This is a fairly wide-ranging overview of mobile Internet devices where I've taken my thoughts and my notes and formed them into a report. I've done it mainly for my own benefit because, I'm someone that has to write things down in black and white before I can develop a complete picture but I hope you get something out of it too! Feedback is more than welcome. Part 2 is also availble.

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A mobile phone is a small, efficient comm's device that can be carried 24/7. Its comes in business form and consumer form. It can do a huge number of communications, productivity and entertainment tasks but its got limitations. For example the video and Internet experience is limited. The small size creates design problems with input and there's just not enough processing power to run full productivity applications. A UMPC is a very small, often handheld, computer that addresses many of the limitations of the mobile phone and gives people a tidy way to be mobile with the full capability of a PC. Unlike the mobile phone it is only available in 'pro' form. Pro meaning 'productivity' in this case. If you're a consumer, someone that values style, ease-of-use, size and price over do-it-all functionality, there isn't a product for you yet but there soon will be and the device will be enabled by the mobile Internet.

The Internet application 'feature.'

There are people around that understand how to build a device that appeals to consumers and it's a recipe that few understand. I certainly don't understand it completely but I do know that it includes elements style, focus, branding, pricing, timing and, somewhere near the bottom of the list, technical specifications. In addition to all that you need a marketable feature. The 'marketable feature' is an interesting concept when applied to the Internet because the Internet itself is just a facility. Its not marketable at all. Its the applications on it that are the features and there are hundreds of them.

It's this special feature that gives the buyer the justification for a purchase. Its something that they can relate to in their heads and say 'Yeah, I need facility xxx for feature yyy so i'll buy product zzz.' Eg. 'Mp3 playback' for 'music' = buy iPod. 'video playback' for 'videos in the train' = buy Archos 605.

Imagine if xxx, the facility, was 'Internet connected browser.' There would be hundreds of possible features. Facebook, ebay, Gmail, myspace, Flickr, Joomla etc etc. Then just put the word 'mobile' in front of each of your features, multiply that by a wide range of customer types and you have a rather large set of possible products. A mobile Internet device is what we're talking about here.

Simple hardware, unique capabilities.

How do you make a mobile Internet device? Its easy. You take a smartphone and make the screen slightly larger, make sure it works quickly and...well, in a nutshell we take existing smartphone and UMPC technologies and adapt them, optimise them and combine them together to form a new device with focused capabilities. With all due respect to engineers, making the hardware is the simple part of making the 'complete product.'

To understand the basic capabilities a bit more, take a look at the diagram of 'capabilities' below. It was created before the terms 'UMPC' and 'MID' were common and it holds true today. It shows almost perfectly the mobile Internet device capabilities.

If you look at the 2.5" screen device, the mobile phone, you can see how much is possible. It really is an impressive list but where's the Internet? The screen size is too small. There's no keyboard and the processing power just isn't enough to enable it. While the processing speed issue will be solved over time, the other two problems are physical. Eyes do not get better over time!

If you move over to the column for 4", pocket-able, thumboard devices, that's the MID category and fortunately, where the processing power was a little on the low side one and a half years ago, its now got to the point where the processor capability,efficiency and sizing from the 6" screen section (the UMPC section) has improved such that we could support 'normal browsing' Given some limitations, even advanced document reading, editing and maybe interactive video features will even be possible on the 4" device. So in this 4-5" screen category you have a new product that gets over the two physical issues of the mobile phone and enables near desktop-style Internet capability. [*1]

From a technical angle there's nothing much new there and although we could argue about x86 and RISC processors, benchmark scores and battery capacity until we're blue in the face but there really is no fixed technical specification. The 'complete product' is far more important to consumers than a list of specs.

I'm not going to go into an explanation about the 'complete product' here because It's too complex. Its all about end user buying confidence, brand comfort, peer approval, after-sales ecosystem and a whole lot more and I'll leave it to marketing people to explain it. [If anyone has any good references about this topic, please let me know as i'd love to learn more about it.] What I do want to do though is look at the product from the other side of the fence. It sounds like a great idea for customers but what about the manufacturers? Is there anything in it for them?

In Part 2 I'll be looking at mobile Internet devices from the manufacturers point of view and you'll see that there's a lot of reasons why a manufacturer might want to move into the mobile Internet device market.

Read part 2 here.

