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Moorestown-based MID from Wistron shown off
Boasts similar design to the LG BL40 Chocolate 28 October 2009 16:21 GMT
Intel is to launch its Moorestown Atom platform for MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) sometime early next year and we got a sneak peak at an upcoming device from Taiwanese OEM Wistron.

The un-named device was on display at the Ericsson booth at the Taiwan Broadband...
VIDEO: Dell Streak Android-based MID leaked on film
Live footage of new 5-inch touch tablet 23 October 2009 14:58 GMT
Video footage of the Dell Streak - a 5-inch, touchscreen, Android-based mobile internet device, or MID - has hit the net.

Tinhte has gotten hold of one of the mythical machines and it looks like a pretty nifty internet tablet-type offering, although being...
Dell developing mobile internet device
Android-powered sub-netbook 30 June 2009 10:11 GMT
If reports in the Wall St Journal are correct, engineers at Dell are developing a pocket-sized Mobile Internet Device (or MID) which will run Google's Android operating system.

Two people, who have seen early prototypes, say that it's a little bigger than the...
ECS shows T800 MID running Android
New 8-incher revealed at Computex 4 June 2009 11:23 GMT
Among all the devices we’ve seen so far at Computex, ECS had one of the coolest looking mobile internet devices, or MIDs as they're also known as.

The T800, as it's currently called, offers an unusual mix of features. First and foremost, the T800's operating...
Toshiba TG01 successors revealed in roadmap leak
Two more TG handsets, MIDs and an internet tablet incoming... 15 April 2009 15:45 GMT
Thought you couldn't wait until the Toshiba TG01 launches? Well, you might want to hold your horses until you see what else Toshiba has planned for the rest of the year and into 2010.

If newly-leaked documents are the real deal, then Toshiba is planning an...
Nokia's futuristic Nautilus touchscreen phone leaked
Industry sources report on coming-soon MID and more... 9 April 2009 17:04 GMT
News of major launches from Nokia will see the mobile maker "finally embrace the touchscreen movement", reports TheStreet.com

The finance-focused site has the skinny on the news from "industry sources" via analysts that Nokia is to introduce "three devices that...
Intel announces 2GHz Atom processor
MIDs will be faster in future 8 April 2009 9:52 GMT
MIDs will be faster in future, thanks to a launch from Intel.

The chip-maker has announced that a new Atom processor is to be released - the 2GHz Z550.

Making the year anniversary of the Atom family, Intel senior vice president Anand Chandrasekher...
VIDEO: Samsung launches WiMAX Mondi
New mobile internet device announced 1 April 2009 14:18 GMT
Samsung has announced the launch of the Samsung Mondi, describing it as the most advanced mobile WiMAX enabled handheld device in the US.

The Windows Mobile 6.1-powered touchscreen MID will launch in the States on the Clear mobile WiMAX service from Clearwire...
Nvidia promises $99 HD MIDs
MWC 2009: Tegra chip to enable cheap, connected devices 17 February 2009 11:54 GMT
Nvidia has introduced a new platform, based on the Nvidia Tegra 600 Series computer-on-a-chip that the company says will enable $99, always-on, always-connected HD mobile internet devices that will go days between battery charges.

"Mobile internet devices have...
LG working on Moorestown-based MIDs
MWC 2009: As Qualcomm deal for mirasol displays announced too 16 February 2009 9:34 GMT
LG has announced deals with Intel, Ericsson and Qualcomm for collaboration on future products.

LG and Intel's collaboration is on mobile internet devices (MIDs) based on Intel's next-gen MID hardware platform, "Moorestown", and Linux-based Moblin v2.0 software...
Archos to launch Android-based Internet Media Tablet
Ultra-thin, 5-inch, web browsing, smartphone-slash-media player 9 February 2009 17:09 GMT
Archos has announced it is to launch an "ultra-thin Internet Media Tablet combined with a mobile phone" based on both its own and Google's Android operating system.

Android will mean the IMT (as Archos calls it) will get all the "functionalities of a premium...
O2 launches XDA Flint
Handheld device for students and teachers 14 January 2009 10:26 GMT
O2 has unveiled the O2 Xda Flint, describing it as an innovative handheld device specifically targeted at the education sector.

