MID, Mobile Internet Device, is a new concept mini notebook computer launched by Intel at the 2008 IDF conference. In Intel's definition, this is a mobile Internet device that is smaller than a laptop but larger than a mobile phone. MID is similar to UMPC. It is also an easy-to-carry mobile PC product. Through MID, users can access the Internet and enjoy entertainment, information query, and email sending and receiving at any time.
Tablet PC (English: Tablet Personal Computer, referred to as Tablet PC, Flat PC, Tablet, Slates), It is a small, portable personal computer with a touch screen as the basic input device. Its touch screen (also known as tablet technology) allows users to work with a stylus or digital pen instead of a traditional keyboard or mouse. Users can use built-in handwriting recognition, an on-screen soft keyboard, speech recognition, or a real keyboard (if the model is equipped). Tablet computers were proposed by Bill Gates, and should at least be based on the X86 architecture. Judging from the tablet computer concept product proposed by Microsoft, a tablet computer is a PC that does not require a flip, has no keyboard, is small enough to fit into a woman's handbag, but has complete functions. .
Tablet computer manufacturers mainly use the three major operating systems of Android, iOS, and Windows, while many MID manufacturers generally develop operating systems by themselves or with the help of open software.
So there is actually an essential difference between the two. The tablet computer is just a standard computer.Computers, except that the input device is replaced by a touch screen, and the body parts are more integrated and can be smaller. MID is just like a mobile phone, but it has more computer functions than a mobile phone and has mobile storage. It is not a computer.
In layman’s terms, a MID is a portable device with a screen larger than an ordinary mobile phone but smaller than a tablet. Its functions are equal to or better than those of a mobile phone but smaller than a tablet. It cannot be connected to an external mouse and keyboard, but can be connected to the Internet. A tablet, on the other hand, is a scaled-down, touch-enabled computer.
Now, with the development of the times, especially the popularity and technological improvement of mobile phones and tablets, many functions of MID now overlap with mobile phones and tablets, and the definitions between them are gradually blurring. , I believe that in the future, tablets, mobile phones, and MIDs will have more and more similarities, and even gradually become one.