EB's Menlow-based MIMD UMPC remembers to bring the sexy

No offense, Amtek, we're sure that McCaslin-based U560 of yours has ample reason to be so big and ugly, but we're going to put our dollars on this "MIMD" (Mobile Internet Multimedia Device) Menlow-based UMPC from EB if you don't mind. Yes, it's the same "MID" device which Intel was proudly showing back in April only now with a bit of meat around the source. Along with the promising advances brought by Intel's UMPC-oriented Menlow chipset, the MIMD promises Mobile WiMax, HSDPA, GPS and a 4.8-inch high resolution screen. We should be seeing this one running Linux and hitting sometime in 2008. McCaslin, we hardly knew ye.

[Via UMPCPortal]

[psxp @ Jun 8th 2007 9:15AM]

wow nice specs.. whats the HHD space on this ?

Sounds like an nice alertnative for a PMP

[gibber9583 @ Jun 8th 2007 9:19AM]

A nice alternative to a PMP?

Yeah and at the very least double the price too

[Travis @ Jun 8th 2007 9:33AM]

Throw the iPhone OSX version on there with HSDPA and Wifi and you have a winner.

[Ethan Duffy @ Jun 8th 2007 9:34AM]

This is great, because this wasn't commissioned for profit but it shows genuine interest in the subject. Now if we could have a UK version with Sir Attenborough and not Sigourney Weaver please?

[boatofcar @ Jun 8th 2007 11:17AM]

Sure you're not commenting on the Planet Earth series done by the BBC? How on earth could you confuse these two things, unless they're connected in some weird way...

[Aidan @ Jun 8th 2007 1:44PM]

I'll just assume that comment appearing here was due to some weird tear in the matrix and it was meant to appear somewhere else..moving along...

[Crayola @ Jun 8th 2007 9:56AM]

This look like the long lost twin of Sony UX right down to where the fan exhaust is, hope somebody told its mother...

[Firebird @ Jun 8th 2007 9:57AM]

Linux? God damn it. I didn't ask for a sexy looking pocket web server.

[ChasCam580 @ Jun 8th 2007 11:02AM]

Looks like a SideKick...

[kevin @ Jun 8th 2007 12:01PM]

Terrible acronym.

MIMD is a parallel hardware architecture and stands for Multiple Instruction Multiple Data.

[Sirocco @ Jun 9th 2007 9:38PM]

Why would anyone rush to claim that EB's device is sexier than Amtek's equivalent device? Actually, the Amtek appears to have a better, more visible keyboard. It's a matter of opinion which is sexier.