OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20585/Intel_Joins_Gigabyte_Chunghwa_to_Launch_Linux_MID Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:45:19 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Looks like a competitor to the Nokia N810 http://osnews.com/thread?338407 http://osnews.com/thread?338407 Well I'm interested at least. I've been considering getting a Nokia N810 for a while now, but never really gotten around to it. There have simply been too many small niggles about it for me. This looks like a really interesting alternative. With 4 gigs of solid state storage, a faster processor, plus a sim card slot of 3G wireless this seems like it could be what I'm looking for. The huge remaining questions are will they be able to make usable apps and OS and what will the battery life be like. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dagw) Comments A competitor to the Nokia N810? Not likely. http://osnews.com/thread?338411 http://osnews.com/thread?338411 The Nokia devices are at an entirely different price point. The Gigabyte MIDs appear to be going for ~$600 without a service plan. The N810 costs half that.

I couldn't find numbers on battery life, but knowing that ARM processors get significantly better performance/watt, the Nokia's likely have a much better battery life, as well. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DataPath) Comments RE: Looks like a competitor to the Nokia N810 http://osnews.com/thread?338412 http://osnews.com/thread?338412 I have a N810, and this is probably the first true competitor. Depending on how the battery life goes, this would probably best the N810 hands down atm. The MID would be running standard linux. Moblin, intel blend, Ubuntu Mobile, pick your own poison. The N810 runs debian for arm under the hood, but it was never designed with running a regular distro in mind. With the ARM cpu, the N810 would be at a power usage advantage, but a software disadvantage against this guy.

Personally, depending on the price, i would probably take the gigabyte over N810. Having the ability to switch from some specialty intel blend, to ubuntu mobile, to whatever else crops up trumps maemo.

It IS possible to get full debian and kde onto a N810, but its a bit of a hackjob still, and alot of stuff doesnt work well. Usable, yes, but not very clean. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (HeLfReZ) Comments RE: A competitor to the Nokia N810? Not likely. http://osnews.com/thread?338413 http://osnews.com/thread?338413 If the mid is shooting for the $600 range, i dont see it going to far. Before I pay ~$600 for a MID, it would make more sense to go with a loaded netbook. You can get a N810 for $200 fairly easy, and a N800 for 100-150. The battery life on the N810 is about 6-7hrs under heavy used, and it can literally go a week under light usage. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (HeLfReZ) Comments RE[2]: A competitor to the Nokia N810? Not likely. http://osnews.com/thread?338416 http://osnews.com/thread?338416
If the mid is shooting for the $600 range,

I suspect it will come down. And anyway if I can get one cheap with a data plan, that would be OK too. Still all the being said and done, I'd still be tempted at $600.
You can get a N810 for $200 fairly easy

I can't. I've looked but I've never seen one I could get for much less than $350. But then again I don't live in the US. At $200 I'd certainly buy one.Edited 2008-11-26 15:11 UTC Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dagw) Comments This is the cellphone I want http://osnews.com/thread?338431 http://osnews.com/thread?338431 I either want a pandora handheld console or this as a cellphone. I wish someone made an addon that turned devices like these into potential cellphones. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (matthekc) Comments It needs to strike a balance... http://osnews.com/thread?338502 http://osnews.com/thread?338502 I'm eagerly awaiting Linux iPhone competition, and something that my carrier can provide. I think they doors are about to bust open in this arena. Maybe Asus will follow suit with something similar? Eee Phone?Edited 2008-11-27 16:24 UTC Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ruel24) Comments