It’s no surprise that Dell’s recent leaks show Android playing a pivotal role. However, their association with the OS might expand to smartbooks too. A roadmap slide uncovered by guys at Androidcentral shows that couple of ARM powered smartbooks are destined for some time later this year or early 2011. The smartbooks are named […]
Qualcomm working with HP to create a new smartbook
Qualcomm’s smartbook range is bound to get another addition by way of HP. Qualcomm has announced that they are currently working with HP to make a smartbook with features – you’ve heard before – like faster processing speeds, 3G, Wi-Fi connectivity, all-day battery life etc. The HP’s offering will run on QSD8250 aka 1GHz […]
Lenovo Smartbook dubbed as Skylight, will cost $499
Remember we snagged a picture of Lenovo’s upcoming smartbook? Well, its got the official treatment as well as the name – Skylight. The Skylight is the first smartbook to go on sale and will be bundled with AT&T’s 3G plans. Skylight takes advantage of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor that has a speedy 1GHz clockspeed as […]
Freescale envisions $200 smartbooks with new design
Freescale has unveiled an innovative smartbook design that aims to give users the liberty to use it as a touch-only tablet or with an additional dock, get a full-fledged QWERTY keyboard. Freescale says the design is intended for second generation smartbooks with price of or less than $200. Internally, the smartbook will make use […]
Lenovo to bring world’s first Smartbook
As expected, at the analyst meet today Qualcomm showed off the first Smartbook made by Lenovo. The details are scarce at the moment but it’s confirmed to have an HD display, longer battery life and full flash support. It will be sold on AT&T.
Forbes: Qualcomm Smartbook to be unveiled tomorrow
Qualcomm’s new Smartbook range will show its face tomorrow, according to Forbes. Forbes spoke to few Qualcomm execs who confirmed that the first Smartbook will be announced tomorrow at the company’s annual analyst meeting in New York. Although Qualcomm didn’t divulge anything substantial related to tomorrow’s Smartbook, they did say something about Snapdragon platform […]
Sharp unveils PC-Z1 Netwalker ARM-based netbook in Japan
Sharp has announced an ARM-based PC-Z1 Netwalker touchscreen netbook in the Japanese market. In fact MID would be an apt tag since it sits nicely between the netbook and mobile phone nomenclature. Anyways, the small PC-Z1 is powered by Freescale’s Cortex-A8 based i.MX515 SoC and features include a 5-inch touchscreen display (1024×600), Ubuntu 9.0.4 […]
Nokia also preparing ARM-based smartbook
This is straight off the rumorville and as most of the times Digitimes is the first to hear those whispers. Citing Taiwan-based handset makers, they’re reporting that in addition to the Intel-based Booklet 3G, Nokia is also planning to offer an ARM-based netbook better known as smartbooks. Compal Electronics and Foxconn are tipped to […]
Is Sony Ericsson preparing a smartbook?
A new rumor surfaced yesterday claiming Sony Ericsson to be preparing a Smartbook. The claim comes from a Taiwanese source who says Sony Ericsson is preparing the device and will “enter the market soon”. However, as far as specs are concerned the source doesn’t seem to be sure to tell if it will be […]
Microsoft Windows won’t support ARM Smartbooks
Windows OS predominantly supports x86 architecture, so a denial from Microsoft to not support ARM processor based Smartbooks is not surprising. Steve Guggenheimer at the Computex said “For people who want a PC, albeit a different chipset, we don’t think those will work very well. We sort of learnt in the last year that […]