We have been involved with a number of MeeGo initiatives driven by the Linux Foundation for some time now. As you may know, Mark, our CEO, joined the LF board, and two of our executives, Alex and Cliff, are directing LF operations in Taiwan and China respectively. In June, we announced a MeeGo “remix” of our Splashtop product.

If you are interested in MeeGo and Linux, there are several upcoming events we are participating in that I want to let you know about. Hopefully you can make it to one of these.

On July 26, Cliff will be speaking at Japan’s 1st MeeGo Seminar.

On August 11, Mark will be at the LinuxCon in Boston, talking about where Linux Desktop is succeeding. He is on a panel with folks form Novel and Qualcomm, moderated by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of Computer World.

Finally, on August 14, Ted Chou from our Hangzhou engineering office will be speaking at the COSCUP / GNOME.Asia Summit in Taipei.

Without a doubt the Sony P-series “life style” netbook is one of the sexiest devices to hit the netbook category. At 1.3 pounds and .78-inch thin this netbook can slip into a small bag, or if you want, your back pocket (see above). It has some cool features that you don’t see too often with other netbooks - GPS, accelerometer, and remote keyboard for the PS3. But the coolest addition is the “web” button, which launches directly into the Splashtop browser in a matter of seconds. If you haven’t had a chance to experience the “web” button, you can visit your local Best Buy and play around with the Sony notebooks, all of which include the “web” button.

Here is what the official Dell press release says:

“The award-winning Latitude E-Family line has been extended with the Latitude E6410, E6510 and E6410 ATG laptops. Based on direct feedback from customers, Dell has enhanced the Latitude family with new Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors, fast DDR3 memory, HD displays and other new standards-based features. These updates bolster a product lineup that already features breakthrough battery life and professional style - including a choice of three colors.”

You can read the full press release here.

What’s extra special though with these new platforms is that they include support for Dell Latitude ON technology. Now mainstream customers can enjoy access to the internet, e-mail, virtual desktop supporting Citrix and VMware, read and edit Microsoft Office documents, Chat and VoIP with colleagues and customers, all delivered in a crash resistant package without needing to boot into Windows.

More information on Latitude ON FLASH can be found at www.latitude-on-flash.com/ Dell Power solutions article.

The other day one of our engineers, Larry, took a trip to test 3G wireless connection features in Splashtop. Except it was no ordinary lab visit - Larry drove out to a stretch of a desert outside of Las Vegas. That is where a wireless carrier we are working with tests how phones or computers connect to their network, go from cell site to cell site… and perform whatever network magic they are expected to perform.

These days, many notebooks and netbooks connect to the Internet over 3G wireless. Being an instant-on operating system, Splashtop has to manage these network connections. Hence our work with the wireless chipset providers and the wireless carriers. Here is a picture Larry took during his desert adventure:

Splashtop has been named a winner of the 2010 Mobility Awards - Technology Innovation and we could not be more excited. Especially, when some our awesome partners like Acer, HP, and Lenovo which ship Splashtop on their netbooks and notebooks, are also recipients of awards too.

Thanks Mobiletrax for the honor. You can check out the full list of recipients here.

The fellow pictured above is of our Co-founder and CEO, Mark Lee. You can see he is pretty excited, and for good reason. Mr. Lee was elected to the Linux Foundations Board of Directors. It’s a major testament to the extraordinary achievement he’s done with DeviceVM and Splashtop. As of today, Splashtop is shipping across 30 million PCs – 2010 will definitely be the year of Linux.

HP has introduced the new Mini 210 Vivienne Tam special edition netbook. We are happy to be contributing to the QuickWeb software of such a beautiful product. Here is how QuickWeb looks on the Mini 210 Vivienne Tam edition:

Notice the Mirror app in the application dock - a must for a true fashion product.

To see lots of gorgeous runway photos and videos, make sure to visit the special site HP and Vivienne Tam put together for this product.

HP recently introduced the first multi-touch enabled tablet for business users - the HP EliteBook 2740p. It’s an ultra-thin convertible tablet that brings a fantastic interactive experience for the suits. It’s amazing how much more efficient one can be with a touchscreen. Daily tasks become more intuitive and faster. Gestures, taps, and swipes give applications so many more dimensions. I hate to say it, but a touchscreen may make work fun. But the coolest feature on the 2740p is the integration of Quickweb. Accessing the web in seconds with a touchscreen is just drool worthy.

HP also dished out new ProBook s-series and a new EliteBook 2540p with new designs clad in brushed aluminum and options for “caviar” brown or “bordeaux” red. Quickweb is also available on the new Elitebook and most ProBook notebooks.

Sony came out with some awesome looking Vaio E Series notebooks. You’ve got to love the colors.

At $699 and up, these are solid 15.5″ Intel i5 / i3 lappies with 4GB of RAM. And if you wear a suit to work, and “Caribbean Green” or “Hibiscus Pink” are not your thing, there is also a more conservative black design available.

Of course, we are most excited about the great “Web” button that Sony has been putting on its Vaio notebooks, and which launches you directly into the Splashtop browser. I am, in fact, writing this post on my Sony Vaio NW, which has the same button that gets me online in a few seconds without going through Windows.

What is in a product name? Everything! Would the iPod have been as successful if its name was iMP3? It is possible, but likely not. A good name lets you build a strong culture around it, so coming up with a good name is vital to any business. But sometimes what’s even harder is coming up with the translation of a name. We’re all aware of the marketing mishaps that come back to haunt companies. Just take Ikea, I could probably come up with a dozen product names that don’t work well in English.

We at DeviceVM need a Chinese name for Splashtop. Rather than having me come up with something that gets lost in translation, our China office would like to enlist some creative individuals that can help us come up with something. If you think you have what it takes to come up with a name and is fluent in Chinese we welcome you to join our contest. There’s a number of prizes that will be given away, but the deadline is February 5th so you better hurry. You can find more details about the contest here.