Some people have been waiting for Asus to launch its Eee Keyboard for quite a while now but the keyboard failed to arrived as previously rumored. Since the keyboard isn’t available yet Asus has confirmed that the keyboard is coming in August. Are you getting ready to buy yours? Will you choose the XP version or the Moblin one? Asus didn’t specify which version will be available in August.

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Nokia and Intel have announced a partnership and we can expect this duo to launch the next generation of mobile devices. What does this mean exactly? Are we to expect new Nokia-Intel smartphones soon? What about netbooks and laptops? We already know Nokia is interested in making laptops too so a partnership with Intel would definitely be welcomed.

The collaboration will be focusing on open source mobile Linux software projects like Moblin and Maemo. Combine Nokia’s wireless technology with Intel’s mobile chip technology and we should definitely expect some hot products to come along and we’ll be waiting.

via Intel

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Intel have issued Moblin v2.0 beta for netbooks and nettops, which is the newest version of the company’s open-source OS for Atom-based devices.  Mobile v2.0 has a new, visually-enhanced GUI, the “m_zone” homescreen, integrated Twitter and Last.fm widgets, and a new incorporated browser based on Mozilla’s engine. There’s also a new media player, with support for UPnP streaming and USB devices, a new connection manager with GUI, and the prediction of further social networking integration.

The free download is a 321MB that apparently only supports wired networking at present, not WiFi, though it’s vague if this is only on certain systems or all hardware. Mobile v2.0 also seems to be aiming towards netbooks/nettops only, rather than MIDs, which will likely disappointment to ultramobile fans.

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Intel seems to really enjoy these netbooks. Besides the Atom processors, the company has neatly created a personal Linux OS, especially designed for the Atom processor. Moblin is the name of this modified Linux version and you should give it a chance if you have a netbook around. It might replace that Windows XP you might be using currently.

Moblin is available as an alpha release for now but we’re hoping it will grow to a final version. The software was built off of the GNOME Mobile platform and will use the Clutter and GUPnP open source technologies which are also properties of Intel. Let’s see what manufacturer will offer the first netbook with Moblin on it.

via Moblin

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