I have at last found out what the MTube is. It’s being dubbed an “IMP” which stands for Internet Media Player. The MTube officially launched last Tuesday by Taiwan’s Science and Technolgy Advisory Group. The Taiwan government plans to promote the MTube as a brand new type of design and hopes to create a whole new category of devices. This thing is so small and so fast, I have to have one. Take a look at the video.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zy23Oc1904[/youtube]

I will be interested to see whether the rest of the world picks up this idea and runs with it. Just imagine what Apple or Sony can do with something like this? It’s certainly good to see a solid idea coming out of Taiwan rather than the normal places. It’s also good to see that this is a governmen-backed initiativ, so it looks as though they have a solid foundation to work from. If they can just get enough of these into the market before the big boys catch up, I think they have a chance to create and hold a new market. Good luck guys.