O2 says with the Flint, "ideal for students and teachers alike", users can load eBooks onto the device to make electronic notes, read...
Skype "Lite" release for Android and Java phones
CES 2009: Thin client solution for millions of mobile users 8 January 2009 19:02 GMT
Skype has announced the release of a lite (their spelling) version of Skype, a "thin" client for Skype that can be downloaded on Android-powered devices, as well as more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones.

The software now makes Skype software available...
OQO announces model 2+ MID
CES 2009: Atom-powered with 3G and OLED display 8 January 2009 13:33 GMT
OQO, the company that makes the world's smallest fully-functional Windows Vista PC, has announced the new "model 2+" with Intel Atom processor, the world's first PC OLED display with worldwide 3G capability.

Based on the 1.86GHz Intel Atom processor, the OQO...
PHOTOS: Archos 7 steps out
And we grabbed some shots 2 November 2008 22:07 GMT
Knowing how much Pocket-lint readers love Archos, we grabbed a few shots of the new Archos 7, announced back in August, but not yet seen out and about, making its debut at Stuff Live.

Unlike the Archos 5 we recently reviewed, the Archos 7 doesn’t really sit...
IMOVIO launches iKIT
Sub-sub-sub-notebook 21 October 2008 15:31 GMT
IMOVIO has launched the iKIT, a tiny device angled as an alternative to both a smartphone and a netbook.

The iKIT is a "Pocket Mobile Companion" measuring 95mm by 65mm by 15.5mm, weighing 113 grams and is described as "as portable as a mobile phone".
VIDEO: Datawind's boss shows us the PocketSurfer 2R
We get a hands-on at the UK launch 7 October 2008 10:08 GMT
We promised you a video review of the new PocketSurfer 2R, and here it is.

Claiming to deliver "the next generation of mobile internet", this device basically allows you to view web pages on the go as you would view them on a computer.

The 2R is...
Datawind launches PocketSurfer 2R
Embedded GPS receiver and new touchpad 1 October 2008 10:53 GMT
Claiming to deliver "the next generation of mobile internet" is the second model in the PocketSurfer line-up from Datawind.

The new model is an upgrade of the PocketSurfer 2, which is now going to be phased out.

The new PocketSurfer 2R basically...
McAfee extends coverage to Intel lappies and MIDs
Protection on the go 21 August 2008 10:07 GMT
Owners of Intel-based laptops and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) are soon going to be able to load their machines with McAfee's suite of security and data encryption tools.

The mobile content security for MIDs will be based on the Intel Atom processor Z5XX series...
Lenovo launches IdeaPad U8
But only for Asia 18 August 2008 15:48 GMT
It was only earlier this month that Lenovo unveiled the Eee-rivalling IdeaPad S10.

Now the company has launched, (at the Beijing Olympic Games no less), the IdeaPad U8.

According to online reports, this is an Asia-only launch for the mo, but here's...
Fujitsu U2010 Lifebook - specs revealed
5.6-inch mini PC with a not so little price tag 29 July 2008 10:00 GMT
It's been spotted and snapped at various tradeshows around the world, but now Fujitsu has finally released the tech specs for its 5.6-inch Lifebook - the U2010.

Well - sort of released - the details have cropped up on a Vietnamese website called Tinhe te.
Toshiba unveils mini-PC concept
But will it ever get made? 27 July 2008 17:35 GMT
Toshiba has released a little something that could take some of the limelight from that host of mini-PCs that are now flooding the market following on from the success of the Asus Eee PC.

So we have the Acer Aspire, the Asus Eee and the MSI Wind in its many...
Ubuntu's Hardy Heron comes to UMPCs
Available now for Samsung and Lenovo MIDs 25 June 2008 13:36 GMT
The latest Ubuntu update, codenamed Hardy Heron, has been available for download since the end of April.

But now specific versions of the operating system have been launched for UMPCs - first up for McCaslin (e.g., the Samsung Q1 Ultra) and Menlow-based (Lenovo's...