Aigo's P8860 MID reviewed: sweet, but potentially irrelevant

We already knew Aigo's P8860 MID was hacker-friendly, and all that is well, fine and good -- but what about for consumers who aren't into soldering irons and illicit boot ROMs? The crew over at Pocketables sat down with the handheld for a spell in order to bust out their best review, and at the end of the day, they found it to be somewhat compelling and a touch irrelevant all at the same time. You see, hardcore nerds (read: us) will likely be able to appreciate the fact that an x86-based system, with all the amenities of Flash support, etc., was squeezed into such a small device; the average joe / jane, however, probably won't take the time to recognize the advantages over their current smartphone. In other words, this here is an splendid example of a niche product, and you should probably consider how necessary it is in your life before pulling the trigger -- but you already knew that, now didn't you?

[iEye @ Oct 30th 2008 8:10AM]

even with the mods... its no iPhone

[Luke D @ Oct 30th 2008 8:27AM]

Cue copy&paste, flash support, bluetooth file sending, unrestricted apps, etc...

[xavierz007 @ Oct 30th 2008 9:23AM]

its a MID not a smartphone.. of course it wont compare to an iphone.. ur no iphone either. u must suck

[thethirdmoose @ Oct 30th 2008 9:44AM]

"You see, hardcore nerds (read: us) will likely be able to appreciate the fact that an x86-based system, with all the amenities of Flash support, etc., was squeezed into such a small device; the average joe / jane, however, probably won't take the time to recognize the advantages over their current smartphone."

You, sir, are nothing more than the average joe/jane.

[Catdogburger @ Oct 30th 2008 8:45AM]

Not me, I will take FULL advantage of the product that's giving to me and use it properly. I will show people what they are missing out on.

Remember, you can get this device for 700$ on ebay shipped.

It is an excellent device with massive capabilitys.

[htd @ Oct 30th 2008 9:16AM]

IMHO, when they dont support windows xp, it takes the meaning out of having x86 in it.

[cb88 @ Oct 30th 2008 12:14PM]

get a pandora.... they just doubled the ram and onboard flash to 256mb and 512mb and it is the size of the original DS ... and battery life is excellent AT FULL LOAD somewhere in the 6-8 hour range (It was 8 hours before the ram upgrade..)

[Romequez @ Oct 30th 2008 7:49PM]

How does this compare to the Nokia N810?

[Sarig @ Oct 30th 2008 9:43AM]

Out of the box, or after you've hacked it?

I'd bet it leaves the n810 in the dust on everything but size and battery life, given it's hardware.