In 2008, Netbooks were the product that is routed to empowered consumers with processing power and real mobility. One year later, consumers find that Netbooks offers neither processing power nor real mobility because Netbooks really is a single core machine with a small keyboard. Manufacturers tried as much as possible to give it a standard keyboard and soon find themselves making a 12.1” notebook that was previously available many years ago.
In 2009, another category of products made its debut. Introducing Mobile Internet Device (MID). As the spirit of the TSGTS goes, we focus on gadgets that are released locally and in the picture is Viliv X70 Ex Premium 3G, available for pre-order right now.
To really describe this new type of gadget, the specifications speak volumes.
Specifications (Viliv X70 Ex Premium 3G):- Processor: Intel Atom 1.33GHz(Z520)
- Display: 7" WSVGA(1024 x 600) with Touch Screen
- Launcher: Viliv Cube
- OS: Windows XP Home
- Memory: DDR2 1GB
- Storage: 32SSD
- Camera: 1.3M Pixel
- Keyboard: Viliv Haptic Feedback Keyboard
- WLAN: 802.11b/g
- HSPDA: YES
- Bluetooth: 2.0+EDR
- GPS: Sirf Star3
- Battery: 24Wh
- IO port: SDHC, AUDIO, USB,USB(LINK), Multi IO
- Size: 210(W) x 117(H) x 22.5(T)mm
- Weight:660g(with battery)
Viliv X70 Ex Premium 3G is a MID and MIDs is a PC that you can hold it up in your hands and still type. It also offers 3G connection as well as WIFI. Also on the cards is the GPS. Basically, whatever a smartphone can do.
What’s set MIDs apart from Netbooks and mobilephones are the facts that you are able to use it without a table (unlike Netbooks) and it has a Intel Atom processor and 1GB of RAM (more power than mobilephones).
Running on a Windows XP, MIDs could yet be another attempt to give consumers more options to do work or access to multimedia on the move. But there is only one problem.
It might still be a tab too big for most people who do not really need computing power on the go.
There is another version on offer, the Viliv S5 Premium 3G. Smaller and without camera.
Specifications (Viliv S5 Premium 3G):
- Processor: Intel Atom 1.33GHz(Z520)
- Display: 4.8 WSVGA(1024 x 600) with Touch Screen
- Launcher: Viliv Cube
- OS: Windows XP Home
- Memory: DDR2 1GB
- Storage: 32SSD
- Keyboard: Viliv Haptic Feedback Keyboard
- WLAN: 802.11b/g
- HSPDA: YES
- Bluetooth: 2.0+EDR
- GPS: Sirf Star3
- Battery: 24Wh
- IO port: Audio, USB, USB(link), Multi IO
- Size: 154(W) x 84(H) x 24.4(T)mm
- Weight:436g(with battery)
And of course, if you haven’t notice it, the the launch event is on this coming Wednesday!
