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For You Digital MX10 5-inch Android MID hands-on
Who says the Streak is the only game in town if you want a 5-inch Android device? Well, no one, actually -- there are lots of generic options if you just want something with a 5-inch display running on Google juice -- but regardless, we had a chance to check out just such a device introduced at IFA this week, the so-called MX10 with Android 2.1 from South Korea's For You Digital. Our first impression on seeing the MX10 is that it's pretty stylish and doesn't give off the air of jankiness that you occasionally get with these off-brand MIDs; it's available in both black and white, and we especially liked the white which gets a matte silver ring around the edge (the black is paired with chrome, which obviously suffers from more fingerprint issues). There's no internal cellular connectivity (the "E" on the screen above seems to be a bug), but the device supports USB host mode, which means you can connect a USB modem from your carrier of choice when the 802.11b / g just doesn't cut it. Unfortunately, the MX10's Achilles' heel is its display, which we found to be exceptionally low-contrast -- putting it up against a Super AMOLED would be almost comical -- and resistive, which just isn't a good option for a platform as finger-friendly as Android is. If anything, this might make for a good media tank that you can use to carry around a bunch of movies, since it's available in internal capacities from 2GB up to 16GB and offers microSD expansion paired with HDMI-out (real HDMI, not micro) and 1080p capability. Check out some more shots (including more of the white) in the gallery. %Gallery-101253%
Samsung's MX-10 slim PC: with Core 2 Duo, and an "M"
The slim PC tower market is sure hottin' up with yet another introduced today, this time from Samsung. The MX10 mini PC measures a mere 55 x 265 x 299-mm (2.2 x 10.4 x 11.8-inches) and sports a Core 2 Duo and ATI Xpress 1100 graphics. If it looks familiar, it's 'cause it is: Samsung also has an AMD version which goes by the name of NX10 -- we peeped that one back at the Korea Electronics Show. Fully spec'd, the MX10 should pull about 1,100,000 Korea Won or about $1,265 of the lean green. Now, if Samsung could just get around to providing some official specs we could decide just how (in)appropriately priced the MX-10 really is.[Via Akihabara News]
