Intel's Linux-Powered Mobile Internet Device

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.'"

Comments

Poor old modding community

[pzs]

What about those psycho people who spend all their lives getting Linux installed on their XBox/router/phone/wrist-watch? It's bit dull if it already runs Linux.

Maybe they'll try and install Windows on it instead.

Peter

beavis & butthead moment

[zanderredux]

"finger-friendly"... heheheh... uh.. heheheheheheheh!

Obligatory

[MatrixCubed]

Yeah, but will it run Lin... eh nevermind.

Re:Consumer I know

[Anonymous Coward]

But what is a Prosumer?

What you get when you cross a consumer with a prositute.

You see prosumer is the code word for consumers who're are whores for new & expensive products. It's a polite way of saying 'stupid early adopter'.

I for one

[vorlich]

would like to welcome our new, improved, prosumer-friendly, linux-powered, intel-device sort-of-pda-thingy, finger-friendly overlords.