MID?

All last week at IDF buzz surrounded one of then newest devices available to consumers: Mobile Internet Devices aka MID’s. Wednesday morning’s keynote with Anand Chandrasekher was no exception. The Intel Atom processor is making it easier than ever to be mobile and have the internet in your pocket with a device like a MID and I was able to find out more about these little guys during my first IDF.

Much anticipation surrounded my first MID experience, which luckily enough was last week at the W Hotel in San Francisco when I had a “meeting” (or beer) with some Intel peeps as well as Steve Paine from UMPCPortal.com and Hubert Nguyen of Ubergizmo. MID’s are incredibly sleek mini laptops that are pretty amazing. They have the basic capabilities of a laptop plus I can log on to facebook or twitter effortlessly or watch a movie or tv on a decent sized screen with little need for squinting.

I played with some and learned more about WHY/HOW we might use MID’s to our advantage at the Tech Showcase last week. Check out the video here:

Many questions surround where the MID will take us and what we can expect them to look like in the future. Keep an eye out for my next MID blog that asks the real questions…..