[*1] This near-desktop style mobile Internet does not have to be the Full Internet Experience as I defined it here. Consumers can probably be persuaded that optimised browsers and Internet applications clients are a good enough reason to buy a mobile Internet device if the 'feature' need is strong enough.

This is great. I've just sold the Nokia E90 and bang! up pops a rather significant firmware release that completely fixes the slow GPS lock issue and has the potential to speed it up significantly. I've been chatting to a few E90 owners and sure enough, the new firmware (7.40.1.2) has fixed the GPS slow-lock problem. There's also some rumors that the FPU has been enabled which could speed up browser rendering times.

Steve Litchfield has some more details news on the firmware upgrade on All About Symbian.

Thanks to Steve Carr for the heads-up.

There's nothing better than a good podcast after you wake up to get you thinking in. Well, that and a nice cuppa cha!

Reggie Suplido from InternetTabletTalk.com, Jonathan Greene from maemoapps.com and Daniel Gentleman (Thoughtfix) from TabletBlog, all N810 owners/testers have put their N810 thoughts together on target markets, applications, mapping and a whole load of interesting Internet tablet topics. Its an hour long but chock-full of good stuff.

Access the podcast here.

I do remember the Sony Mylo but to be honest, I don't actually remember what its purpose was. Was it a games machine? An MP3 player? An Internet device? I'm going to have to do a little check...BRB

....[elevator music]...

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Aha. Yes. It was a mobile Internet media player and one that I quickly diss'ed based on its small screen size. I also said that if when they produced one with a 4.5" 800x480 screen, i'd be 'first in line to test it out. Maybe i'll have to keep some time free for a trip to the U.S. in Jan because Pocketables has picked up on an uber-rumor saying that it will launch in Jan 2008 (CES?), will incorporate PSP software and have some form of partnership with Sprint. Voice? Data? It sounds really interesting and if Sony put some effort into the Internet experience (larger screen, faster processor) then this could be a very interesting consumer mobile Internet device indeed.

Pocketables: Sony mylo v2 due in January 2008?

Original: MyloForums

Tim Brown of VIA talks about sales models for IMP's (Internet Media Players) and MIDs in the latest UML Weekly news broadcast. Its something I was keen to see for UMPCs too but I'm starting to realise why carriers are not picking up UMPCs. Support costs! There's no way a carrier could support a Windows Vista or XP device like it does a mobile phone. There's way to much to go wrong and carriers support costs rely on customer calls in the sub-minute band. Not the 60-minute band! The HTC Shift might be a device that goes against the grain but I would only expect the major carriers to take it on as they already have business-focused support and sales arms.

Mobile Internet Devices could be different though. One of the advantages for OEMS and resellers is that a MID based on Linux can be locked down so that its not easy to install software and screw up the device. Sure there will be people who will fire up the xterm and expose a huge amount of possibility but the average customer is not going to do that if the device is developed and marketed with that aim in mind. If Vodafone, for example, asked Google to knock out a branded Google maps client that utilised the MID's on-board GPS (as they are already doing on some Smartphones) there would be some revenue sharing opportunities. Then there's the revenue sharing on the data plans themselves. Apple seemed to have pulled it off with their iPhone so why not! I'm also quite a fan of DVB/DMB/DAB technology for the delivery of video and audio. I think there are some opportunities there. IPTV is coming through but it's reliant on processing power that UMPCs just can't deliver. Take Joost for example. Its a nice service but it doesn't work on many UMPCs. DVB on the other hand, does. I was using it last night on a Q1 and I'd be happy to pay for some high quality TV, Film and music streams. The IP back-channel can be used for interactivity too.

I'm sure all this is just around the corner and Google have probably got their plans already well defined. I think its just a case of waiting for the technology to catch up.

I really like this modular screen idea and it's been one that I've been thinking about for a long time. The report talks about a combination keyboard and screen that can be combined with an iMate smartphone to provide a full-screen experience. A bit like a notebook PC without the PC. It could be super-thin, portfolio-sized and if it houses one of those fantastic 1024x600 screens from Samsung and a decent keyboard I'm sold already! Even better would be a little dock where you could fold out a keyboard and screen and just sit a UMPC on top. Imagine the Everun docking station with a screen, keyboard and built in battery pack. A bit like this:

Yes, its a terrible terrible drawing but you get the idea right?

