Netbooks are small computers. So what do you call an incredibly tiny netbok? The uSmart M1C is clearly more of a MID or Mobile Internet Device than a netbook, thanks to its tiny 4.8 inch display. While the device has a QWERTY keyboard, I dare you to try touch-typing on it with all 10 fingers. […]
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Kohjinsha PA series MID packs a lot into a very small case
I’m not 100% sold on Mobile Internet Devices with 5 inch displays and keyboards that are too cramped to comfortably touch-type on. But they seem to be coming at us fast these days. The latest addition is Kohjinsha’s new PA Series MID, which features a 4.8 inch touchscreen that can be folded down over the […]
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Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 mini-laptop unboxed
Every now and again I use the phrase “mini-laptop” to describe the 9 and 10 inch notebooks we’ve come to think of as netbooks. But the Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 takes things to another level with a 5 inch display and full (but tiny) QWERTY display. And apparently the NetWalker has begun shipping, because Jenn at […]
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Microsoft, dozens of others trying to revive the tablet PC concept
Touchscreens. They make a lot of sense on cellphones and handheld devices. They make sense for artists looking for a precise way to draw on a screen without a mouse. And they make sense for tablet-style devices without keyboards, because how else are you going to click or enter text? But I’m still not entirely […]
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Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1: What you get when you shrink a netbook
Netbooks are small laptops. But the Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 is small even by netbook standards. It’s probably safer to call this little computer with a 5 inch display a MID or Mobile Internet Device, but unlike many MIDs, it has a full QWERTY keyboard. You’re just going to need very tiny fingers to type properly […]
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Acer files patent for a keyboard-less Mobile Internet Device
It looks like Acer could be working on more than a 10 inch netbook. The company has filed for a patent on a mobile internet device or MID. There’s virtually no information available about the device yet. All we have are a few pictures showing a computer that is all screen and no keyboard. It […]
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UMID: Mobile Internet Device with full keyboard
While the UMID MID is technically a MID or Mobile Internet Device and not a netbook, it’s clamshell design sort of makes me not care. This tiny little guy has a 4.8 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel touchscreen, an Intel Atom CPU running at 1.1GHz or 1.33GHz, 8GB to 32GB of solid state storage, and […]