Overheard in the tech blogosphere » UMPC http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard A Whatis.com blog Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Overheard: UMPC is ‘out’ – MID is ‘in’ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-umpc-is-out-mid-is-in/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-umpc-is-out-mid-is-in/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:34:15 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-umpc-is-out-mid-is-in/ mid.jpg Intel began to deemphasize the term UMPC in the Spring of 2008 and now prefers talking about “MID,” the Mobile Internet Device. Most of Intel-based MIDs currently under development are merely a better realization of the original UMPC concept.

UMPC.com website

MIDs aren’t tied to a Microsoft OS, either.

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