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Learning from the Mobile Internet Pro’s

Following the week-long visit to the South by South-West Interactive conference, I’ve written up an article that has been published over at the Intel Software Networks Blog. It talks about the devices we took and, more interestingly I think, some of the feedback and interaction we had with the advanced Web users that we met.
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UMID MBook First Impressions

Clearly, one of the most interesting and attention-grabbing devices we had at SXSW was the tiny clamshell form-factor UMID MBook. It’s design, a combination of a familiar form factor and attractive styling, has been highlighted by commenter’s as a winning combination ever since it first appeared in Nov 2008. Between then and now, very few [...]

Software Closes The Deal At SXSW

Golfers have a term for it “Drive for show, putt for dough.” And the MID’s on display at SXSW from the Mid Moves team certain had that same characteristic. While the shapes and looks of all the devices caught people’s eye (especially the Mbook), that was only enough to catch people’s eye.
What it took to [...]

Thoughts From SXSW – The Impression of Hardware

It used to be the rule that a stand at a trade show would need ‘Booth Babes’ to attract the attention of the thousands of people at a conference. SXSW Interactive is not like that… what attracts the attendees in the Austin Convention Center are shiny boxes that go ping. And the MID based devices [...]

Ellie Checks-out Chippy’s Little MID

In another MID open-table session, Ellie Rountree of Rocketboom exposes my lack of knowledge about new software products launched at SXSW (For the record, this was day 1!) We take a look at the UMID MBook and the Fujitsu Loox which was getting a lot of attention due to it’s Tokidoki screen graphics.

Chris Brogan’s MID session at SXSW.

In one of our mid-day UMPC and MID open-table sessions at SXSW, social media strategist Chris Brogan dropped by and spent some time discussing details and asking good questions about the devices we had

UMID Mbook Gallery

The UMID MBook was the MID that grabbed the most attention at SXSW and we look forward to getting hands-on with a retail version of this.

Fighting and Feedback

Over the ah’s and ohs over the day I took the chance to stand at the window with Simon Salt (@incslinger) who gave me some great feedback how it felt to have this mid device in his hands for the first time. And see how those guys fighting in the Lego pit ruin a good [...]

SXSW Podcast 1

(This should have gone out on Saturday. I hust found it in the draft folder!)
Listen to a mobile podcast, recorded on the Fujitsu U2010 a short while after a bunch of video interviews.
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Pool 2.0 MID-Talk Highlights Opportunity.

What a pleasure it is to be able to talk about MIDs to people that are open to new techniques and new tools. What a great learning experience it was and what a boost to my confidence about the MID and UMPC markets when 99% of people didn’t even know that these devices are starting [...]