gOS is powered by Ubuntu and it includes many enhancement that really shows that the web can be an operating system. I still have my doubts, but the image shows a webcam application. That is Steve shooting the shot on the screen. Very interesting to see the operating system being packaged on Everex PCs. Think gOS.
Everex PC:
Everex has really turned around and is selling PC's at Walmart.com and some other stores that run gOS. They produce desktops and laptop, but the truly interesting one is the one shown in the image. This is a full laptop (sub-notebook) that has a 5 hour battery life. The laptop has a wide range of connectivity options and will retail for $400! Their desktop is actually called the gPC and retails for $200. ASE Labs should have a review of the laptop some time this year. Everex.
Stay Tuned:
More show coverage will be coming soon, keep your browser on ASE Labs and make sure to »check out our forums while you are here. Thank you for reading.
Day 2 Coverage: »Posted Here.