Mystery Android MID found out to be Rockchip-built concept, caught on video
By Paul Miller 
posted August 26th 2009 11:10AM
posted August 26th 2009 11:10AM
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posted August 26th 2009 11:10AM
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hahaha cue the "this looks like the never-released future apple tablet" trolls...
cue the "cue the apples trolls" trolls
Who in Canada cares anyway? Do you know how impossible it is to get a UMPC or MID in Canada? Sure there's loads of Netbooks but hardly ANY UMPCs or MIDs to speak of.
When it comes to technology, Canada is SHIT. >:(
Hey-hey-hey, why the hate on Canada?
You can always import things David. Sure the warranty and servicing becomes problematic, but that's the price you unfortunately have to pay for not living in China, Japan or South Korea.
You'd have to be a complete moron to think it somehow doesn't.
cue the "cue the 'cue the apples trolls' trolls" trolls
It looks like fan mock-ups of a mythical Apple tablet that does not exist, except in the mind of bored bloggers and fanboys.
In this case, it runs Android and it's real.
@ Mark
cjwild's comment was clever. Yours is simply lame.
too big to fit in the pocket, too small for serious work
vaio p 'fits' pocket kind of fit in pocket. I have a 4.3" pmp which fits in my pocket. I dont think anybody would expect to use MID for 'serious work' any way.
Agreeable to that statement but why does everything have to be able to fit in your pocket nowadays. Realistically, if your phone is already in say, your front left, keys and whatever else you keep in your front right, you wouldn't want ANOTHER peripheral in your pocket even if it did fit? Obviously the back pocket would be a no-no with this unless you plan on never sitting down without taking it out.
Agreed. I wish every all these portable device makers would just start cranking out convertible tablets like the EEE T91. Has the best of both worlds.
Not to mention that this crap chinas designed toy is slooooooooooooooooooooow..
Notice the jerky camera movement?
That is the way they make a device look faster than it really is, by speeding up the video 10x
I found that my n800 was used mostly on a desk or on the couch, not on the go in my pocket. Of course, this is why I am shopping for a smartphone now, but a 4-5" device still has its uses.
This wouldn't fit in your pocket? I carry wads of cash bigger than this. For me, carrying 7 " in my pocket would feel totally normal.
this will be interesting, Google & Apple releasing tablets at the same time. this one looks sexy
Said this two stories back. You can even check the comments.
do you feel special? do you want a cookie? or maybe a quarter to call your mommy, im sure she is so very proud of you
*Gives cookie*
@ ----, I would like a cookie, please.
rk2808 will be put into every KIRF pmp pretty soon.
I have a RK2806-based PMP, it has a pretty decent bit of processing power for the money.
If the RK2808 is better, it should make for some decent media tablets.
JUST a little too big to put in my front pocket, I'd say.
If they could trim the bezel off of all the sides, I think it would fit fine.
me wants
Yea, Apple-Fanboy Apple-aping
This post finally made me realize that Android really is growing quickly... I keep seeing articles with people slapping Android on any device they can find, and I finally realized, it's f'ing everywhere now. Android may just be the future of handhelds. Way to go google!
Why not?
It's free, and is malleable.
Now these guys need to devote some resources to UI.
Am I alone who noticed that backlit is kinda bad (not even)?
Cool beans. I think it'd be cool if it has a dock that doubles as a keyboard. So when you bring it home you can do some serious typing. But as-is it's still pretty sleek.
Attention-whoring through design. If it didn't look like an Apple product, if it wasn't leaked so mysteriously, this would not have gotten nearly as much attention.
I'm pretty sure all your base are belong to us.
I want that screen and bezel! They can keep the rest. I'll use a Beagle/Gumstix/NewThing with a TI OMAP 3530 and make my own damn Android tablet-phone, maybe with a Pandora-compatible controller/keyboard add-on for fun. Nobody else has done it this right yet, though I'm looking forward to the next Archos 5"...
Remote desktop would fantastic on something like this.
Windows 7 would just be great on this device.
Some company (Apple or otherwise) needs to get on the ball and produce something such as this. I have been wanting something like this for years due to the fact my iTouch is too small to really do what I want with it and a netbook is not portable enough. A $200~$300 price point would be even more awesome as well, although if Apple makes it, expect it to be at the very least $300, if not $400~$450.