My current search to find the difference between Mobile Internet Devices (MID's), Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) and Low cost Laptops has lead me to one simple conclusion:
They are all the same, depending on how much you want to spend.
For those out there wondering how this is, given the wide variances in the acronyms, allow me to justify my claim.
What do all 3 of these competitors have in common?
- They can get you to the Internet, typically via Wi-Fi.
- They are fairly low cost, low end hardware.
- They tend to be smaller form factors.
While some run a variant of Linux, typically Ubuntu, most can be purchased or upgraded to run Windows XP. The hardware is designed to run at lower voltages to increase battery performance. The packaging is designed to be small, easily transported yet usable.
What makes them different from one another, however, is the marketing plunge that can spell success or failure.
- MID's tend to look more like over sized Blackberry's - photo.
- UMPC's can look like a cross between a PDA Phone and a Tablet PC.
- Lowcost laptops, or subnotebooks, look like smaller, lighter laptops.
In the end, to me anyways, the classification of the device you are purchasing has less to do with the abilities and capabilities it has as much as it does whether or not it will fit into a coat pocket or does it need a notebook bag.
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