Computex

We give you the best of what’s left from the Computex show in Taipei.

Mobile payments is widely agreed to be an up and coming industry and here at Computex Taipei there was certainly evidence that vendors are pushing ahead with products to facilitate the transition from ATM cards to SIM card transactions.

AMD’s Fusion APU looks like a monster. Its future CPUs due in the first half of 2011 feature not only the traditional CPU but also a multi-functional graphics chip built in as well.

Wireless industry heavyweights NTT DoCoMo, Alcatel-Lucent, Qualcomm, and Anritsu co-hosted a keynote on Long Term Evolution (LTE) implementation and its impact at Computex this week.

The growing surge of mobile devices, as evidenced by the myriad display of smart phones and tablets at Computex 2010, combined with near-glacial pace of battery technology almost ensure ARM chips, with their battery sipping ways, continue to play starring roles in dedicated mobile devices.

Wandering around the halls of Nangang at this year’s Computex, RCR was accosted by a rep from Promate, offering to show off the firm’s ProBalls. With an offer like that, how could we refuse?

Software, hardware and more from the third day of Computex in Taipei

The war between x86 and ARM platforms has heated up here at Computex Taipei with various vendors battling it out in a veritable war of words. Interestingly enough, even between x86 makers like Intel and VIA there are differences in perspectives on what is the right platform to use for devices like MIDs and tablets.

Mobile pundits Sascha Pallenberg, JKK Mobile and Steve “Chippy” Paine discuss whether NVIDIA is still relevant to the tablet market and whether calls to “be patient” by the firm’s CEO are justified.

Powered by the latest Android OS, the A10 is “the perfect combination” of phone and GPS; or so claims Asus.

We grabbed a few minutes to play with Asus’ latest Eee Pad today and found Microsoft was secretly porting “Windows 7” to ARM!

Here at Computex 2010 both Asus and MSI have stated their commitment to the clouds, with their future mobile eco-system, including the latest Tablets and Pads, maintaining some lofty co-operation.

Dell’s little five inch Streak “tablet” has been the talk of the town since Michael Dell himself pulled it out of his pants pocket at the Citrix Synergy conference in San Francisco last month, but here in ‘Ole Taipei, RCR managed to get a quick hands on demo with the device to see what all the fuss is about.

Dell’s little five inch Streak “tablet” has been the talk of the town since Michael Dell himself pulled it out of his pants pocket at the Citrix Synergy conference in San Francisco last month, but here in ‘Ole Taipei, RCR managed to get a quick hands on demo with the device to see what all the fuss is about.

At Asus’ pre-Computex press event today RCR got some time alone with the genuinely innovative Eee Tablet, and honestly, we’re really quite impressed.

Computex 2010, the massive Taipei electronics expo is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, with a slew of new gizmos and gadgets, smartphones and tablets on display.

Computex 2010, the massive Taipei electronics expo is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, with a slew of new gizmos and gadgets, smartphones and tablets on display.