Intel-powered MID from HTC expected later this year
DigiTimes notes that HTC will have a MID entry later this year, running on the new Intel Atom platform. Hmm… this doesn’t sound like the refresh of the popular HTC Advantage or the Shift, so it must be something else. The expected device will have handset functionality, so it sounds squarely like an iPhone competitor at this early point. Although the device is x86-based and can therefore run Microsoft Windows, my gut tells me that it won’t. The MID device class is really geared for a smaller device with a lighter and mobile-oriented operating system. HTC clearly has expertise in designing devices that run Windows Mobile, not Linux variants, so could this just be another Windows Mobile unit like the Advantage, only smaller and more phone-friendly? Then again, x86 is overkill for WinMo, so could be it Ubuntu Mobile or other Linux after all?(via Pocketables)
With the driver fiasco on their current cell phones I can only recommend for everybody to stay away from HTC devices.
Misleading advertising, no consumer support, lying to consumers, the press and the public …. no thank you.
Could it even be the android Os?
Inquiring minds need to know!
An x86 isn’t overkill for Windows Mobile unless the power usage is too much. Making adjustments to calculation-filled Excel files still takes too long on my Advantage, and it can struggle to play VGA vids.
x86 & Windows CE/Mobile is a pain though, as 99% of software is coded for Arm (and a little bit of Mips).
Oh bloody hell. They’re doing an iPod Air!