Intel, MS eye Japanese housewives in mobile PC push
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| PBJ's offering will use Intel's 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, which seems a
| strange choice as Intel recently launched its Ultra Mobile Platform as
| the foundation for mobile internet access devices.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/07/03/intel_ms_edy_pc/
The price isn't mentioned, but if it's anything like Microsoft's 'low-cost' PC
for India, this could be hilarious. They offer a $530 PC in India (AMD
project) when $100 Linux PCs already exist, even with better software, EULA,
and security.
Will they offer "Surface" to the African market? They live under the [de
il]lusion that the customer is a wealthy Suit from Seattle, which is willing
to buy a kettle that tells the weather (true product).
Intel has already complained to Microsoft, saying that Windows is too 'fat'.
Related:
Has Intel Given up on the UMPC as a Mass Market Device?
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| I remember being struck by the idea that the device didn't quite know if
| it was a business or consumer tool, and at more than $1000, I couldn't
| see many people running out to buy one. Seems I was right (nice to be
| right once in a while). According to Gruener's article, Intel has
| decided to scrap the UMPC (or at least send it to the niche market
| pile) in favor a new mass-market device it's dubbing the Mobile
| Internet Device or MID (because we couldn't do this without
| another acronym).
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http://byronmiller.typepad.com/byronmiller/2007/05/intel_is_ready_.html
Linux-powered Mobile Internet Device video walkthrough
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| The finalized product could obviously change ever-so-sightly between
| now and then, but regardless, be sure to click on through for an
| in-action look at Intel's Linux-based MID, and try not to become
| too envious, capiche?
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/linux-powered-mobile-internet-device-video-walkthrough/
The UMPC dies. And no one notices.
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| If Intel has its way, then what once was the mass market UMPC will
| morph into much smaller and less powerful "mobile Internet devices,"
| hort "MID".
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| There must have been a slight disconnect between Microsoft's
| marketing strategists and hardware and product designers.
| Neither the first nor the second generation of UMPCs came
| close to the expectations the initial marketing created.
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http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/31899/113/
UMPC News : New Linux distro for MIDs to be launched in May. Redflag
Mid Linux
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| The new distro will have a 500MB footprint, will support
| power-saving features, boot time is shown as 18 seconds on
| one of the slides.
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http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=480
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