C-motech Mangrove – Best Windows Mobile device/MID ever?

Here is a MID from C-Motech that comes with the mighty 1GHz Snapdragon CPU. It is powered by Windows Mobile 6.5. The most interesting thing about this MID is its 7-inch display that has WVGA (800×480) resolution (which is the maximum a Windows Mobile device supports).

C-Motech has worked hard to make this look as sleek as possible. Its huge 3200mAh battery should keep your device running for days. If that was not enough, there is an optional 4000mAh battery, which we think is way too much for a device that is based on ARM-platform. Despite its huge dimensions, it still manages to stay light at 300gm.

It is every single radio that you can imagine: 3G, WiMax, WiFi and GPS. For storage, you get 512MB and for running apps, there is 256MB RAM, which is more than enough for any Windows Mobile application out there.

Fujitsu U2010/Fujitsu U820 HSDPA/3G mod

Fujitsu does not offer built-in 3G modem in all versions on its little tablet. Fortunately, U820 (known as U2010 in Asia) does has an empty and usable Mini PCI-E slot. Andre at his personal blog has given detailed steps on how to install a Mini PCI-E card in U820.

He chose Novatel Expedite EU850D Mini PCI-E as it included a SIM card on board. He went ahead and ripped his friend’s SE K800 and used its antenna in his mini tablet.

This mod would be loved by those who want to enjoy fast mobile Internet on their U820/U2010. The internal modem consumes far less energy compared to tethering which involves simultaneous use of UMTS and Bluetooth. So, if you can solder, we got two words for you “Do it!”

[More details at katastrophos]

Thinkfree Office suit for netbooks released

Here is yet-another-office-suit for your netbook, this time coming from Thinkfree. Just like Corel Home Office suit, the Thinkfree Office suit also gives you the ability to view and edit Word, Excel and Powerpoint files. It is optimized to run on 1024 x 600, which is the most common resolution in netbooks. It needs just 256MB RAM to run.

To make the overall package attractive, Thinkfree is also giving away free 2GB of online storage to its customers. It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac for a price of just $24.95

ThinkFree Mobile Netbook edition is designed to help you manage and sync all your documents easily. It allows you to upload documents to your netbook and share them with all your PCs, office software and operating systems whenever you need to edit or create. laptop, mobile internet device, netbook or desktop PC.
Office 2.0 and beyond. ThinkFree Mobile Netbook edition is a modern productivity suite that comes with enhanced features. You’ll never go back to using a traditional office suite again.

[Thinkfree Mobile Office suit]

Nokia N900 coming – Nokia Tablets are not dead!

Nokia is soon going to release Nokia N900, a MID (Mobile Internet Device) running Maemo OS. It is going to be equipped with WVGA display, 32-48GB storage memory, a 5MP auto-focus camera with flash (!). It will hit European retailers in the month of July.

Although, we are not huge fans of devices, which do not run Desktop OS like XP or Ubuntu, but we are happy to know that Nokia has not completely forgotten its loyal Tablet fans. Also, it is great that Nokia is bumping up the storage memory to 32GB, which will allow the users to store a lot of data, but the overall package could have become better if they had decided to bump up the resolution to something like 1024 x 600. WVGA (800 x 480) is commonly found in HTC Phones and MIDs need to have some sort of edge over the phones.

HTC TOUCH HD as a Mobile Internet Device (MID)- Review

This time we are going to review it from a different perspective – AS A MOBILE INTERNET DEVICE. If you have been following the windows mobile scene from the past couple of years, you must have observed that the display size of the mobile phones has decreased in size over the years. Whether we all like it or not, but it was the iPhone that brought the big screen to attention to the mobile phone manufactures.

HP signs web-ready deal with Orange for the Compaq Mini 700

HP-Compaq have shaken hands to provide their customers the new Compaq Mini 700, which will allow the users to use the mobile Internet on-the-go for £30 a month. For that, you get 3GB monthly bandwidth and 24 month warranty. [orange UK shop] [via computerweekly]