Comments on: First view! Moorestown MID running Moblin 2.0 at IDF09

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:17:11 +0000

Middle of 2010???

I thought it was early 2010, possibly late 2009?

By: MobileLinuxFan

MobileLinuxFan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:07:27 +0000

This is awesome. The MID UI that was shown by Intel on stage was totally lame – it looked like a squeezed down version of the Netbook one. Also, since WR knows embedded systems and has build a bunch of Linux phones, I bet that their UI is much more memory efficient than anything that comes from the PC world.

By: xemone

xemone — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:44:30 +0000

Finally! I’ve been waiting for a closeup demo of moorestown hardware. In the last video demo, you couldn’t even touch this device.
It looks smooth though. Is the capacitive touchscreen confirmed? I wonder if most of the other MID manufacturers will go the capacitive touch way.
Good job with the video man. Thanks.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:07:08 +0000

Wonderful, very nice. However, the downside is the year of wait.

What would you say is the closest available match at this time? Would a Viliv S5 linked to a phone be a good interum solution? I say this to keep the monthly cost down. The concern I see with using only VOIP on MIDs today is the constant need to keep them powered up.

The ARM manufactures are cranking out phones like crazy. The Intel manufactures are cranking out (similar) netbooks like crazy. The difference is there is more shape variation on the phone side. The number of tweeners goes to Intel for the time being. Why are both so slow to meet in the middle?

Thanks.