Speaking of iMate, what happened to the iMate 7150 Ultimate? iMate seem to be pushing different designs now. This iMate 9502 looks pretty appealing though. Given a decent browser technology, VGA could be acceptable for most people.

Via Engadget. Original at Ubergizmo.

This is a fun read and all about mobile Internet. DannyO writes about his experiences with the Nokia N800 in his tour van.

It’s smaller and lighter than any UMPC I’ve played with, which is a huge plus in my corner of our ultra cramped minivan.  The Linux based OS and all of the open source applications more than meet my addiction-like need to tinker with things.  The development efforts by third parties have made the N800 capable of most of the things

for which I needed the laptop while on the road.

Danny then goes on to talk about passing the time with strange Google search terms! Have you tried tracking rude words on Twitter Danny? Its even more fun!

Article at Crunchgear.

To start the week, here's a mobile Internet question.

An iPhone costs 400 Euro to buy plus 50 Euro per month for 24 months. A Nokia N95 costs 300 Euro and 50 Euros per month for 24 months. Which one would you be stupid not to buy!

This is the information circulating in Germany at the moment and the response to the news [in German] is pretty negative. I won't be bothering to stand in any queues come 9th November. Especially as the temperature here dropped below freezing last night. 9th November could be even colder for Apple.

Moving on then, I had a great mobile Internet moment in a taxi at the weekend. It was a case of Everun vs E90 vs Taximan in the competition to see who could find a named bar, without address, in the shortest time? The Everun won. Why? Because I went straight to Google maps and typed the name of the bar in. My friend, on the E90 made the rookie (Sorry Steve!) mistake of trying to find it through the POI database on his built-in navigation software but of course, POI databases really aren't that granular. Taximan took us to where he thought it was and missed by a one-way street and about 200 meters! The moral of the story is that live Internet search combined with mapping and GPS is a killer combination. Just ask people that are using the new Google Maps application for the N95 and Blackberry devices.

I've been getting heavily into using Google Reader on the Everun this weekend. Using it in portrait mode is just superb. The keypad gives you direct access to the shortcuts. JMNOP and hitting F11 and U to start (fullscreen, remove sidebar) makes it very quick and clean indeed. I think I could read books using this method and I've been on the search for some nice new full-fat RSS feeds that are not in my usual tech-sector choice range. Any humor/travel feed tips greatly appreciated. I've also discovered on the Everun that I can use a power-saving mode for both the processor and the Wifi at home to give me an amazing 5+ hours from one battery charge. Now that's mobile!

Here's another easy question. If you used a Scooter Desk at work (left) would it a) Increase your productivity but reduce your career path. b) Garner some serious behind-the-back chuckles about your sanity. c) Waste your money? Trick question. All three of the above apply! Just get a UMPC people, its much easier! (Source: Yankodesign. Via)

On to something far more sensible now, the Nokia N810 which is already the most popular Sub-UMPC at UMPCPortal.com's product database. Thoughtfix pushed out a couple of very useful posts on TabletBlog at the weekend. The first was a video review and the second a mini-faq. While the N810 isn't going to satisfy me, I think its a great step forward in design. People love, understand and need keyboards. Adding the GPS into the mix was a good move too. It comes with the car mount included to for the price, you're getting a navigation system, audio player and one of the best pocketable mobile Internet devices there is. Its a real bargain and I'm expecting to start seeing these on the street next year. Facebook fans are going to love it.

Finally this morning, I wanted to highlight a comment by The Mobile Technology Weblog on a survey of teen mobile phone use. From a list of 16 features, surfing the Internet was the third most wanted by the 750 13-17 year-olds asked. I estimate that in Europe its even higher than that. SMS costs are dropping quickly which could be an indicator that the market is fading. Flat-rate internet plans are poppoing up all over the place and people are really getting used to on-phone Email and mobile websites. That figure will reach 50% in no time at all.

Jonathan Greene is sending videos from the launch event in San Francisco. You can track them at Blip.tv.

He's also sending up reports onto his blog.

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Nokia have release images of the N810 internet tablet. Update: Specs are available now.

More images at Internet Tablet Talk but there are no specs yet. Is it a repackaged N800 or is it something new? Internet Tablet Talk says they will get specifications soon. I wont be leaving my PC until those specs are out because this could be one amazing mobile internet device if they've fixed up the processing power issues.

