Intel Wants To Get Into Your Pants (With Tiny Internet Devices, That Is)

At today's Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, Intel plans to announce itty-bitty internet devices that'll fit in your pocket.

Taking a step back from the proliferation of smartphones, the California-based company wants the world to get all up in its Mobile Internet Devices (MID) grill. Because most Web software is written for machines powered by Intel, and every PC application can therefore port to MIDs, the company will focus on data-driven technology and wave farewell (for now) to voice-centric communication.

One thing is certain: these new products won't suck batteries like so many contemporary electronics do.

The new Intel mobile Internet strategy takes advantage of the company's Atom microprocessor, which was announced in early March. The Atom will have performance roughly equivalent to laptop computers introduced four years ago, but will use little more than a half-a-watt to two-and-a-half watts of battery power. That is significantly lower than the 35 watts of power consumed by the company's state-of-the-art microprocessors in today's laptops.

I'm thinking we'll see ultra-compact laptops, tablet devices, iPhone-clones sans blah blah blah power and likely much more.

The picture you see is an Electrobit concept design based on Intel Centrino technology. You can check out more drool-worthy concepts here.

But will this work? Will Intel ressurect the recently-departed PDA? Do consumers want to drop hundreds of dollars on something that can't call their grandmother? Personally, the second I saw the Blogger Logo, the blood rushed from my brain to my crotch. I'd totes buy that.
Intel Makes a Push Into Pocket-Size Internet Devices [NYT]