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Engadget Hands on with BUG 2.0

Kevin Brown — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:08:37 +0000

Great post from Chris over at Engadget, who managed to catch up with Peter at the MWC Accenture Developer Bar in Barcelona. An excerpt is below and you can read the full article here:

“We sat down with CEO Peter Semmelhack today on the hustling, bustling floor of MWC to get the straight dope on what makes the BUGbase 2.0 a superior product. First of all, you can’t overlook the fact that they’ve moved to a Cortex A8-based OMAP3530, an appreciable boost from the ARM11 core it replaces, but it turns out there are a whole bunch of subtler changes too, like the inclusion of on-board audio out (pictured above toward the left of the base), HD video out capability through a module, and a second microSD slot…”

Great Bug 2.0 Coverage

Kevin Brown — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:14:42 +0000

We’re really excited here about yesterday’s announcement of Bug 2.0. As it turns out, we are far from the only ones. Check out the great coverage below:

We’ll keep you updated with all the great stuff going on in Barcelona soon!

Welcome to Barcelona, Bug 2.0!

Kevin Brown — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:00:21 +0000

Today’s a big day for the BUG team. We are reporting to you from the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain with some really exciting news and some really incredible demos (be sure to check back for updates as they come in). If you have not yet heard the big news, we announced this morning a new addition to the BUG family of products – BUG 2.0. The second generation BUG will be a big leap forward for our little rapid prototyping device. We will be releasing plenty of details in the coming months on all of the planned enhancements, but right now all we can tell you is that the new BUG will have support for Android development and will be based on the Texas Instruments OMAP3 platform, allowing for full BeagleBoard compatibility. We are always looking to bring the open hardware movement to larger and larger communities of developers, and BUG 2.0 will meet that goal in a very big way. If you would like more info, be sure to check out the full press release HERE.

We will have many more updates coming out of Barcelona from Monday to Thursday. Be sure to check back often for the latest from Peter, the BUG team, and some of the incredible businesses we are working with on the ground here at the conference.