Tag Archive for 'mid'
One of the first Intel Atom powered Mobile Internet Devices, the Aigo MID, has reached the hands of reviewers, and first impressions look good. Basically the same unit as Gigabyte’s M528, it packs a 500MHz Z500 processor and runs a Linux-based OS with the Midinux 2.0 GUI. In fact the guys at UMPCFever pay the Aigo [...]
After Vulcan’s FlipStart UMPC saw a huge price-cut back in January, sales of the diminutive clamshell obviously picked up. The online store is now sold out, and directs people to import specialists Dynamism, which was enough to tip Engadget into suggesting the whole FlipStart project was closing down. Now Steve from the UMPC Portal has stepped [...]
The more specs we get the more I think this might be an Asus Eee shrunken down to fit in an MID package. It has an 800 MHz Silverthorne processor, Poulsbo chipset, half a gig of RAM, and a 4GB SSD.
It’s a basic mobile Internet device. It has a rubberized bottoms, touchscreen, and slide out full keyboard, a very simple user interface, and a stylus. On the back is the battery and a 3MP camera for taking photos.
The U8 MID prototype Lenovo have been flaunting lately is, frankly, lovely, and Josh Bancroft was lucky enough to get some serious hands-on time with the device - and the Aigo MID - at Intel’s Mobility Software Enabling Lab this week. Comparing the Lenovo MID to a prototype MID device we’ve seen in photos before, [...]
