Comments on: Lintel? Aintel? LAIntel? What do you call the Platform of an Atom Smart Phone? http://mrpogson.com/2012/09/03/lintel-aintel-laintel-what-do-you-call-the-platform-of-an-atom-smart-phone/ One man. Closing, all the windows. Thu, 23 May 2013 09:38:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: ch http://mrpogson.com/2012/09/03/lintel-aintel-laintel-what-do-you-call-the-platform-of-an-atom-smart-phone/#comment-95257 ch Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:52:26 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14019#comment-95257 In fact, I was thinking of that one when I wrote “some nice geeky gizmos nonewithstanding”.

]]> By: oiaohm http://mrpogson.com/2012/09/03/lintel-aintel-laintel-what-do-you-call-the-platform-of-an-atom-smart-phone/#comment-95251 oiaohm Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:36:02 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14019#comment-95251 ch
http://www.asus.com/Mobile/PadFone/
I guess that is your dream but with more cpu/gpu power.

]]> By: ch http://mrpogson.com/2012/09/03/lintel-aintel-laintel-what-do-you-call-the-platform-of-an-atom-smart-phone/#comment-95236 ch Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:25:21 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14019#comment-95236 “The insanity that has been done.”

For once I agree with you completely: It’s just insane.

More than 10 years ago (~1999), my boss let me buy a HP Journada 690 (they are still sold on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hewlett-Packard-HP-Jornada-690-Palmtop-PC-Computer-With-Docking-/250949841398?pt=PDA_s_Pocket_PC_s&hash=item3a6dc6b1f6 )

I liked it a lot – it was perfect for taking notes in a meeting, carrying it back to my desk in a trouser pocket and then loading those notes into Word on my main machine. The keyboard is really great for the size – and I think it’s actually the minimum size you can get away with for a usable keyboard.

At the time, I thought that maybe within ten years we might be using small things like that and just plug them into some docking station with big display, keyboard etc. attached when we want to do more demanding work. Well, hasn’t really materialized yet, some nice geeky gizmos nonewithstanding. I think now that using different devices optimized for those different usages and sharing the data between them makes more sense. At least that’s what most of us seem to be doing today.

]]> By: oiaohm http://mrpogson.com/2012/09/03/lintel-aintel-laintel-what-do-you-call-the-platform-of-an-atom-smart-phone/#comment-95233 oiaohm Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:52:45 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14019#comment-95233 ch
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2011/20110721-01.html
Phone can have keyboards and mice. The insanity that has been done.

Phenom I really see why not thinking MS allowed Windows 7 to be placed on this beast.

]]> By: Clarence Moon http://mrpogson.com/2012/09/03/lintel-aintel-laintel-what-do-you-call-the-platform-of-an-atom-smart-phone/#comment-95230 Clarence Moon Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:33:20 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14019#comment-95230 Hint: They all run Android/Linux…

And no one seems to care. There are quite a few Atom based PCs, of course, and they are all Windows based. These machines are, as you note, becoming less and less popular. I have had one for three years now and I haven’t used it for quite a while. For me, a 10″ screen is just too small. I have an Acer One and it works perfectly and does everything it should, but I take my Dell 15″ when I travel now. The Acer is just too small to satisfy my needs.

]]> By: ch http://mrpogson.com/2012/09/03/lintel-aintel-laintel-what-do-you-call-the-platform-of-an-atom-smart-phone/#comment-95223 ch Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:58:30 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14019#comment-95223 “It’s also a gateway to the desktop for Android/Linux since the software runs on Intel.”

Please enlighten me: Why would I want to run an OS on my desktop or notebook whose UI and existing apps are designed to be used with a touchscreen?

And there’s a reason why neither my desktop nor my notebook have a touchscreen (and yours don’t, either): Just hold out your arm in front of you, fully extended, for some minutes, and you’ll know.

]]> By: Phenom http://mrpogson.com/2012/09/03/lintel-aintel-laintel-what-do-you-call-the-platform-of-an-atom-smart-phone/#comment-95219 Phenom Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:38:26 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14019#comment-95219 Hey, Mr. Posgon, split again? I can clearly recall how you expected ARM to run Intel and x86 into the ground. Now, Atom is becoming a competition to ARM. Seems Intel is not exactly dying anytime soon.

Finally, shall I need to remind you that Windows runs on Atom from day one? It is a matter of optimizing Windows Phone 8 for Atom, and there you go. Btw, you can technically install Windows 8 on any of these devices, only MS forbids it to ensure high quality and great experience for the users.

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