This is the Novatel Ovation HSUPA Modem (supplied by Mobilx) that's being called the worlds smallest HSUPA-capable USB modem. Its small, that's for sure. Its fast too!

More images in the gallery. 

Tech Specs:

• Tri-band HSUPA/HSDPA - 850/1900/2100 MHz
• Quad-band EDGE/GPRS - 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Supports 7.2 Mbps Downlink; 384 kbps upload speed at launch
• Firmware upgrade available for HSUPA, providing 2.1 Mbps uplink speeds
• 70 x 25 x 12 mm
• 37g

This has to be the simplest and fastest modem I've ever installed. All the software is contained in flash memory on the device so its about as plug and play as you can get. It took 5 minutes from unboxing to using which is very good.

And the results? Well considering that I'm not in an HSUPA-upgraded area (although its a little difficult to tell exactly what speed I'm connected at because the Novatel software doesn't give you that information) its pretty damn fast! Speedtest.net gave me an average 2mbps download (2.7mbps maximum) and over 400kbps upload figures. That's the fastest I've ever seen from any HSDPA device in my office.

Its really small. Compared to my last USB HSDPA modem its tiny. It comes with a USB extension cable and holder that allows you to hang it from the back of a screen. On a UMPC its a messy affair but on a traditional notebook it would be perfect. First impressions on the reception quality are very good. It appears to perform as well, or better than both my built-in HSDPA modems. I haven't done any battery drain tests yet but I'm not expecting it to be a problem.

I'll have more to say about it over the next few weeks but really, for Price Euro 199,00 (exclusive of tax) its got be the easiest and fastest way to get connected to the Internet if you have more than one device.

Here's an unboxing and demo video (HQ WMV version at Blip.tv) including usage and the important speedtest result. Oh, and thanks very much to Mobilx.hu for sending it over to test.

The Mtube is an Internet media player. Not that impressive when you take a first look but when you learn that its built using a PC motherboard it gets a little more interesting. Its running a VIA C7 processor at 1Ghz.

Unfortunately the video doesn't show the device running but you get a good feel for the amazingly small size of it. Who needs Firefox Mobile when you can just run desktop Firefox?

Original article at UltraMobileLife.

It's been a very exciting week for the mobile Internet. Two companies have announced developments for mobile devices and one of the announcements was rather a big one. Mozilla, the company responsible for Firefox and MiniMo have announced they they are getting serious.

People ask us all the time about what Mozilla's going to do about the mobile web, and I'm very excited to announce that we plan to rock it.

That's what Michael Schroepfer, aka Schrep, VP of Mozilla Engineering, had to say on his blog. I could say that they're going to hit it like Herbie Handcock but I guess it actually means they're going to get tough...(the tough get going?) There's a lot to take on in his post including some really nice references to ARMs latest announcements (8x processing power by 2010 with Cortex 9) and Ubuntu Mobile but unfortunately there's no information about what platforms will be supported. Will they work on Windows Mobile, Series 60 or both? What is clear is that mobile platforms will be part of the core decision making process for Mozilla 2, the core engine planned for the latter part of 2008. (Interesting blog on the Mozilla roadmap here which blows my mind an makes me think that the browser is becoming an operating system in it own right!)

The new mobile browser won't be a further development of MiniMo though. It looks like that experiment will come to an end and be superseded by 'Mobile Firefox'. I assume that if it's built on Mozilla 2 then its going to be in late 2008 that we'll see a commercial release.

Is this the right time? Absolutely! Up until very recently device limitations required writing new mobile browsers from the ground up. Being able to leverage all the investments in the Mozilla platform across both desktops and devices is the right approach. There is far from a dominant player in this marketplace and even the best mobile browsers today have compromises in user experience, performance, and compatibility. There is still *plenty* of room for innovation. - Schrep.

I couldn't agree more. Microsoft have dropped the ball on the Mobile Internet Explorer browser and Apple are proving that the mass market for mobile Internet is ripening. Opera, Symbian (they didn't appear too positive about the Mozilla announcement!) and others (see below) are ready to move in. There are new browsing systems to consider too. Silverlight, Picsel and Adobe AIR for example. Hardware manufacturers are also getting ready to offer new mobile platforms. Mobile-ITX and Moorestown on X86, Cortex 8 and 9 on ARM. Its exciting to see it taking shape.

