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Intel's Linux-Powered Mobile Internet Device

Posted by Zonk on from the is-that-a-penguin-in-your-pocket dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Intel is set to launch an ultra-mobile PC dubbed Mobile Internet Device or MID which will run on Linux. The PDA-sized devices will target 'consumers and prosumers' instead of mobile professionals. From the story: 'MID tablets will run a simplified finger-friendly user interface optimized for the small screens, based on the Gnome desktop but with an Intel-developed master user interface layer to serve as an equivalent to the desktop. Developers will next month see the first MID-specific OS -- a tweak of China's RedFlag Linux known as RedFlag MIDINUX -- while the IDF schedule itself includes a stream of ultra mobile sessions including one on Designing for Linux-based mobile Internet devices.'"

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  1. Late April Fool's? by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Come on Intel, isn't it a bit late for an April Fool's Joke?

    Unless they charge out the ass for this thing, I can't see how they'd be able to sell enough units to even cover the R&D costs.

  2. Re:Virginia Tech Shooting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Gun control nazis are grasping at straws now. They know that their fight is all but lost anyway so nothing is off limits. If they need to hit below the belt, then damn straight they will.

    It is so stupid how liberals can bleed their heart over all of our civil rights EXCEPT for the right to keep and bear arms.

  3. Re:ii iii iiiii iiiii iiiiiPhone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiPhone !!!!!

    ?

    Does the iphone have a 4"-6" screen? Perhaps these devices are aiming at different markets/uses? Perhaps you're a fucking retard?