e-Learning Stuff Podcast #002 - Stuff

This is the second e-Learning Stuff Podcast, Stuff.

e-Learning Stuff Podcast #002 - Stuff

Shownotes

• Asus may release a 10″ UMPC.
• Alton Towers to “ban PDAs”.
• Twittering from Mars.
• Gordon Brown Twittering from 10 Downing Street.
• The benefit of Virtual Worlds for children.
• JISC Circular 7/08: JISC Institutional Innovation Programme

When is an UMPC not an UMPC?

When is an UMPC not an UMPC?

When it’s a 10″ UMPC.

Okay before I mentioned how Asus were releasing a new 9″ version of their EeePC, well according to Engadget they are going to release a 10″ version!

As if it weren’t official enough already, the subnote war is on. According to a Computex invitation from ASUS, the outfit is planning to not only showcase the Eee PC 901, but also a brand new variant that will likely go mano a mano with the 10-inch MSI Wind. We quote: “[ASUS] would also like to specially extend an invitation to you to attend the official global launch of the new Eee PC 901 and 1000 series.” There’s no details beyond that right there, but it’s plenty to whet our appetites on the heels of the 10.6-inch Eee PC 1001 evidence we’ve already collected

So would you count this machine as an UMPC? Well strictly no.

Is it a mobile device? In a way yes!

Will people buy it? Most certainly.

When is an UMPC not an UMPC?

When is an UMPC not an UMPC?

When it’s a 9″ UMPC.

The infamous little EeePC is getting bigger by two whole inches.

Coming out next year with a bigger screen, the EeePC will still be running Linux but will also be available with Windows XP.

Compared to the original 7″ EeePC the 9″ model is not that much bigger, so will still be relatively just as portable.

Engadget on the 9″ EeePC, ASUS’ 9-inch Eee PC and Hands-on with the 9-inch Eee PC.