Mozilla weren't the only company to make a browser announcement this week though, a small company called Wake3 is working on a version of WebKit (the browser engine used in the iPod Touch and also available for the Nokia N800) for Windows Mobile. Apparently it has already been delivered to developers so we might see browsers based on this appearing in 2008 too. Wake3 need to sort out their PR though, the video they released is terrible, showing a 320x240 screen displaying Google News (a very simple web site) and the Yahoo.com front page. Trying to use a full-size web page with a traditional browsing method on QVGA is just painful.

While this was a great week for news, we're going to have to wait a long time for products and during that time the x86 devices just get smaller and smaller. If VIA make the Mobile-ITX platform widely available then Firefox 2 can go handheld and mobile in dedicated, high power, 3D-capable, PC-architecture based devices before anything is ready on smartphones.

In the last 24 hours Google blogsearch recons 249 blog entries have mentioned the Gphone. On Technorati you'll find the same pattern. 350 blogs per day going on about it. An no-one knows anything for sure yet!

Some of the recent blogs  are talking about software platforms, operating systems and even free phones.

Personally I'd just like to see more of their superb application suite ported into quick and easy java apps. The Gmail java app for example is one of the quickest and most efficient ways to pick up emails on my phone. I'd like to see reader, no, id LOVE to see reader and even a dedicated search app for the small screen.

I don't even like the idea of a search engine and advertising company trying to make a phone. Especially if its a free one. So lets hope that Google are just going to release a nice application suite for mobile phones and then we can build our own gphones.

Mtube, one of the reasons that I finally decided to resurrect Carrypad to cover Internet gadgets and devices, is looking very interesting over at the UltraMobileLife blog today.

As I suspected, its got a small VGA screen and according to another report that came through DigiTimes, it runs Linux.

It weighs 150gm and has 4 hours battery life which is frankly, quite amazing. Almost unbelievable as the battery cant be more than 10wh in capacity meaning that the whole device would be running at an smartphone-class average of 2.5w.

This has to be the first x86-based personal mobile internet device doesn't it? But what is it? Obviously its tailored towards online media but there's 12 icons on the screen there. Its  going to be an iPhone-like icon guessing game until we get the promised videos from the UltraMobile life team.

[Update: In my excitement, I missed the gallery. I can see icons or gaming, DVB (TV) youtube search, RSS, media, some form of location-based info app, images but no web browser.]

More tech-specs at UltraMobilieLife.

I'm a big fan of the x86 platform when it comes to mobile Internet. To me it's simple, if the Internet is written on x86 platforms, how can we expect it to look the same and keep up with the latest techniques when its used with ported software?

However, this is the mobile Internet we're talking about here. A new and different world where customers are just starting to move beyond the idea of SMS's. Right now, today, even a basic, cut down, tailored and slow experience is something new and exciting and if its mobile and consumer oriented it better be small and stylish otherwise it doesn't even get past the first hurdle.

That's why today, the only option for consumer handheld Internet is ARM based. If you've read any of my ARM-bashing articles on UMPCPortal you might find that a bit surprising but there are different requirements for different markets. The UMPC market is very much about productivity and full desktop capability. The consumer mobile Internet space is more about getting Facebook and YouTube working!

A Low-power, low-cost, small sized and a reasonably tailored Internet experience is going to be fine for the next 1-2 years for most mobile Internet consumers and that means that the smartphone/featurephone platform is going to be the seed point. Later on, when dedicated devices running on Moorestown (I don't see Menlow being small or efficient enough.) or on variants of VIA's mobile-ITX platform mature then there might be an opportunity to take advanced mobile Internet consumers to the next level but we're talking about 2009 in that case and for the time being, ARM is in the best position. And they could stay there too. If the platform processing power increases and the software development activities speed up then there's no reason why ARM can't stay at the spear-point of the consumer mobile Internet boom. Last week we saw two announcements from ARM and today there's another very interesting announcement from Mozilla (via a twitter from the jkOnTheRun team) that I will analyse in a separate post. They all point towards a huge effort on the software and processing power element and that's exactly the right sort of focus.

