Computex Spawns Hellish "MID Phone" Phenomenon 3G
какой смысл теперь от windows-mobile?
правда какой смысл от windows xp в таких масштабах?..
New device categories almost invariably fall between preexisting ones.
Sometimes they find a useful niche, like netbooks.
Other times, they seem like obsessive compulsive attempts to fill a tiny, intentional gap in the spectrum of consumer electronics.
Like MID phones!
These confusing little monsters have been popping up all over Computex.
They're essentially mobile internet devices, except outfitted with voice-ready 3G SIM slots and marketed as handsets.
Like most Mobile Internet Devices, they're Atom-based Windows XP devices, which means their batteries last, oh, about three hours, and that they're too big to be pocketable.
As for why anyone would want a phone number permanently assigned to one of these devices, I have no idea.
from - gizmodo.com