Third time's the charm, for mobile Intel?

Courtesy LinuxDevices.com  Fri, 08/29/2008 - 19:30

The UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) is dead, due to "unbridled feature creep" and associated price escalation. The mobile Internet device (MID) is stalled by iPhone mania and limited consumer pocket-space.

The ultra-low cost netbook, however, is bringing "all the features mobile connected consumers want," according to an interesting editorial.


 

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