Intel's Atom: Small News for Investors?

The Media is always trying to pounce the big guy INTEL to shark the price up and down ,because they are muipalating the markrt for gain.They should all be prosecuted........

Handheld Internet devices - like the iPhone and some a bit larger - will be the next big thing in electronics. The Atom chip is designed to power these gadgets and give them long battery life. Don't you just hate it when you're on a long flight and your laptop battery goes dead. And, who likes lugging that thing around anyway? These devices will slip in a coat pocket or handbag and have 10 hours or more battery life.

I think Intel is right on with these new chips...lugging laptops around is not the best option...especially through security check-points for all those buisness travelers...people want things that are portable and make life easier..this could be huge for Intel...

I am not sold on this "advancement". If one has an iPhone, BlackBerry, Treo or other smartphone they most likely have all they need vs. carrying this brick around.

I played around with the iPhone at the store - the screen is way too small compared to my laptop or desktop computers. It is not a genuine internet experience. The screen is way too small and awkward. With my 12.1" Sony laptop (that weighs next to nothing, and is very thin), I literally carry it around with me everywhere I go. Yeah, it will even fit into a manilla envelope, lol. I have a wireless connect card. It's just like the same browsing experience I get from my desktop - without having to squint at a small iPhone screen or think my fingers are too big to touch one key or link at a time, LOL! I think small laptops and mobile devices are the future.

For real internet experience and useablility, the laptop will shrink but not go away. Small screens are great for a quick message but not for any projects.

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The Atom line of chips will make way for some great mobil products. Make way for true mobility. Make way for a real mobil internet experience. Looking foward to Intel "Atom's". Mobil TV feature coming?

This is HUGE for Intel!!!!! I don't know what you all are talking about, but think about cell phones that are fast enough for broadband web surfing, longer battery life, and can run multiple programs at once! This might make the cell phone trump the laptop in a couple years, who would want a laptop when you cellphone works just as well? You doubters must not know about computers, or still use beepers for communication, but for the rest of us, this is BIG

This could be big for Intel. I don't know that MID's by themselves will propel ATOM as a product. This I think is the first in many steps to get the cpu adopted. These MID form factors can and will change. I think Intel is seeding the market by getting in between the laptop and cell phone size. I can't wait to see these items hit the market and see what they are really capable of doing.

Is the MID going to supplant general cell phones?...no. But the market they want and will likely succeed in is the business traveller and exec/manager/small business person on the move. And that is a BIG market. Think about it. Easy to carry (laptops aren't) and easy to use net/program apps. Looks like a potential BIG winner for INTC if they pull it off.

Seems to me that with Atom chip you can have a fully functional PC in your palm, that's very BIG coming from a small chip, some reporters should do more research before they report !.

No mention of Atom's most significant feature, namely that it's an X86 CPU and therefore will run Windows or MacOS "out of the box." Of course this is exactly what smartphones can't do since they use ARM. If these guy's are going to comment on a new technology they should at least know something about it!