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Dell and Vodafone tie the knot
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| The package will mean that users get a mobile internet service, built-in
| without the need for an additional modem.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/feeds/rss/generic/en/GB/inq/latest/gb/inquirer/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/05/dell-vodafone-tie-knot
http://tinyurl.com/5jwqft
Can Dell and Vodafone play leapfrog with Linux?
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| The technology and buzz keep on coming in the netbook space, which consists
| of lower-cost, smaller-size notebook computers (many of them Linux-based)
| that are as much like a smartphone as they are like a PC.
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| [...]
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| Linux certainly has cost advantages for netbook manufucturers, which
| typically pass savings or technical bonuses on to consumers. There’s also a
| real possibility that Linux will have an advantage when it comes to adding
| applications. After all, if you pay $350 for a computer, do you really want
| to spend $100 or $50 or even $25 on applications for it? With Linux, users
| will have the ability to browse, add and, equally importantly, remove
| applications as they wish. Try that with XP. Some vendors, including Xandros,
| also see an opportunity in providing the applications and content that go
| along with netbooks, at least ones that are running Linux.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/09/05/can-dell-and-vodafone-play-leapfrog-with-linux/
Carphone Warehouse (UK) already stocks GNU/ Linux laptops.
‘Spectacular’ growth forecast for MID market
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| The Mobile Internet Devices market will grow at the “spectacular” rate of 167
| percent compounded annually over the next five years, ABI Research reports.
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| MIDs are a new category of Internet-connected handhelds offering “always-on”
| Web browsing, photography and video, navigation, games, social networking,
| and voice communications.
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| ABI earlier predicted that the MID market would grow to shipments of 50
| million units annually by 2013.
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http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/09/04/spectacular-growth-forecast-for-mid-market/
Recent:
Ubuntu & webbook now available online at CPW
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| Good news!
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| When we first announced the Elonex webbook, you could only get the Ubuntu
| version by visiting one of Carphone Warehouse’s bricks-and-mortar shops.
| Online they only had the old XP version listed.
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| Today that has changed. Now you can order a webbook, with Ubuntu
| pre-installed without having to go out at all!
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http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/08/08/ubuntu-webbook-now-available-online-at-cpw/
Elonex Webbook notebook review
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| With consumers snapping up netbooks faster than companies can make them, what
| makes Elonex think it has the solution with the Webbook? We took a closer
| look to find out.
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| Available from Carphone Warehouse the Elonex Webbook offers a 10.2-inch
| screen, 1.6GHz VIA C7-M processor, comes with an almost full-sized keyboard
| and measures 252 x 183 x 31.8mm.
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http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/reviews/review.phtml/3346/4370/elonex-webbook-notebook-netbook-review.phtml
http://tinyurl.com/6fok5k
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