LonMID M100 MID, a phone with an Intel Atom

Yes, it’s a phone and it’s a MID using an Intel Atom processor. 

The specs haven't changed since the last time, though some of the ports/interfaces may have. Here's a quick rundown:

• 800MHz Intel Atom Z500 processor
• 512MB DDR2 RAM (up to 1GB)
• 4GB SSD
• Midinux operating system
• 4.8" primary touchscreen (800 x 480), 2.4" secondary display (320 x 240)
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, 802.11b/g
• Webcam
• I/O: SIM card slot, microSD card slot, USB 2.0, miniUSB, headphone jack, microphone

Since Microsoft pushed the UMPC concept into the market we keep seeing new devices some really smaller some not but one thing is for sure, the market exist and it’s healthy.

Via Pocketeable: LonMID M100 MID phone gets official

Intel CEO talking about Atom

Everybody that comes to read my blog everyday knows that I have been criticizing Intel for releasing about a year ago the first generation of Atom processors, something that I have categorized like a step back and a damage to the UMPC market. A few days ago my friend Chippy posted a very optimistic article after seeing the benchmarks of the latest Atom installed in the Kohjinsha UMPC. And back them I said that I was not impress because that performance is about the same I had in my old Q1 with a Celeron M at 900 MHz. Look at what this Intel CEO says:

""(Atom) is less than a third the performance of our Centrino (processor). You're dealing with something that most of us wouldn't use...

We do not see (Atom) replacing Celeron..."

Bravo Intel! I love when they openly say what they think.

Via: CNET News.com