Android on netbooks might be the fad du jour, but it sounds like Routon's still working the MID angle -- the company just dropped word of two devices in the pipeline. The P760 and P730 are said to be in the "research phase," so we don't know too much about 'em, but they certainly look nice, and they're scheduled to hit sometime in the second half of the year. Honestly, though, we can't help but wonder when and where we're supposed to use these things -- anyone craving a MID over a netbook or smartphone?

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