Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Kindle, Eee PC, PocketSurfer2: all bellwethers of the UMD
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Amazon's Kindle eBook has launched to much hype and mixed reviews, the
>| ASUSTek Eee super-small notebook has sold like hot cakes and DataWind's
>| Pocketsurfer2 mobile Internet access device, without the benefit of big name
>| backers, has barely registered a blip on the local radar. But, according to
>| ABI Research, these devices are only the vanguard of a 90 million strong
>| invasion of ultramobile devices that will march into consumers hands over the
>| next five years.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| ABI breaks down UMDs into two major categories: Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs),
>| which run Windows and business applications and are aimed at business users,
>| and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), which target consumers and are more
>| likely to run a Linux operating system.
> `----
>
> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15726/1096/
>
Still failing to recognise the future... How do you get Vista running on
a ultra-mobile device? Well, you don't. So much for ABI research.
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