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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. Linux? by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Linux powered? What happenned to Microsoft's origami.

    HAHAHAHAHA! I guess intel saw how craptacular MS's other embedded devices were (think mobile phones) and decided to go their own way....

    Oh - and what you all came to the comments to get (wtf link to a zdnet blog anyway?) a link to a gallery of pics. It looks surprisingly nice.

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  2. Nokia's Internet Tablets' Hildon UI too by Jaffa · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's also using the Hildon GTK+-based libraries for a user interface which form the most user-visible part of Maemo - the Linux base which Nokia is using in their 770 and N800 Internet Tablets. Those have the advantage of using ARM processors, rather than chunky x86 ones meaning standby/resume is not something you need as the power consumption is that much lower. Interesting times.

    1. Re:Nokia's Internet Tablets' Hildon UI too by tincho_uy · · Score: 3, Informative

      Yes, but the Nokia tablets don't offer HSDPA, or any other GSM conectivity option, for that matter. It'll be interesting to see what one can do with this little device...

  3. Re:Late April Fool's? by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.

    Are you MAD? Have you seen what Ultra Mobile Computing can do? (for maximum comic effect, check out the UI in the lastish sequence with the two girls going to the party).

    But seriously, I suspect from red flag being the software partner that the target market is Chinese - not you.

    That said tho', I'd love to have one if they're anything near as nice as they look....

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