The aim of the device is to take advantage of all the Internet has to offer via a WiMax wireless broadband network currently in the works on the island and in several other countries around the world, including the U.S.
The MTube, as the device is called, carries a 1GHz microprocessor made by Via Technologies Inc., an x86-based processor able to use software meant for PCs. But the MTube weighs only 150 grams and has a 2.8-inch screen, so it's small enough to fit in person's pocket. It can store 8G bytes of songs, photos and other data and runs on a Linux OS.
MTube also works with Wi-Fi connections, but does not work on 3G (third generation) mobile telecommunications networks, according to Shen Shu-heng, an official at Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry (III), one of the groups responsible for the device.
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