Spotted in a video from Techvideoblog is this 4.3” slider MID running Android on the Freescale i.MX51 platform. i.MX51 runs a Cortex A8 CPU core which means the browser rendering performance could be pretty sharp.
Specifications are unknown but clearly the device is voice-cabable and video-capable. Android on Cortex is definitely something I’d like to test out. ‘Later this year’ says Freescale.
June 8th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Wonder what the resolution is? 4.3″ is going to be small for 1024×600, as it’s already small on a 4.8″ screen!
So it’s a bit too big for a phone, and a little too small for my preference of a MID, and the styling needs a bit of work, but this is definitely the kind of device we need to be showing up.
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June 8th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
you dont need 1024×600 on a nonWindows-based GUI device, 800×480 should be just fine.
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June 8th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I agree to me what I want to see is just a simple pocket laptop. Rather than a slider I want it to have a touch type keyboard and think a clamshell would be a better design.
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June 8th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Primaz, we all know you have found the “copy and paste” feature on your computer
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June 8th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
seems interesting, but price is a real issue…
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June 9th, 2009 at 1:45 am
later, later, later…
when there be a real device on ARM? Only Menlow are shipped by this time
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June 9th, 2009 at 1:46 am
I agree with Marc, I like seeing this… and yeah, the screen size doesn’t do it for me either.
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June 9th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Please tell me this isn’t the Tegra IAC S2 phone running ANDROID.
I never thought someone could manage to make it look that ugly…
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June 9th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Not bad. But why don´t they change the Android wallpaper to one that meets the screens resolution? It´s a no brainer…
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June 9th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I/m sick of mids i want pocket computer like sony ux but with better cpu that won’t heat your pants
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June 10th, 2009 at 12:08 am
I am with you. It seems that all of the news on this site for the past few months is nothing but stuff I would never buy. All of these touchscreen MIDs are DOA with me. Maybe we need a separate site run by chippy that only reports on MID’s and UMPCS with tactile keyboards. I think the majority here feel touchscreens are a non-starter. I sure wish EKing would bring the i1 to the USA. It’s the only unit currently available (but not) that I would purchase.
Mike
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