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Jan. 8, 2010

Now that the Linux operating system is such a major contributor in the mobile segment and that it can be found on a growing number of popular MIDs (mobile Internet devices) ranging from the TiVo to the Amazon Kindle eBokk reader, it comes as no surprise that many people of the open source and Linux community have a strong presence at this week's CES show in Las Vegas, where mobile device makers from around the globe are showing their latest products, not just to consumers but to businesses as well.

For starters, Dell displayed its new "Linux slate computer", a five-inch touchscreen device that comes with an Android-based software platform and will reportedly function as a smartphone. Dell also announced that its more conventional Android smartphones, previously only available in China, are also coming to the U.S. real soon.

The Texas-based company is among several companies that AT&T has identified as its Android hardware partners.

Overall, Touchscreen devices are the new rage in 2010 and are arriving rapidly with Linux in a number of different form factors and presentations. There are some new touchscreen web dashboards for the home, including ICD's 15-inch Vega, an Android-based tablet with NVIDIA's Tegra built-in.

Another quite compelling product in this category is the Sony Dash, a 7-inch touchscreen device that that runs on the Linux platform and doubles as an alarm clock. Quite cool in deed.

Linux is also a very strong player in the little laptop market as well. MSI has announced that Novell's new mashup of Moblin and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop will be available as an option on the upcoming 10-inch MSI U-135 netbook.

Also, Smartbooks have finally arrived and are a big attraction at this week's CES-Vegas.

Hewlett-Packard has an Android-based smartbook with a 10-inch resistive touchscreen, and Lenovo announced its slim Skylight with a Web-oriented Linux operating system.

Both products ship with the 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM processor for a better video graphics resolution.

From CES 2010, one of the most intriguing products that has emerged so far is Lenovo's Idea Pad U-1 Hybrid laptop, a great device with an 11-inch touchscreen display that can be fully detached and can be used as a standalone tablet device.

The new Lenovo laptop runs Windows and is powered by an Intel chip, but the tablet partly runs Linux and is powered by a Snapdragon ARM processor like the Qualcomm stated above.

Linux is now more and more a greater part of our daily lives and the fact that the Penguin has a booth at the impressive CES 2010 Show is a strong indication of more to come in the wireless and consumer segment.

We will keep you posted.

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Source: CES Vegas 2010 Show.

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