New gadget categories almost invariably fall between preexisting ones . Sometimes they find a utile ecological niche , like netbooks . Other times , they seem like obsessive driven attempts to fill a midget , designed interruption in the spectrum of consumer electronics . LikeMID phones !
Theseconfusinglittlemonstershave been popping up all overComputex . They ’re essentiallymobile cyberspace devices , except fit out with voice - ready 3 G SIM expansion slot and marketed as French telephone . Like mostMobile net Devices , they ’re Atom - basedWindows XPdevices , which means their batteries last , oh , about three hours , and that they ’re too freehanded to be pocketable . As for why anyone would need a phone number permanently assigned to one of these devices , I have no idea .
The whole thing is even foreign when you debate what else is being shown at Computex , namely products ground on Intel ’s upcomingMoorestownplatform and Qualcomm’sSnapdragon , two solution that could potentially be used to establish a new contemporaries of more brawny , MID - like smartphones , that , at least for the tasks at hand , would in reality outperform these ungainly Atom mongrels , while hold up long enough to actually consider using . Oh , Computex . [ Pocketables ]
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