If a Viliv X70 MID isn’t quite your thing, you might like its smaller counterpart–a Viliv S5 which works in about the same as it but comes with a smaller screen. In the above video, Intel’s Dan Sakols can be seen using it with a cool-looking lightweight “flight sim” game and with a program called live videocaster with which a user can broadcast live video via an Internet connection. That might sound cool on paper, but it’s even cooler when you see it in action, which you can by watching the video above.
Need a cool mobile Internet device running Windows XP? Look no further than the VIliv X70 MID. Intel’s Ultra Mobility Group marketing manager Rama can be seen in the above video playing with it and showing off its programs on top of the Windows XP operating system. The video description on YouTube goes:
Rama from Intel’s Ultra Mobility Group shows how she optimized an Intel Atom processor powered Viliv X70 mobile Internet device for microblogging, accessing entertainment and touch screen finger writing recognition apps for enjoying the full Internet on the go.
Hit play on the above video yourself to learn a thing or two about the Viliv X70 MID with Windows XP.
The rather unimposing xpPhone that a company called ITG is currently working on has just gained new features ahead of its (as of yet still unknown) release date. While it’s already known that it will have a 4.8-inch WVGA touchscreen display, AMD Super Mobile CPU and Windows XP pre-installed, ITG is set to offer upgrade options for everyone who orders, which include adding a 5-megapixel camera onboard, a 7-inch touchscreen, and even Windows 7 for an OS. Sounds pretty neat, but only time will tell if a device such as this really clicks with consumers (and not to mention our wallets). If pricing and release info come out in the next week or two, we’ll let you know.
I’ve got two older Eee PCs right now, my Eee PC 1000HE and my wife’s Eee PC 1000H. Both are running Windows XP while another desktop is running on Vista Home Premium. The thing is I’ve been thinking about upgrading all of them to Windows 7 but Windows 7 Family Pack is not yet available in the Philippines so I may have to wait some more time before I get to use Windows 7 in any of these machines.
But for you who still has the Eee PC 1000H who wants to upgrade your system to Windows 7, are in luck as Asus has release a guide on how to do so.
Before upgrading your Eee PC 1000H’s OS to Windows 7, you need to upgrade its BIOS first and also upgrade a set of drivers. You might also want to partition your hard drive to make it a dual booting machine. Why? Because upgrading from XP to Windows 7 is actually a fresh install. So it’s like starting anew with your netbook – meaning your system data settings will not be imported.
Sounds scary? It is definitely not for the weak of heart. But hey, it’s Windows 7 so don’t expect it to be an easy way in.
Now, I’ve got a better suggestion. Google Chrome OS is rumored to come out in a week’s time, you might want to wait for it and install it instead on your Eee PC 1000H.
Asus adds another Windows 7-powered netbook to its collection, this time it’s called the Eee PC 1101HA-WP. Obviously, it’s just a “re-engineered” version of the previously released Eee PC 1101HA with some enhancement to its specs to make Windows 7 run.
Let’s see – 2GB of RAM, 250GB of HDD, a slower Intel Atom Z520 CPU and GMA graphics – then Windows 7 for OS, and you have a brand new Eee PC.
The Eee PC 1101HA-WP’s battery life suffered a bit, down from 11 hours to 8 hours now.
As for the other features, it practically is the same netbook as the Eee PC 1101HA.
The Eee PC 1101HA-WP will be available in Japan on the 14th and will set you back for around $410. It will don either a black or white casing.
Ops! Our report about Microsoft pulling out its Windows 7 USB installer download from its site because that might have halted you from upgrading your Windows XP netbook to Windows 7. Why is this so? Because you need to know that Windows 7 lacks three features that you’ve grown to love and use in your Windows XP netbook.
Those three features are – support for multiple monitors, DVD playback and the ability to change the desktop image from the Microsoft logo. This was the findings of the survey conducted by Retervo. Of those these don’t include other advanced features of Windows 7 that you may never use on your netbook. Unless of course you’ll opt for the $80 upgrade feature being offered by Microsoft.
But that sounds like getting shortchanged a bit right?
So, if you’re keen on upgrading your netbook’s Windows XP OS, the best route would be to get the best edition that it can possibly hold.
Have you downloaded the Windows 7 Installer for Netbooks from Microsoft? If you did, well you’re in luck because the said tool was temporarily pulled down from the Microsoft site after a Windows blogger pointed out that it may be violating open-source code standard.
Explaining via a post in his blog, Rafael River said that Microsoft seems to be using a code from ImageMaster which is licensed under the GPLv2 open-source license. This code, while free to be used contain its own set of terms and conditions. These conditions include sharing any modifications to the code.
Microsoft is now looking into the issue aside from temporarily pulling the Windows 7 download tool.
Look what we have here, after plummeting on top of the Amazon bestsellers lists, Windows 7 Eee PCs have been suddenly pushed down by a non-Windows 7 Eee PC. And guess what it is? – the Eee PC 1005HA running Windows XP instead.
Did that surprise you a bit? The Eee PC 1005HA running on Windows XP sells for $358.89 while the model with Windows 7 sells for around $376.99. It’s around $18 difference in price and you’d already have a faster Eee PC with better specs and features and yet the inferior model is still preferred by users?
What could be the reason then? Users still not convinced that Windows 7 is better than Windows XP? Users still want to buy some time before upgrading to Windows 7? Price is certainly not an issue since the price difference is not that much.
Let’s see if this trend continues as more and more reviews of Windows 7-powered netbooks come out. In the meantime go check out Amazon’s bestsellers and find out if your netbook is among them.
So aside from Verizon Wireless which is now offering the HP Mini 311 loaded with Windows 7 OS, other carriers will also soon be launching their Windows 7 netbook bundles. Of course, we all know that AT&T will be launching the upcoming Nokia 3G Booklet pretty soon.
But aside from these two major U.S. carriers, other mobile companies in Europe are also said to be set to release their own Windows 7 netbook packages. These include T-Mobile, O2, Vodafone and Telia Sonera.
Germany’s O2 is also offering the Nokia 3G Booklet ahead of AT&T in the U.S. O2 is offering the said netbook for around $522 with a monthly rate of around $30 for two years.
T-Mobile will also sell the Dell Mini 10V and Verizon will also sell the Samsung N140 and Toshiba 200. All these netbooks will be running Windows 7 as well.
Finally in Sweden, Telia Sonera has also committed to bring Windows 7 to consumers via various netbooks from all major OEMs.
Of course what these all mean is that the netbook phenonmenon leaves on. Making netbooks available through various mobile data plans bring consumers more options and make the netbooks more affordable for them.
It didn’t take Microsoft that long to put up the Windows 7 USB installer for netbooks who wants to upgrade their netbook’s OS. The Microsoft online store now has all the procedures you would need to successfully install the OS to your netbooks. Granting of course that your netbook has the required system specs to run the OS.
There are some basic tips and hints that will help you decide whether you should upgrade and which edition of the Windows 7 OS you should be upgrading to. Right now, you can actually choose to get the Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate versions. If you’re looking for the netbook edition, well you’re in bad luck since Microsoft may have forgotten to include it just yet.
If you’re brave enough to do it, you can go directly to the Windows 7 download page below:
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