Didn’t expect that… What a surprise: Intel and a few hardware partners are betting on a hildonized Linux-UI for a new class of consumer devices very similar to Nokia’s Internet Tablet. Check out UMPCPortal’s coverage of the news from IDF. The first batch of these devices is slated for summer 2007, but they claim that even smaller devices will be possible with their new chipset in early 2008.
A PSP-sized x86 UMPC prototype, scheduled for 2008. Image via Golem.de.
Apparently, like Nokia, they’ve read all the comments on ITT.
Rather unlike Nokia however, they’ve incorporated pretty much everything the users asked for.