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HD-ready smartphone supports Linux and Android

December 1, 2009

ZiiLabs announced a mid-range smartphone development platform supporting its Android and Linux-based “Plaszma” stacks. The Zii Trinity is based on ZiiLabs' dual ARM9-core “ZMS-05” SoC, and provides 1080p video output, OpenGL graphics, HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 3.1-inch, 800 x 480 OLED touchscreen, says the Creative Technology subsidiary.

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Via unveils Mobile-ITX COM form factor

December 1, 2009

Via announced a COM (computer on module) specification touted as the industry's most compact, with potential power consumption ranging from 12 Watts to below one Watt, depending on conditions. Measuring just 2.36 x 2.36 inches, “Mobile-ITX” modules and related baseboards will be available during the first quarter of 2010, says the company.

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Winning Android apps announced

December 1, 2009

Google has announced the winners of the Android Developer Challenge (ADC) 2, including an application to help smartphone users sleep better, an online multiplayer game, and a mobile security solution, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, two other eWEEK stories examine the “Google Phone” rumors and portend problems for Google if the phone is real.

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Tablet maker spins Angstrom-based dev firmware

November 30, 2009

Archos announced it is releasing developer firmware for its Linux-based Archos 5 and Archos 7 Internet Tablets. The “proof of concept” developer edition release for the touch-based portable media players (PMPs) is based on the Angstrom Linux distribution and the OpenEmbedded automated build environment, says the company.

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Real-time Linux distro boosts multiprocessor support

November 30, 2009

Concurrent has revised its Red Hat-based real-time Linux distribution, adding support for Intel Nehalem and AMD Opteron processors with up to 48 cores, among other enhancements. RedHawk Linux 5.4 also improves NUMA performance and provides enhanced Nvidia drivers that support Nvidia's “Cuda” parallel computing technology, says the company.

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HMI PCs move to the Atom

November 30, 2009

Kontron has enhanced its family of thin-client HMI (human-machine interface) devices. The fanless “Micro Client IIA” devices feature touchscreen displays from seven to 15 inches, CompactFlash storage, and 1.6GHz Intel Atom processors, the company says.

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Chrome OS image released for Dell netbook

November 30, 2009

Dell employee Doug Anson released source code for a version of Google's Linux-based Chrome OS that runs on a Dell Mini 10v netbook. The Mini 10v implementation of the pre-release code for the cloud-oriented OS is “unstable,” but offers WiFi support and fast browsing, and boots in 12 seconds, says Anson.

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Wind River and Kontron buddy up

November 25, 2009

Wind River and Kontron announced a global, multi-year agreement under which the embedded system manufacturer will distribute Wind River's VxWorks and Wind River Linux distributions. The agreement is expected to extend software and service offerings across a range of industries, says Wind River.

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Korean vendor readies Android MID, clamshell, STB

November 25, 2009

Korea-based Inbrics is readying several Android-powered devices for a CES unveiling in January. The devices include an M1 MID, a dual-screen clamshell, MID-like device called the Dual, and the SoIP Homestation, which combines the functions of an IP set-top box, DLNA-ready media server, and videophone, says the company.

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Kindle gains longer battery life, PDF support

November 25, 2009

Amazon.com announced two enhancements to its Linux-based Kindle e-book reader, offering 85 percent more battery life, as well as a native PDF reader. The Kindle can now last seven days even with wireless turned on, claims Amazon, which is offering the enhancements to current users via firmware upgrades.

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COM Express module supports 45nm CPUs

November 25, 2009

Congatec says it is now sampling a COM Express module featuring Intel's GS45 SFF (small form factor) chipset, said to enable “significant performance increases despite a smaller footprint and lower power consumption.” The Conga-CS45 uses DDR3 memory, has three SATA connectors with RAID support, and supports SDVO, DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort graphics interfaces, the company says.

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LiMo phone’s interface is all thumbs

November 24, 2009

Emblaze Mobile offered new details on its “First Else” phone and Else Intuition stack, which is based on Access' ALP 3.0 stack and the LiMo (Linux Mobile) spec. The First Else offers unified messaging, geo-tagging, multimedia, an RSS live-updated “newspaper,” and a thumb-oriented, fan-like touch interface called sPlay.

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Atom-powered COM has 5:1 audio

November 24, 2009

U.K.-based Anders Electronics announced an Intel Atom-based COM (computer-on-module) with up to 2GB of memory, 4GB of flash storage, and a microSD expansion slot. The CM-iAM includes a 1.6GHz Z530 CPU, two PCI Express lanes, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, six USB 2.0 ports, and 5:1 audio, according to the company.

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Multi-threaded RISC cores released for Linux, Android

November 24, 2009

Imagination Technologies is releasing its second-generation 32-bit Meta processor cores for wider availability. The Series2 Meta core IP integrates DSP functions, supports hardware multi-threaded execution, offers hard real-time capabilities, and supports Linux and Android, says Imagination, which also announced a new PowerVR SGX543MP graphics core family.

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Four-bay SOHO NAS runs Linux

November 23, 2009

Synology America Corp. is shipping a four-bay network-attached storage (NAS) device, offering up to 8TB sharable RAID storage for home and small business users. The Linux-based DS410j is equipped with an 800MHz processor, a gigabit Ethernet port, two USB ports, and version 2.2 of Synology's DNLA-compliant Disk Station Manager software.

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