mobile internet device

MIDs: Just getting started or dead in the water?

Posted September 25, 2009 - 2:54 pm

Is the Mobile Internet Device dead? Or, to put it another way, has the pocket-sized MID -- a 'net-connected device that's usually described as being bigger than a smartphone and smaller than a netbook -- ever actually caught on?
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MIDs still coming despite smartphones, netbooks, smartbooks?

Posted June 10, 2009 - 8:59 am

Some gadget observers wonder whether the Mobile Internet Device (MID) can share the same bed with the smartphone, netbook -- and now smartbooks -- and not fight over the blankets. Elektrobit Corp., which released a new MID reference design at Computex, says yes.
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Samsung introduces WiMax mobile internet device at CTIA

Posted April 1, 2009 - 4:28 pm

Samsung announced the first WiMax-enabled Mobile Internet Device (MID) today at the International CTIA Wireless conference.
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Intel launches smaller SSD for netbooks, mini-desktops

Posted August 14, 2008 - 9:31 am

Intel launched a much smaller version of its Z-P230 SSDs (solid state drive) aimed at netbooks and mini-desktops, the company said Wednesday.
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Intel drops Centrino Atom brand after five months

Posted August 14, 2008 - 9:26 am

Intel has dropped the Centrino Atom brand after just five months, opting instead to use just the Atom brand across this part of its product line.
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Analysts predict win for Linux in MID market

Posted August 5, 2008 - 3:33 pm

In a report released this week, ABI Research says that the Linux operating system appears positioned to take the lion's share of the market for devices that are bigger than a cell phone but smaller than a laptop.
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