Mobile Internet devices could be the wave of the future - if everyone could agree on what they are. These elusive gadgets - not quite smartphones and not quite PCs -have even been seen by some as nothing more than a marketing ploy by processor vendors. This new class of handheld computing and Web-surfing devices grows and shrinks depending on who's offering the definition, but it seems that most manufacturers, wireless operators and analysts are looking toward the middle. Several devices, including Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPod Touch, have been declared MIDs by someone or another, but the market becomes more discerning when broken down. MIDs on the global market today include the Archos 7, the flagship media tablet from Archos that offers instantaneous access to a full Web browsing experience on its 5-inch, high-resolution screen.
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