Maybe, in 2009, there'll be another market split where we see low-end mobile Internet consumers staying on tailored platforms and client software. Possibly where they have been tied in to contracts that bind them to certain platforms (this could be a good strategy for ARM!) and then we'll see the people that do serious Internet work (and play) moving to dedicated devices on an x86 platforms. Personally I think there's a huge cake there and both teams will win in the medium term but as we move forward past 2009 I can't help thinking that the reduced development costs/duration of x86 solutions, along with the eventual insignificance of the power drain differences are going to give the x86 camp the edge that's needed for long term future success.

On Ultra Mobile PCs, there's no question that a screen resolution of 800x480 is the starting point. In fact with Vista requiring 1024x600 minimum, one can argue that you can't even go below a 7" screen size before things get a little bit too tiny. 200 pixels per inch is a good upper limit for the average person.

But what about mobile devices that want to offer the full Internet experience just as you get it on the desktop?

Most sites are written for 1024x768 screens but I've found that with 800x480 you get a very acceptable experience. If you apply the 200 ppi rule to an 800x480 screen you get 4.8" minimum screen size. Is that going to be small enough to be able to design a good enough pocketable device?

If you look at ARM-based devices you'll see that its possible. The N800 for example shows that engineering-wise, the form factor is possible. OK, the 4.1" screen is slightly too small but I dare say that it could be changed to 4.8 without any change in overall dimensions. But if you look at x86-based devices like the Everun, you can see where the engineering challenge is. Because of the power drain from the current-gen components the battery needs to be huge and prevents engineers from adding the all-important slide out keyboard so while 4.8" is perfect for the pocket, its way too small for the engineering challenge. Even tiny motherboard solutions like the Mobile-ITX solution from VIA are going to be a problem because although the size is small, the battery still needs to be quite large and if you make it smaller and thicker and put it on one side of the device, the balance will be compromised.

In summary then, my feeling is that 4.8" 800x480 screens are optimal with 4.1" being possible for the younger generation but before these devices can be built as complete, keyboard-containing mobile Internet devices either x86 has too shrink its size and power requirements or ARM-based CPUs need more power and better software. We're back to the ARM vs X86 race again!

About 10 months ago I put Carrypad.com on ice and continued my work under the UMPCPortal banner. Things have gone exceptionally well and UMPCPortal is now one of, or,  according to a Google search for UMPC, THE most popular news and info site for UMPCs. Thanks to everyone who's helped with that process and long may it continue. During the last 10 months we've talked a lot about sub-UMPCs, ARM-based devices, consumer Internet web pads, smartphones and MIDs and recently we've seen a lot of activity indicating that there's going to be an influx of devices into this new product category. With that in mind, I've decided to re-start the Carrypad site as an information portal for the new device category. It will take a consumer-oriented look at devices that are mobile, targeted at the consumer and have Internet connectivity as one of the main features. The Google phone, the iPod touch, the Nokia Internet tablet, the Pepper Pad and even Internet media devices, Internet-connected digital cameras, car audio streaming solutions and portable Internet TV's. In addition to that, Internet-capable smartphones (with VGA screens and above) will be covered. When we get hold of these mobile Internet devices, you'll find the reviews on the Carrypad.com home page.

Nothing changes at UMPCPortal.com because I still believe that Ultra Mobile PC's cover a wide and important range of PC-based devices from the smallest Raon Digital Everun to the 'big' Flybook V5 and in terms of customer, these are mostly separate from the mobile Internet device category.

Spanning the two sites across all device categories though will be the product database,  the gallery and the forum. Undoubtedly there will be news items that span both sites too. If it all sounds too complex though, just track the new site via RSS by using this link. Its easier!

I'm looking forward to the emergence of the consumer-focused Internet device and hope you'll join me for the start of this new and exciting product category. Long live the Carrypad!

Steve 'Chippy' Paine.

It looks like VIA is enabling the jump straight into 3rd gen consumer internet devices. The Mtube is being shown on VIA's UltraMobileLife blog and it looks like a highly targeted media player and browser. I mean why would you call a device the Mtube unless it primary focus is online media?

It seems likely that its a Linux-based device because the 'thing' will have to sell in the $200 to $300 bracket if its that tightly targeted. A $50 Microsoft licence would be too expensive unless they've struck a good deal on XPe.

Bjorn of ULtraMobileLife says that he will get details soon.

Could this be the start of extremely niche x86-based devices? How on earth am I going to label this one in the database?! Sub-umpc? Alternative UMPC? x86-gadget?