Hand Held Computing

1.      What are MID and UMPC devices? How do they differ. List atleast three examples of both types of devices & include images.

MID: 

Dell Inspiron Duo









Viliv N5












MID:


Nokia N810



Ipad

Tegra 2

• Business-class device for enterprise users
• Runs a "heavy" OS like Vista
• Optimized for office-use applications like Excel, Word, etc.

UMPC:

• Consumer-class lifestyle device
• Runs a 'lightweight" OS with quick startup like Linux
• Optimized for things like media playback and web surfing
• In 2009 (or so) Moorestown-based devices will be classed as MIDs only

The difference between MID and UMPC is that MID is more for buisness and using programs such as word and other Microsoft typing programs. UMPC is more for web surfing and watching movies and listening to music and other "lifestyle" things.

UMPC:



                                                  



Samsung Galaxy Tab