The Mobile Computer Friday review

- HP Slate takes shape
Specification purpoted to Intel Atom chip and a webcam — plus a €400 price tag. - How to enable multi-touch on old laptop trackpads
Synaptics driver trick turns on two-finger gesture support. - Poor Pre and Pixi sales put Palm on deathwatch
A $22 million loss plus a pile of unsold smartphones don't bode well. - No iPad is no joke
Depressed at the lack of launch date news for the UK? These cartoons will cheer you up. - Amazon Kindle app coming for iPad
Free app lets you read ebooks bought for one costly gadget on another costly gadget. - SanDisk 32Gb microSDHC cards shipping soon
£100 memory card available late April.
- Opera Mini submitted for App Store approval — without pinch-to-zoom
High-speed browser omits major feature, but that could be the least of its problems. - DropBox cloud syncing app for Android on the way
Clever cloud storage service continues its smartphone spread.

- Eye-Fi X2 Wi-Fi SD Cards available now
$100 memory cards pack 8Gb of storage and onboard 802.11n - Firefox for Windows Mobile put on hold for foreseeable future
With no easy way to make it work on Windows Phone 7, the Fennec project is stalled. - Microsoft confirms Courier tablet — kinda...
Jobs blog entry mentions the gadget that doesn't officially exist.

- Google Nexus One screen technology tear-down
Comprehensive analysis of PenTile display reveals true 392 x 653 resolution. - HTC Desire coming to T-Mobile on 29 March
Android 2.1 smartphone is free when you pay £35/month. - Smartphone touchscreen test repeated with a robot finger — iPhone still on top
Robottic re-test puts results beyond reproach and the iPhone is still the winner. - StyleTap PalmOS emulator now available for iPhone
$50 plus a jailbroken iPhone required to run - Google Mobile app now avaivable for BlackBerry Storm
One-screen access to Google services tailored for touch-screen smartphones.
- Has the iPad been jailbroken already?
Proof-of-concept iPhone crack should also work on new Apple tablet... - Microsoft will still sell Windows Mobile 6.5 once Windows Phone 7 launches
Business users appeased by the lifeline for old apps. - DIY Mac netbook compatibility guide keeps on growing
Hackintosh scene thriving with full Mac OS support on a number of netbooks.
Originally published on www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk, now incorporated into Broadband Genie











