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?

Samsung Electronics has quietly built a $4 billion business providing chips that serve as the brains of consumer electronics gadgets. Among its big wins are the iPods, iPhones, and portable navigation ...

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T-Mobile is opening up its new cellular broadband network to laptops for the first time with the launch of a USB device that allows notebooks to get wireless Internet access. The prices are similar to ...

For all the fanfare surrounding the recent launch of Intel Corp.’s Centrino Atom chip set, there was a notable shortage of new products based on the chips, apart from a few concept designs rolled out ...

Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where he's worked since 2000. A born browser of dictionaries, he honed his language skills as a US Army linguist (Polish and German) before diving into ...

With their demands for high levels of functional integration and long battery life, the next generation of mobile internet devices is inspiring the development of power management ICs tailored to the ...

Samsung Telecommunications America announced the first WiMax-enabled Mobile Internet Device (MID) today at the International CTIA Wireless conference. Called the Mondi, the touch-screen, pocket-size ...

Acer plans to launch a full line of mobile Internet devices (MIDs) by the end of May in a bid to boost profitability and add to its mobile device offerings. Acer plans to launch a full line of mobile ...

New research shows that the smartphone is emerging as a clear winner among productivity tools as categories of mobile devices converge. Almost 50 percent of respondents to an In-Stat survey chose the ...