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Intel Atom Developer's Program beta SDK now available

By | December 2, 2009, 11:47am PST

Summary: I have a MSI Wind loaded up with Windows 7 Ultimate and find it to be a very good mobile solution that gives me good battery life and is easy to carry in my bag. I may actually sell it soon and pick up a Nokia Booklet 3G, especially after reading Michael’s four reasons to buy one. There have been arguments for and against the netbook idea, but it is hard to argue that they are not successful with forecasts predicting more than 50 million Intel-based units may be sold by the end of this year. Intel recognizes the netbooks are here to stay and to foster that adoption they announced that developers can submit applications created with the help of the Intel Atom Developer’s Program SDK.

I have a MSI Wind loaded up with Windows 7 Ultimate and find it to be a very good mobile solution that gives me good battery life and is easy to carry in my bag. I may actually sell it soon and pick up a Nokia Booklet 3G, especially after reading Michael’s four reasons to buy one. There have been arguments for and against the netbook idea, but it is hard to argue that they are not successful with forecasts predicting more than 50 million Intel-based units may be sold by the end of this year. Intel recognizes the netbooks are here to stay and to foster that adoption they announced that developers can submit applications created with the help of the Intel Atom Developer’s Program SDK.

The SDK is available now in beta form for Windows and Moblin (Linux) operating systems and gives developers tools for optimized netbook applications. There are stores planned to roll out in 2010 to showcase these applications on netbooks. As stated in the press release, the Intel Atom Developer Program is designed for independent software vendors (ISVs) and software developers to create innovative applications and/or components for netbooks. The program provides tools, SDKs and community resources to develop new apps or port existing apps to Atom-based devices.

What type of applications would you like to see for your netbook?

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Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle.

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Matthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadget freak at all other times. He purchases most of his devices and then sells them on eBay or Craigslist to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a 30-day loaner basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer. If any are provided as “keeper” or “long term loaner units” this will be clearly disclosed in his reviews.

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Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle. He is one of three hosts on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and runs the Nokia Experts website. Matthew started using mobile devices in 1997 with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 90 different devices running Palm, Linux, Symbian, Newton, BlackBerry, Mac OS X (iPhone), Google Android, and Windows Mobile operating systems. His current collection includes a Nokia N85, Nokia E71, Nokia 5800, Nokia N810, Apple iPhone, HTC Advantage, T-Mobile G1, Palm Treo Pro, HTC Fuze, MSI Wind, MacBook Pro, and many more, along with tons of accessories and classic devices like the Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 and Sony CLIE UX50. Matthew co-authored Master Visually Windows Mobile 2003, was a member of the Nokia Nseries Blogger relations program, and is a member of the invite-only Microsoft Mobius mobile device evangelist group. He can be found on various discussion forums under the user name of "palmsolo".

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RE: Intel Atom Developer's Program beta SDK now available
lawtonterri 2nd Feb
Nice post. Here???s a free developer program you can join to increase your knowledge and credibility in cloud application development. Get certified and bid on Caspio-specific projects to earn more money http://blog.caspio.com/news/announcing-caspio-certification-and-developer-network/
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How stupid.
bendib 3rd Dec 2009
Why on earth would you need an SDK for x86, if you already make stuff for that OS on x86? Stupid. Yes, you might be able to make it a little faster, but really, do we need an SDK? Stupid.
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RE: Intel Atom Developer's Program beta SDK now available
lawtonterri 2nd Feb
Nice post. Here???s a free developer program you can join to increase your knowledge and credibility in cloud application development. Get certified and bid on Caspio-specific projects to earn more money http://blog.caspio.com/news/announcing-caspio-certification-and-developer-network/

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