Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition

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A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100:

Have we just witnessed the second coming of Palm?
The company unveiled its brand new Palm operating system (dubbed the webOS) running on a new smartphone called the “Palm Pre” that features a 3.1-inch multi-touch screen and slide out portrait keyboard. It’s of course early days until we see the first reviews of the Pre and I get to personally play with the new Palm OS and device but from what I’ve seen, I’m very, very excited.

ASUS Eee ‘media center’ Keyboard, Eye-Fi does video, and Negear Internet TV
Although the expo floor of the Consumer Electronics Show doesn’t open until tomorrow, there’s already been a flurry of press conferences and sneak previews fueling the tech press and blogosphere. Here are a few products that have caught my eye.

Internet TV partners: Intel and Adobe, Roku and Amazon, Netflix and LG
A number of industry players announced partnerships relating to getting Internet content onto the TV – a theme that will, once again, be prevalent at CES.

Hackintosh Netbook: Goodbye XP, hello OSX
Although it’s been possible to run OSX on the MSI Wind (or in this case the Advent 4211, a Wind clone) for many months now, it previously involved swapping out the WiFi card for a compatible one. That is until RealTek released an unofficial driver for OSX last month. So how does it run?

3 thoughts on “Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition”

  1. If anyone still remembers, or cares, I do wish Palm hadn’t killed the Foleo. Given the netbook craze, it was the right product. Just the wrong marketing angle (as a Treo accessory). And this may be the third coming of Palm. Palm III/V was the first gen, then the Treo was way ahead of its time by making a usable cellular PDA (compared to say the Palm VII) and the form/brand is still use.

  2. I have to agree with Dave, I loved the Foleo idea and wish it wasnt killed. Image if they had the Foleo and the new Pre WebOS platform tied together and apps were portable between them. One can only think of the amazing possiblities. And I dont think there is anything wrong with marketing a netbook as a cell phone accessory because lets be honest, most netbook users already have a smartphone with a net connection. Why not harness that power for free instead of paying another bill? and make it all seamless.

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