Ubuntu Linux today released the first developer’s version of its new Ubuntu Mobile Internet Device (MID) Edition 8.04 operating system, which is aimed at device manufacturers that build Internet-ready ...

With Samsung’s introduction of the Mondi handheld device at the International CTIA Wireless conference, the question of defining its product category, Mobile Internet Device (MID), was again timely.

I've changed my mind about Intel's new downsized Atom processor, which is being pitched by the semiconductor behemoth as a little chip with enough power to deliver a biiiiiig handheld Web-browsing ...

Hoping to get your hot little hands on the tinker-friendly edition of Sharp's Snapdragon-powered IS01 Android MID? If you live in Japan, today's your lucky day -- assuming you're willing to overlook ...

It looks like Acer could be working on more than a 10 inch netbook. The company has filed for a patent on a mobile internet device or MID. There’s virtually no information available about the device ...

Intel and LG will team up to build the first mobile Internet devices using a new chip made by Intel. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, ...

Is the Mobile Internet Device dead on arrival? Or, has the MID — a ‘Net-connected device that’s usually described as being bigger than a smartphone and smaller than a netbook — just not caught on yet?

Michael Dell gave the strongest hint to-date that his company is developing a mobile Internet device or smartphone at a speech in Tokyo on Tuesday. “It is true that we are exploring smaller screen ...

Brett writes regular technology articles for ZDNet and CNET Australia among others, as well as music stories for the Sydney Morning Herald. He was formerly a technology and business contributor for ...

Xandros, which makes the Windows-like Linux distribution used in Asus's popular Eee PC sub-laptop, has signed a deal with information-management software maker Viyya Technologies to jointly target ...

TI has introduced two battery fuel gauges with low-dropout regulators (LDOs) for smart phones, mobile Internet devices and media players with embedded or removable batteries. The new system-side and ...