There's the rub. I've seen Arduino's be turned into real development environments, with a keyboard and mini-display, and onboard editor for Assembly, to boot! So I don't think the Arduino is 'mini' in any way; maybe the demo's of Arduino you've seen are one thing, but actually the Arduino is a kick-ass machine. Some people treat them like an Atari. :)
There's the rub. I've seen Arduino's be turned into real development environments, with a keyboard and mini-display, and onboard editor for Assembly, to boot! So I don't think the Arduino is 'mini' in any way; maybe the demo's of Arduino you've seen are one thing, but actually the Arduino is a kick-ass machine. Some people treat them like an Atari. :)