Smells like google though….with all the customization options.

The MID isn’t just a new device category because of what it’s trying to do but what it has to be to do that…..new rules have to be written. I believe Intel can b successful with this new venture…..Apple did with multitouch. In the pre-multitouch era, my shiny old iPAQ 3800 was at the top of it’s game with it’s stylus and hard-touch screen. Now even Microsoft lists multitouch capability as a basic feature of future hardware running it’s Windows Mobile 7 OS. Just like the slab-like Qtek 9090 had to evolve into the smarter and more usable HTC TyTn 2 phone….get ready for the next x86-packing HTC device

Intel is bringing the next evolution of smartphones with the “internet in your pocket”. If they keep it up,, even apple will have to upgrade to the next standard (Intel’s standard) just like everyone’s now upgrading to apple’s standard (multitouch).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih5SrhCJukI

hmm, how about a E90 with maemo5?!

One way to circumvent this issue is to rewrite the basic design rules vis-a-vis the common 16:9 screen ratio. That may be the reason why Intel chose the 21:9 aspect ratio for what I reckon its quintessential Moorestown device. LGs new chocolate, the BL40 also uses this flexible form factor.

It’s slim yet wide enough for most websites as you’ll probably be scrolling only up and down versus the “swipe to the right, then left, pinch to zoom in, again to zoom out, swipe up and down” type of motion akin to most touchscreen smartphones.

This form factor still doesn’t address the whole issue on a MID since you still cannot thumb the info/task bar glued to the top-end of your screen to check on your appointments. However, using a virtual Motorola Q layout with virtual buttons on the bottom half of your screen, you can enjoy the benefits of one-handed use when you choose.

I own Samsung Blackjack II and inasmuch as I love the comfort of having the full qwerty on the bottom and the screen on top while texting, I sometimes wish I could have a HTC Touch HD2 mixed in there somewhere somehow (with my keyboard).

I personally believe that for the MID first-phone second device (as Intel emphatically describes its Moorestown platform) to be occasionally used with one hand/thumb with ease, it should be no wider than 62mm.

It should be noted that by nature MIDs are devices that straddle two worlds, worlds apart and for them to keep their name and description, they’ll always have to stretch a bit to reach across. Regardless of their CPU architecture, how thin they can get, or their power consumption their business end (screen, keyboard and other user input devices) will still have to be unique in order for them to gain ground. If some MIDs are trying to be really good smartphones and others really good pocket computers, consumers will get confused by their lack and/or presence of certain features and may even get annoyed by their bulk (when they try too hard to be PCs).