Tectonic Shift

Did you catch yesterday's Phoenix Technologies' announcement?

Intel nettops are going to feature HyperSpace™ the "revolutionary, instant-on computing environment, with Intel(R) Desktop Boards featuring the integrated Intel(R) Atom™ processors 230 and 330 . These Intel motherboards with HyperSpace technology will be available worldwide in CYQ42009."

The deal between Intel and Phoenix means that millions of nettop users and other inexpensive, lightweight computing devices powered by Intel's market-leading Atom processors will be able to enjoy the same high levels of efficiency, fun, and ease-of-use that HyperSpace brings to laptop and netbook users.

The guiding philosophy behind HyperSpace is to make using a mobile computing device as easy, quick, and reliable as using a mobile phone. The thinking is that this will lead to a "tectonic shift" in the way we will use our mobile PCs...and long overdue.