Compal tries harder with Intel-based KAX15 MID
By Darren Murph 
posted June 11th 2009 8:56AM
posted June 11th 2009 8:56AM
posted June 11th 2009 8:56AM
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Isn't that android in the first render?
(Look at the white bar)
That was my first thought too. Yeah, it definitely is.
Windows is just too ugly to put in a press shot.
Yes, definitely, look at the middle screen, it shows the Android standard desktop, icons and clock.
And whatever that UI is, I want it! xD
But it's probably just a mockup screen for the press shots.
Which windows are we talking about here? XP? 7? Anyhow, when you get down to that size, any windows flavor starts to become harder to use than it is useful. With these kind of devices I don't see Windows (or Linux, or any other Desktop OS) to be a plus but rather a minus. Android with a touch-optimized Firefox . . . that I could see.
Then again it looks like you use a senior picture for your avatar, so I have to take your opinion with a grain of salt.
You'd prefer I used, what, a close-up of my eyeball?
My favorite cartoon character?
A video game character from the 80s/90s?
A random object?
You were obviously so moved by either my comments or my picture (FWIW, it wasn't a senior picture) that you decided to go all straw-man on my ass. I've changed my avatar back to the default, so you can go back to taking issue with what I said.
Which at least was on topic.
I like the idea of a MID only as a retro game playing device (emulators and DosBox), but only if it has a touchscreen. Secondary usage are the few times that you might have to do a business presentation (PowerPoint etc.) and the emergency document/web browsing while on the road.
Heck, I guess really, I just want a Pandora/GP2X with some basic non-game usage. Maybe someone will create these apps for Pandora/GP2X and wish will be granted!
well.... this MID looks like a cross between nokia N97 and Blacbery storm 9500 or HTC touch HD.....
Are you crazy? This definitely looks like the Dell all in one Studio. WHy? I think both look hideous.
http://www.dell.com/content/products/superview.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&pageoverride=media_view1&s=dhs&xdb=Z2xvYmFsOnByb2R1Y3RzOmRlc2t0b3Bfc3R1ZGlvOmZsYXNoOmRlc2t0b3Atc3R1ZGlvLW9uZS0xOSNyZWdpb24=
It definitely looks like a Dell all in one Studio.
http://www.dell.com/content/products/superview.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&pageoverride=media_view1&s=dhs&xdb=Z2xvYmFsOnByb2R1Y3RzOmRlc2t0b3Bfc3R1ZGlvOmZsYXNoOmRlc2t0b3Atc3R1ZGlvLW9uZS0xOSNyZWdpb24=
I am sorry but I am savings my pennies for the Viliv x70 mid that is one very sweet machine and I am hopeing it will be under my xmas tree. I promise santa to be a very very good person....
Does it come with a cloth for wiping nose grease off the screen?
wow and to think iPod touch /iPhone still have better ui browser n 50000 apps more compared to this. I believe iPhone also revolutionized mids n navigation devices.
Sure this thing looks and probably runs like crap, but this post has about as much to do with the iPhone as you have a chance at succeeding in life. Go troll somewhere else.
With a name like KAX and an 800MHz proc they're not trying harder enough.
Woah, dark mock-up render screen is DARK. Seriously, at first glance I thought "Screw that, that screen's brightness is pathetic," until I saw the video. Dangerous advertising, using a darker render than the final product.
Also, in after iphone-fanboys/girls/assholes/obsessants/JUST SHUT THE F*** UP AND GO PLAY WITH YOUR STUPID TOY PHONE ALREADY!!!
Maybe they'll stick a SIM card in it and give us a phoneapp too. Then with a mic 'n a speker or even bluetooth, it's a phone too.
It's just a matter of time before this happens.
Sooo,
Engadget, Page 1, complaining about small MIDs.
Engadget, Page 10, complaining that the problem with MIDs is that they don't fit in your pocket.( http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/mid-device-sales-far-lower-than-estimates-only-intel-surprised/ )
I know it's hard to come up with decent fluff sometimes when covering this random news krap, that was likely discovered in your e-mail inbox to begin with, but come on.
Cool design. Too bad no one cares about MIDs. Put a phone on that and I'd buy it.
Look, Darren, we GET it. You, personally, don't care for this form factor/type of gadget. Many of us do. So why are you reporting on them? Let someone else report. Total snideness on every MID/small UMPC post just turns fans of this technology off from reading about it on engadget. Get out of the way, man!
At risk of stating the obvious: that KB is considerably larger than ones found on "smart"phones; and if that glorious 800 X 480 screen were on a phone, or PMP/"mp4" player, you'd be drooling. So, it runs Windows--rather a bonus, I'd say, eh?