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engadget.com - 10/20/2008

Intel unveils world's first working Moorestown MID

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This sexy MID has been dropping jaws for more than a year now . Unfortunately, the plastic mock-up has always been a non-working, gutless model with little more than a glossy screen and backlight to demonstrate the form factor Intel's gunning for with its future Moorestown Mobile Internet ...

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intel.com - 10/20/2008

Intel Demonstrates World's First Working 'Moorestown' Platform

— intel.com — Internet Spiral Continues to Fuel Industry Innovation Across Multiple Devices and Experiences INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 20, 2008 - The surge of new Internet-based applications and innovations will require a common, yet flexible ... (more) Intel Demonstrates World's First Working 'Moorestown' ...

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youtube.com - 10/20/2008

Moorestown based MID prototype. Intel IDF 2007 (video)

— youtube.com — More at http://jkkmobile.blogspot.comMoorestown based MID prototype. Intel IDF 2007 (more) Moorestown based MID prototype. Intel IDF 2007 (video)

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Intel MID
Tech Blog — ... That's right, the first working Intel MID has been revealed. It "consists of a Lincroft micro-architecture that integrates the 45nm processor, graphics, memory controller, and video encode/decode functions onto a single, tiny chip." Video after the break. That's pretty Impressive. As we've heard before, we can expect the new Moorestown MIDs to hit in 2009 / 2010 with support for wireless 3G, WiMAX, GPS, Bluetooth and digital mobile TV. [via Engadget]

Intel Moorestown MID working prototype or is it?
PR News: — ... the stage at Intel’s Taipei, Developer Forum. The new device uses a 45nm processor, graphics; memory controllers as well as video encode/decode functions all on to a single tiny chip. It seems like we have been tricked, the device on show was no a working prototype, instead it was a validation board running fresh from the factory The Intel Moorestown MIDs, should hopefully hit stores in 2009 or 2010, which is a big window. It should be worth the wait though. Source

Intel MID design actually exists—as a prototype. Sort of.
Boing Boing Gadgets — Intel's design for a mobile internet device, or MID, isn't new. It's been cropping up on stage for months. Now, however, they've got a prototype, albeit one that doesn't actually look like the render you see here. What I like most about it is the fact that it's weird. It'll never exist as a consumer product, mind you: this is all pure reference design marketing. IDF gallery [Flickr] Press Release [Intel via Engadget]

Intel shows off working Moorestown MID device
AppleInsider — ... with advanced wireless communications. The platform will support a range of wireless technologies including 3G, WiMAX, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and mobile TV. Chandrasekher said Intel is collaborating with both Ericsson and Option on new 3G HSPA data modules that will come in 25x30x2.x mm small size and provide an "always connected" Internet-based experience. In the videos below, the Intel exec can bee seen demonstrating the first working Moorestown-based handheld, which Engadget claims is "little more than a validation board running fresh from the factory, three-dayold ...

Intel Moorestown MID Update
I4U News — ... in addition to incorporating several board level functions. Moorestown platforms will support a range of wireless technologies including 3G, WiMAX, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and mobile TV. The time frame for the Moorestown MID release is 2009-2010. I am not quite sure yet how MIDs will actually compete or compare with smartphones. Just try to imagine what the iPhone will be in 2 years. Faster, smaller, thinner, DMB or DVB-H TV tuner? More details on the Intel site . Via Engadget . In the IDF San Francisco coverage there are some concept videos of the ...