Michael Gartenberg puts an argument forward against MIDs in an article over at PCWorld today but I’ve read his article through at least three times now and I dont get it. Michael says that consumers are willing to carry three…
Michael Gartenberg puts an argument forward against MIDs in an article over at PCWorld today but I’ve read his article through at least three times now and I dont get it. Michael says that consumers are willing to carry three devices and lists the voice-capable mobile phone (agreed) and the laptop (agree, for business use.)
But where’s the third one?
He goes on in his article to say that netbooks can’t replace laptops and I think he’s also saying that MIDs can’t replace phones. I agree.
But where’s the third device?
As I said a few days ago, I think the MID is a convergence of a number of pre-existing gadgets that already enjoy popularity in the ‘tweener’ ground but require a bigger form factor than a mobile phone could ever provide. Digital internet-connected cameras, pnd’s, ebook readers and handheld gaming devices are already enjoying momentum that no-one really disagrees with and with social websites and portable internet video taking off, there’s other areas of interest too.
Rather than the MID being a device that crosses over the phone or laptop, it’s a device that could consolidate the 4th, 5th and 6th digital gadget into one.
That’s the third device.
See Ring of FIE (in the second half of this article) for more on the convergence in the middle-ground.
Tweener Devices Fall Between the Cracks of Usefulness - PC World.
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