Intel makes a push into mini wireless Internet devices

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Now many of the mainstream PC makers are rushing to introduce similar laptops that fall well below the traditional PC laptop price, but allow Web surfing and many basic computing tasks. There is also renewed interest among consumer electronics makers in devices that are neither laptops or cellphones. Introducing products at the Intel event in Shanghai will be Asus, BenQ, Clarion, Fujitsu , Gigabyte, Lenovo , LG-E, NEC , Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp , Toshiba , WiBrain and Usi. Intel has also distanced itself from its traditionally close relationship with Microsoft and Windows by striking up a new partnership with Ubuntu and Red Flag, two distributors of Linux software for consumer markets. “Think of it as, ‘honey I shrunk the C,’ “said Richard Doherty, president of Envisioneering, a consumer electronics market research and consulting firm. “Intel is betting that this will be a win in China, which already has the world’s largest mobile phone market and therefore influences the rest of the world market.”