I'm not worried about 3G coverage. I wont be playing high data-rate games, or doing anything along those lines, on my NIT-like device. For me, it's for those moments when I'm out but need to suddenly get access to my servers, or something along those lines. In that situation, 3G is a bonus, not a necessity. I'll be fine with EDGE for ssh and basic things.

Further, since I switched from an N800 to an N810, battery life is ... odd. I can start with 9days/6hours, leave it in the pelican case over night (shut down), and in the morning it's out of battery. And, where the N800 pretty routinely got the number of hours of battery life that it estimated, the N810 seems to never get that many hours of battery life.

Last, I haven't carried either of my NITs in a pocket. I'm too paranoid about it getting damaged if I bump into something a little too hard, it accidentally falling out, etc. So I carry mine in a Pelican case, and the Pelican case is in a Maxpedition bag. I'm pretty sure this device will fit that situation just fine :-)


But, what the intel MIDs have going for them are:

1) x86 compatibility (I know, that has some power issues, but it really does expand some horizons)
2) most seem to be using more generic Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu Mobile); as much as I like Maemo, I wish it was being adopted by more other organizations
3) when I look at the ergonomic choices that are being made in the physical design of most MIDs, compared to the N810, I like the MIDs better. Especially the EB MIMD ... I wish someone would just decide to manufacture that damn thing.