Computex 2010 is starting on the first of June. So far a few companys have had press releases ahead of the opening.

It seems it will be tablet's all around this year. So far MSI and ASUS have divulged info about their upcoming slate devices.

MSI showed an Android 2.1 based 10" slate powered by a Nvidia Tegra 2 named MSI WindPad 110. They also showed a tablet running Windows 7 based on an Intel Atom Z530 processor, and with a 10" screen.

ASUS have shown a few slates, the most promising one seems to be a 12" device named EP121. I's running Windows 7 on an Intel Core 2 Duo CULV processor. Allegedly the battery life is about 10 hours, almost sounds too good to be true doesn't it?

Some excellent Scandinavian humor here, a spoof of the Google speed test vids released a while back. Complete with Herring fight and all!



On a continued pleasant note, the Opera Mini have done very well and has been downloaded 2.6 million times by iPhone users world wide during April. Congratulations and well done Opera.

Froyo vs Eclair

One of the larger improvements in Android 2.2 (Froyo) compared to the previous Android version 2.1 (Eclair) is the improvements of the JIT compiler. Google is stating that the performance would be increased by two to five times compared to the old JIT compiler. But is there any claim to the figures?

The guys over at AndroidCentral did a comparison between a Nexus One running Froyo, a HTC Evo 4G and a Motorola Droid, both the later running Eclair. The results look good for Froyo, and Google's claims seems to hold true.

Check the vid below for the score card of the performance tests.


As well as Sunspider performance - the 3D performance seems to have improved by about 15%-20% as well with the jump from Eclair to Froyo.

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Dell has announced that the Streak Android device will be available in June. The Streak is sporting a 5" 480*800 screen, so it will be larger than all smartphones available. More than that the spec sheet reads:

• 1GHz Snapdragon Processor
• 16GB Internal memory
• Expandable SD card slot with up to 32GB more memory
• 5MP Camera
• Low res front side camera for video chat
• 3G support
• Wifi support
• Bluetooth 2.1 support

It will be shipping with Android 1.6 (Donut) installed, but will be upgradeable to Froyo (Android 2.2) at a later date.

Personally I am a bit skeptic to the form factor. Since I suspect most people would replace their phone/smartphone with this, isn't the size a bit too large? They have built in a mic and speaker so you can put it too your ear and talk into it like a phone, but it looks kind of silly. Now of course most people use a headset anyways. But I still have my doubts for the size, even though browsing the web and looking at video content probably will be a lot more comfortable for the eyes and hopefully not give pinch-to-zoom syndrome fingers.

See the vid below for a nice demo of the Streak from Delll:

Microsoft has been sending out Windows Phone 7 devices to some developers last weeks. The device in question being the LG phone we saw demoed already at MIX10, but now more refined and with later builds of the OS. The working name of the phone is Panther, but on the box it says GW910.

The responses regarding the phone has so far been pretty good, people are saying it still not feels ready for production but that it's getting there as it's much improved compared to the device demoed at MIX10. Regarding the WP7 OS they are saying everything is smooth and running pretty good. And the production pace for the WP7 team is apparently high as the phone is getting new builds all the time.

For a short tour of the first setup of the phone, see the vid below.

The last update of Spotify for Android was announced today. There are some really neat new features like the local library that was released in the Windows client a few weeks ago, and now it's featured in the Android version as well.
Straight from the Spotify team:

Today we’re releasing an update to our Android app - version 0.4.04 is now available.

This update brings a number of the great social and local file features we’ve recently launched to your mobile phone so that you can take the full Spotify experience with you on the road.

The additions include:

• Support for playing and wirelessly synchronizing local files to your phone
• The Library feature has been added
• The Inbox, Feed and Starred features have been added
• You can now view the Top tracks list
• We’ve added the ability to filter for tracks in playlists
• And finally - Last.fm scrobbling!

We hope you enjoy the new features.

To run it you have to sign up for Spotify Premium, then just search the market for Spotify and install. But make sure you have a fixed price data plan, cause Spotify is addictive!

Yesterday Nokia and Yahoo held a press conference regarding their future cooperation. Yahoo realize they lost the map race long ago and is going to incorporate the Ovi Maps and Ovi Navigation technology to improve their maps. Nokia is going to use the Yahoo mail and messenger technology in their Ovi Mailand Ovi Chat services.

For Yahoo this is a way to spread more to developing countries where Nokia still got a strong foothold. And for Nokia this is a way to get more of a foothold in the US market where Yahoo is still some what strong.
Olli-Pekka mentioned it's strange that Nokia is market leader in cell phones, but not leader in the US, and they hope this will give them a boost there.

But question is if this isn't too little too late. Nokias presence in the smartphone sector is small and diminishing, especially in the US. And Yahoo is still used, mostly for their Yahoo mail. But Yahoo's usage is also diminishing, and it feels like Europe has adopted Google and the rest of the world is going that way as well.

Some say this is meant to try and attack Apple's strong position in the smartphone sector in the US, but from what was divulged yesterday it still looks like Apple got nothing to fear.