07-18-2010, 11:48 AM | #1 |
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Baffling acronyms ?!
Hi Folks.
In my looking around I keep seeing some acronyms which mean...nothing to me. Here's the one I really haven't figured out yet (Am I stupid, or what ?): MID. Wazzat mean, please ? Thanks, mark |
07-18-2010, 12:33 PM | #2 | |
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I am guessing that this is the one: MID = Mobile Internet Devices
From Wikipedia: Quote:
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That's right. A device like the Dell Streak is a MID.
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MIDs are supposed to be about data (Intel coined the acronym) so phone features aren't required. But nothing says you can't have it, especially with VoIP.
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All the MID examples I saw, like this early one:
http://www.itechnews.net/2008/04/18/...pecs-revealed/ ...featured 3G. To me, at least, a WiFi only tablet is a Webpad. Which is an even older spec. http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=476 Now that they're getting cheap, we're finally seeing WebPads take off. Oddly enough, *without* the webpad name. (C.F. Pandigital Novel.) Go figure. |
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07-18-2010, 06:57 PM | #9 |
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Thank You !
Now I can sleep soundly tonight !!! mark |
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If it has both ... it's either a phone with pretensions or a MID with an inferiority complex. |
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