Mira device makers give nod to Intel
C|Net | at | by Mike
Philips Electronics, ViewSonic and two Asian contract-manufacturers will build their Mira devices around Intel's XScale processor, Intel said Friday, an early salvo in what will likely be a year filled with gadget news. Mira is a portable wireless flat-panel display that contains software and a processor and can be used to surf the Web (in conjunction with a PC) or control TVs, game consoles and other devices. Unfurled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Mira is similar to the Tablet PC in shape and size, which is also coming out later this year. The Tablet PC, though, is a fully functional PC squeezed into a portable flat-panel screen.