A Mobile Internet Device (MID) is an ultra-mobile PC initiative raised by Intel for consumers and prosumers. Intel came up with the term and announced a prototype at the Intel Developer Forum in spring 2007 in Beijing. The product and specifications were announced at the conference. An MID development kit by Sophia Systems using Intel Centrino Atom was announced in April 2008.

The device contains a processor and chipset produced by Intel that consume less power than most of the x86 derivatives and are an extension of the Centrino mobile platform. As of today, several platforms have been announced. For example, Menlow platform contains an Intel Atom processor (codenamed Silverthorne and Diamondville) 45 nm CMOS running up to 1.86 GHz. It uses Poulsbo Chipset (aka System Controller Hub) and include Intel HD Audio, Azalia. Note that Azalia here doesn't refer to the HD Audio codec.

The MID will run an embedded version of Linux with a finger friendly user interface modified by Intel, not Microsoft Windows operating system like other UMPCs. However, with the dual-core processor, the device is capable of running Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Source: Wikipedia.org: Mobile Internet Devices

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