Friday, May 9, 2008

Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) & Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs)

For highly mobile people who want the best internet experience in their pockets, rich internet experiences while on the go, Intel® Centrino® Atom™-powered Mobile Internet Devices offer the freedom and flexibility to communicate with others, enjoy digital media, and access information anytime, anywhere—all using a small, pocketable device.

Product Information

Everything you need, all in one place. Connect with family and friends across town, or around the world. You expect convenient technology to enable your life on the go. Wireless connectivity. Internet. Communication. Information access. Digital entertainment. Intel provides all this by delivering low power technologies that enable a range of small, thin, and light devices based on its new Intel Ultra Mobile Platform 2007.

Simply put, MIDs and UMPCs powered by the Intel Ultra Mobile Platform 2007 make great PC companions. MIDs and UMPCs offer a number of exciting features:

MID UMPC
Access information, content and services when and where you want Yes Yes
Communicate via email, IM, chat, or blogging Yes Yes
Be entertained with videos, games, music, pictures or TV on the go Yes Yes
Be productive by monitoring office apps and tools Yes


Mobile Internet Device (MID) and Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC)
Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) -




The Ultra Mobile advantage
Productivity and Internet capabilities
  • PC capability based on Intel® architecture and full-featured mainstream OSs, allowing consumers to run familiar applications
  • Rich Internet access to favorite websites to read news, download videos, search for friends and more
  • New ways to interact with and navigate information
Location adaptability
  • Personalized information and services based on location
  • Environment recognition and adaptability
  • Interaction with devices in living room or car
Anytime connectivity+
  • Connectivity in a variety of ways via WPAN, WLAN, or WWAN
  • Always reachable via email, IM, chat, or VoIP
  • Always informed with the latest news to make educated business decisions and to stay in touch
Ultra mobility
  • Small, thin, and light platform design
  • Power-efficient technologies enable long battery life to extend productivity
  • Access to content and information on-the-go
Exploring growth possibilities enabled by the MID and UMPC

MID and UMPC platforms enable exciting new usage models and provide significant new growth opportunities. As an ISV and content provider, you'll have the opportunity to make your current applications and content available to more people in more places on more devices. As an IHV, you'll have the opportunity to target your hardware and peripherals for the MID and UMPC. As an OEM or ODM, you'll be able to deliver a new class of devices to your customers. And as an operator or a retailer, you will be able to generate new revenue streams for your business. In short, the MID and UMPC platform provides you with an opportunity to redefine how people think about mobility today and tomorrow. So what can you do?

  • Incorporate the MID and UMPC into your development and deployment plans
  • Focus your development to enable thinner, lighter, smaller MID and UMPC platforms
  • Design with low power in mind to enable long battery life
  • Accelerate the MID and UMPC Ecosystem: Platforms, peripherals, applications, content

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Great computing starts with Intel inside



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The new Intel Core 2 Duo processor opens up the world of high definition with leading-edge dual-core performance.

  • Get up to 30% faster photo-editing, retouching and publishing¹. Do it all in hi-res, uncompressed glory.
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Screams performance. Conserves power. Revolutionizes PCs.



The new hafnium-infused circuitry has made an already fast processor even faster. And the same already-efficient processor now uses less power through Intel's Intelligent Power Capability. All without sacrificing speed, power, or performance.


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