Of the 46 long video interviews and product demonstrations that I did at CeBIT 2008, I still have to post 13 of them. Will hopefully complete the CeBIT 2008 video postings later this week. (need to re-upload the native HD video files, encode and publish)

Pankaj Kedia is the Director of the MID program at Intel. The Mobile Internet Device is based on the new Intel Atom X86 processor, which should consume less power at similar X86 performance as previous Intel Ultra Low Voltage processors. The Atom systems might be able to dissipate low enough heat to be able to run without fan. Some of the MIDs will be using Linux OSes that permits to optimize the interfaces to the lowest possible system requirements. During this interview, Pankaj Kedia explains how the Atom processor works, when it will be available, how much it will cost, what makes the difference between the regular Atom and the Atom Centrino. No talk on camera though comparing Intel’s Atom to the AMD Geode or VIA C7M’s performance, price and power consumption.

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Niklas Samios, COO of Winbox, presents the worlds first Windows CE based video-on-demand set-top-box and media streamer, the EVO1-XS. It will be distributed by Medion in Europe and retail at 150 euros. It can connect on the Maxdome video-on-demand service in Germany. There is also a big hybrid device with a 250GB hard drive, dual TV tuners which will be available for 500 euros. There will also be a TV with the integrated set-top-box release to be called the Edison.

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Kcs Digital presents a Slingbox competitor. It encodes your TV feed at your home using H264 and streams it to your laptop, mobile phone, PMP and other devices remotely automatically adjusting the bitrate of the video stream.

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Odys distributes some really nice looking cheap HD camcorders. The cheapest HD camcorder is actually below 100 euros. You can watch sample HD videos filmed using this camcorder here:

Sample video 1 filmed using the Odys MC-HD800 (27mb)

Sample video 2 filmed using the Odys MDV-HD8 (14mb)

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Gigabyte is releasing a new UMPC. The M704 still has an LED backlight, a slightly larger 7 inch screen with 1024×600 resolution, improves processor speed, improves battery life to 3.5-4 hours and ads a better webcam resolution compared to the previous Gigabyte U60 series that was released at last years CeBIT. Now it uses a VIA 1.2GHZ C7M processor and will be released in March.

Gigabyte M704 to be released in March 2008:
VIA 1.2GHZ C7M
7″ 1024×600 LED touch-screen
1.3MP integrated webcam

Gigabyte U60 released in May 2007:
VIA 1.0GHZ C7M
6.5″ 800×480 LED touch-screen
0.3MP integrated webcam

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E-Lead presents the Noahpad, their own invention for a new kind of laptop with integrated keyboard in mouse in two large pads, and a resolution that is larger than the screen to provide a larger desktop area.

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GeCube are showing their new GeCube Genie PC ARM chip embedded Linux based sub-300€ laptop. And also talking about their plans to integrate a X86 VIA processor in another cheap sub-300€ laptop concept to come soon.

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Trying the most awesome interactive interface for gaming ever made. The Wii Board is amazing. I tried the Wii the first time in May 2006, 6 months before it was released at the E3 in Los Angeles. I knew immediately that the Wii was the most awesome gaming console ever made. Now the Wii Board provides even more amazing interactivity that requires you to put your whole body into work and have complete control over your balance.

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Greenpeace is pointing their fingers at big IT industry manufacturers and distributors for not caring about the environment. They are also warning people that most so called old recycled computers are actually instead sent to some underdevelopped parts of asia and africa where slaves are melting motherboards and PC circuits with their bare hands to extract the little materials and metals they can that have any resale value on the black markets. So do not believe all those that want to export containers filled with your old computers to give to people in the third world. In some cases 75% of the old computers are unusable, they consume more power then there is available and thus the scheme is only using the charity as a means to escape and illegally monetize electronic waste. The USA doesn’t even have a policy to prevent electronic waste traffic. Hundreds of tons of electronic waste is shipped from the USA every year to be dumped and processed by slaves in the third world. Current PC components in most computers other then the OLPC have toxic chemicals in them that harm those poor people that melt them and that pollute the water and the ground where it is dumped.

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