Comments on: AMD Already Missed the MID Boat http://gigaom.com/2008/06/19/amd-already-missed-the-mid-boat/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Graphic Evidence That AMD Paid Too Much for ATI http://gigaom.com/2008/06/19/amd-already-missed-the-mid-boat/#comment-922466 Graphic Evidence That AMD Paid Too Much for ATI Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:30:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13863#comment-922466 <p>[...] higher performance machines, rather than battery-sipping portable PCs. This may be a smart move, as AMD has tried and failed to enter the mobile market before. Plus, with its high-end processors powering the servers that run computing clouds, a mobile [...]</p> [...] higher performance machines, rather than battery-sipping portable PCs. This may be a smart move, as AMD has tried and failed to enter the mobile market before. Plus, with its high-end processors powering the servers that run computing clouds, a mobile [...]

]]> By: AMD Doesn’t Think Mobile Internet Devices Are All That - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/06/19/amd-already-missed-the-mid-boat/#comment-909467 AMD Doesn’t Think Mobile Internet Devices Are All That - GigaOM Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:22:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13863#comment-909467 <p>[...] its eye on. Below is a quick video I shot of Pat Moorhead, V-P of advanced marketing, talking about AMD’s absence from the netbook and MID market. Basically the company isn’t sold on the idea of a third consumer device, sized between a [...]</p> [...] its eye on. Below is a quick video I shot of Pat Moorhead, V-P of advanced marketing, talking about AMD’s absence from the netbook and MID market. Basically the company isn’t sold on the idea of a third consumer device, sized between a [...]

]]> By: Ajay http://gigaom.com/2008/06/19/amd-already-missed-the-mid-boat/#comment-885543 Ajay Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:15:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13863#comment-885543 <p>True, but who said MIDs would be third devices? I think it's more likely that mobile voice service becomes just another app on a MID, with wireless data networks and wired/wireless microphones providing alternate ways of accessing that voice functionality. There is as much or more demand for entertainment and data on the go as there is for voice service on the go. What has held everything but voice back is that the hardware was not capable enough. It is now starting to get there.</p> True, but who said MIDs would be third devices? I think it’s more likely that mobile voice service becomes just another app on a MID, with wireless data networks and wired/wireless microphones providing alternate ways of accessing that voice functionality. There is as much or more demand for entertainment and data on the go as there is for voice service on the go. What has held everything but voice back is that the hardware was not capable enough. It is now starting to get there.

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2008/06/19/amd-already-missed-the-mid-boat/#comment-884943 Paul Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:55:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13863#comment-884943 <p>Sorry for the badly timed analogy - I hope for the best for the typhoon victims and their families.</p> <p>Ajay - I'm tempted to believe in MIDs, too. The iPhone is one, really, but it is successful because it is also a phone. Third devices are fun at first, but they don't get packed or carried... I/O compromises frustrate users... people eventually stop keeping them charged... and then they just disappear.</p> Sorry for the badly timed analogy – I hope for the best for the typhoon victims and their families.

Ajay – I’m tempted to believe in MIDs, too. The iPhone is one, really, but it is successful because it is also a phone. Third devices are fun at first, but they don’t get packed or carried… I/O compromises frustrate users… people eventually stop keeping them charged… and then they just disappear.

]]> By: DailyWireless » Blog Archive » Friday Links: Atari 7800 Portable, Portland Wi-Fi, AMD http://gigaom.com/2008/06/19/amd-already-missed-the-mid-boat/#comment-884881 DailyWireless » Blog Archive » Friday Links: Atari 7800 Portable, Portland Wi-Fi, AMD Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:52:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13863#comment-884881 <p>[...] AMD will be releasing a mobile internet device chip, but Gigaom says that’s a mistake. Find out why here. [...]</p> [...] AMD will be releasing a mobile internet device chip, but Gigaom says that’s a mistake. Find out why here. [...]

]]> By: Ajay http://gigaom.com/2008/06/19/amd-already-missed-the-mid-boat/#comment-884721 Ajay Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:20:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13863#comment-884721 <p>I disagree, Paul. I have been as skeptical about mobile as anybody but that's because I've long been waiting for the displays to get to the 5-7" range, which is starting to happen now with the MIDs. All the nonsense, that the mobile acolytes constantly trumpet, about mobile customers carrying a billion computers in their hands has proven to be just that. However, once the 5-7" display form factor is feasible, that's when mobile devices actually become usable for entertainment and information. Combine that with the relatively fast wireless data networks that are being deployed and the MID market will be big, everybody knows that. The only question is what enabling technologies we'll be able to pack in there to really make MIDs a hit: speech recognition, new character input technologies, and screen projection are some possibilities.</p> I disagree, Paul. I have been as skeptical about mobile as anybody but that’s because I’ve long been waiting for the displays to get to the 5-7″ range, which is starting to happen now with the MIDs. All the nonsense, that the mobile acolytes constantly trumpet, about mobile customers carrying a billion computers in their hands has proven to be just that. However, once the 5-7″ display form factor is feasible, that’s when mobile devices actually become usable for entertainment and information. Combine that with the relatively fast wireless data networks that are being deployed and the MID market will be big, everybody knows that. The only question is what enabling technologies we’ll be able to pack in there to really make MIDs a hit: speech recognition, new character input technologies, and screen projection are some possibilities.

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2008/06/19/amd-already-missed-the-mid-boat/#comment-884673 Paul Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:09:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13863#comment-884673 <p>The MID market is like a Philippine ferry boat. Around 850 people will climb aboard, then it will sink long before it reaches its destination, taking all hands with it.</p> The MID market is like a Philippine ferry boat. Around 850 people will climb aboard, then it will sink long before it reaches its destination, taking all hands with it.

]]> By: Dimitrios Matsoulis http://gigaom.com/2008/06/19/amd-already-missed-the-mid-boat/#comment-884588 Dimitrios Matsoulis Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:07:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13863#comment-884588 <p>How can AMD keep out of the mobile market and segments that could have explosive sales in coming years? Whatever mistakes have been done, opportunities remain too huge to be ignored. http://electronrun.com</p> How can AMD keep out of the mobile market and segments that could have explosive sales in coming years? Whatever mistakes have been done, opportunities remain too huge to be ignored. http://electronrun.com

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