Is the Mobile Internet Device dead on arrival? Or, has the MID — a ‘Net-connected device that’s usually described as being bigger than a smartphone and smaller than a netbook — just not caught on yet?

Consumers' penchant for tablet devices will boost worldwide demand for portable Internet devices running on "lite" operating systems such as Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating systems ...

Huawei has introduced a new portable networking device aimed at users who depend heavily on reliable mobile connectivity. Called the Wi-Fi X, the device is essentially a high-performance mobile router ...

For all the fanfare surrounding the recent launch of Intel Corp.’s Centrino Atom chip set, there was a notable shortage of new products based on the chips, apart from a few concept designs rolled out ...

Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where he's worked since 2000. A born browser of dictionaries, he honed his language skills as a US Army linguist (Polish and German) before diving into ...

I suppose if I were just in search of controversy, I'd write a post to proclaim the death of the MID (mobile Internet device) category. My obituary for the Netbook earlier this week generated a ton of ...

There’s been a lot of talk over the last few months about NVIDIA’s new ION platform that will bundle an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GPU with an Intel Atom CPU to offer advanced graphics capabilities for ...

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New research shows that the smartphone is emerging as a clear winner among productivity tools as categories of mobile devices converge. Almost 50 percent of respondents to an In-Stat survey chose the ...

Samsung Telecommunications America announced the first WiMax-enabled Mobile Internet Device (MID) today at the International CTIA Wireless conference. Called the Mondi, the touch-screen, pocket-size ...

With their demands for high levels of functional integration and long battery life, the next generation of mobile internet devices is inspiring the development of power management ICs tailored to the ...

The bq27510 and the bq27540 battery fuel gauge devices with integrated low-dropout (LDOs) regulators are designed for smart phones, mobile Internet devices, and media players with embedded or ...