Research and Markets: MIDs Spell Success for China's UMD Market

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d13892/mids_spell_success) has announced the addition of the "MIDs Spell Success for China's UMD Market" report to their offering.

In 2008, the mobile Internet device (MID), became a new member of the UMD family, and the development of the entire UMD market has been positively impacted by its arrival.

In addition to MIDs, ultra mobile PCs (UMPCs), another member of the UMD family, are rapidly evolving. And high-end smartphones, the last member of the UMD family, also can provide the same level of Internet experience as UMPCs or MIDs, such as Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry.

More and more notebook and cellphone makers are recognizing the huge potential of the UMD market. Meanwhile, many popular Internet applications can run on UMDs and an improved wireless environment can provide a faster mobile Internet access. All these initiatives support the belief that UMD is on its way.

This report provides the following:

An overview of China's UMD market, including UMPCs, MIDs, and high-end smartphones
Profiles of the main players, including processor and chipset vendors, OEM vendors
An outline of the elements of the UMD ecosystem and value chain
Discussion of x86-based UMDs and ARM-based UMDs
Shipment forecasts for UMPCs and MIDs in China from 2008 to 2012

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