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Death of the UMPC?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the go-not-gently dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Remember the UMPC, that little tablet that Microsoft once called Origami? Well it looks like that Intel has scrapped the idea of promoting the UMPC, in favor of a much smaller (and less capable) Mobile Internet Device (MID). The UMPC is now heading for a market niche, where it may be replacing the tablet PC as a mobile computer for field technicians. The MID takes on the role of the original UMPC concept, but it won't run Vista."

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  1. Lack of width by dj245 · · Score: 5, Funny

    There comes
    a certain size
    point where lack
    of width of the
    screen really
    begins to be a
    problem.

    --
    Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.