what's the netbook in the picture? HP 1000? The hardware looks pretty decent.

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I have to agree with Wilson though. At its price and size, the differences between it and a netbook can become sort of moot, at least for me. I'd have to carry something to carry it in, so I could just as well get a cheaper netbook that has an actual VGA port if I want to occasionally expand it in desktop mode.

That said, it's a damnably attractive gizmo.

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Anyhow, there's got to be a place for these things in the gadget pantheon. I could see them as being kind of nice for bigger-screen playback of video content, and handy for dumping photographs to when on-the-go. While Mark doesn't seem to like MIDs, and maybe that's why there are no plusses in this lightning review, but they seem to be filling a niche for people who don't want to carry a blackberryish thing around, don't do a lot of typing, and don't want the bulk of a netbook.

I'll throw the question to fellow commenters, too -- Why do companies make MIDs, and who's the target market?

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