UMPC to Netbook the inside story
While the UMPC category is evolving and changing, it is definitely here to stay. One question we hear often is: what were MS and Intel really thinking when promoting the UMPC concept? And how did the Netbook product category get started? There is a lot more to it than the ASUS EEPC. Read on. In 2005-2006, Intel and MS started pushing a new product category called UMPC. The Intel and MS UMPC teams who created this concept insisted on machines ...
How can Intel continue to grow?
For Intel to continue its revenue growth, they must expand into the consumer electronics/communications market and sell UMPC/MID platforms. Like most large companies, Intel’s method of gaining market share relies on trying to get large customers to adopt their vision. Although there is probably no better customer than Apple for the mobile devices space, we do not think Intel is getting anywhere with Apple in that regard. We believe this is because Apple takes a user-centric approach to product design, ...
Designer’s Guide
General Guidelines Here are some general guidelines learned from our experience architecting some of the early UMPC products in the market. How the device will be used needs to be defined before choosing platform. Starting the process by negotiating with hardware and software vendors to use their platform is a backwards approach to design. What matters most at this stage is how the device will be used! Designs which do not look beyond gadget enthusiast are only good as a ...
