1,205 Posts served
4,986 Conversations started
- Atom
- Bit Stories
- Cool Software
- Customer Support
- Events
- Financial Software Industry
- Gaming
- Graphics
- Intel SW Partner Program
- Intel® Software Network 2.0
- Manageability
- Mobility
- Multicore
- Open Source
- Social Media & Virtual Worlds
- Software Engineering
- Threading Building Blocks
- University Curriculum
- Virtualization
- What If Software
- XML Software
Mobility at the summit of Everest
By Wei Du (Intel) (10 posts) on May 8, 2008 at 8:13 am
8th of May 2008 in China, a history is made. Olympic torch have been successfully relayed at the summit of Everest. This historical first in the history of Olympics have been broadcasted via HD video around the world.
Mobility technology provided by Intel & its partners such as Lenovo makes the rest of the world a step closer to the Everest. At the 5200M base camp, the world's highest Internet Café is serving & hosting the journalists from around the world, including CNN & Reuters. In this tough environment, there are 10+ Thinkpad T61 notebook powered by Intel, connected through wireless and reach out to the world. The latest Intel Atom based Ideapad U8 Olympics edition which is the first MID product from Lenovo provides convenient connectivity to the digital camera and help the press folks send the picture home with a few clicks. From base camp & up, you can spot a lot of notebooks powered by Intel mobility technology, providing the access to the internet for personal blog or heavy duty work such as editing the HDV video footage using software Non Linear Editing system and photo retouching & send information back home.
How mobile can you be? It is up to you. But guess what, there is a Lenovo X300 notebook that is up at the top of the Everest, which is a place thinner than air. Now it has been safely back to the 6500M camp with his owner and working happily there. How high can your mobile go?
Photo Courtesy of Xinhua News Agency.
Photo Courtesy of CNet - ZOL China
Categories: Atom, Mobility
Comments (4) 
By Josh Bancroft (Intel) on May 8th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Cool! An internet cafe? I think we should have our next team face to face meeting there. ;-)
By Rick (Vectorpedia) on May 8th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Three cheers to the Olympic team and to Intel for providing the Mobility Technology equipment.
By Jeff Moriarty (Intel) on May 8th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Great story, Welles! It's great to see Intel at the world's highest Internet Cafe... but what brand of espresso are they serving? :D
By Wei Du (Intel) on May 9th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Equipments there need to withstand the exterme conditions. Am really proud of our technology can a part that helped the success mission to the Everest. Espresso? We need to be there in person to find out if they serve Espresso and if that will help you to overcome the series of chain reaction at such a high altitute.