There are some classic quotes on this article over at EETimes. It looks like Intel didnt turn up for a panel on MIDs and the competition took the chance to highligh the major issues.

“MIDs were conceived by Intel because they couldn’t sell Atom into a cellphone”

“You really have two categories: a smart phone getting bigger and a laptop getting a little smaller”

They are all valid discussion points and really worth thinking about.

I wish I could have been there to show them the Ring of FIE and get their response becuase I’m 100% sure that oportunities exist for MIDs in it. The product sales may not be on the same scale as laptops or smartphones but you don’t have to shift millions of per week to make a successful product. Look at all the segments of the ‘ring” and you’ll be able to think of one successful product for nearly all of them.

EETimes.com – Panel skeptical on future of MIDs.

• ISuppli: 60% of Smartphones are MIDs
• 113,000 people researched the HTC Shift.
• PCWorld pitches MID against laptop and mobile phone. (Bzzzt!)