Smartphones and e-book readers like the new Amazon Kindle 2, along with UMPCs, netbooks, gaming devices and mobile satellite navigation systems, make up a new category of fast-growing devices known as MIDs. Small screens, high speed and reliable battery life are the names of the game. In addition, companies such as Intel, with its Atom processors, and Nvidia are looking to define this still developing market. Size matters, and it’s a good time to be small. New data from iSuppli predicts that by 2012 the mobile Internet device category is expected to grow by a factor of eight from 2007 numbers.

Full story: eweek.com