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Lenovo Skylight Smartbook
It appears that the new Lenovo Skylight is definately in the smartbook category. As before its not as powerful as a netbook but more powerful than your smartphone. The Lenovo Skylight uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor which runs at 1 GHz, and uses a chip thats more or less the same as the ones in the LG Expo and the HTC HD2. Netbooks tend to... Read more of this article
Are $20 Smartbooks really coming
It sounds far fetched and a little ridiculous, but could this be the future. It appears Google may be planning on building some bare bones netboooks or smartbook. Because Chrome OS is free and the data it creates is stored virtually, it may be a possibility. It seems this may be on the back of google recently buying Teracent, a company whos speciality... Read more of this article
Sharp Netwalker PC Z1
This little smartbook from Sharp has only just been released but thanks to pocketables there are a number of great looking shots of it. Its not yet available in the UK, but we can let you know that it comes with a 5 inch WSVGA touchscreen, 800MHz ARM Cortex A8-based Freescale CPU, a six row keyboard an optical mouse and buttons. Check back later... Read more of this article
Qi Smartbook U1000
Welcome to the Qi Smartbook U1000, some would disagree that is actually a smartbook, but we think it is. It has a windows mobile MID and enjoys 800×480 resolution on a 5 inch screen. As well as these features it will also provide a substantial 624MHz processor. This should help to keep everything moving at a speed you are used to. But, unfortunatley... Read more of this article
ARM to overtake Intel by 2012
At the moment Intel have almost 94% of the netbook (partially due the the popular Samsung NC 10 netbook market and smartbook market. But, apparently, by 2012, according to Robert Castellano of The Information Network ARM will have gained significant ground on Intel and could potentially own 55% of the market. Currently, there are approximately 22.1... Read more of this article
Sony Vaoi P – Smartbook Size?
Is this what we will be seeing from smartbooks when they eventually arrive. The Sony Vaoi P series is surely the size of future smartbooks. This one can just about fit into your back pocket, certainly that makes it ultra portable. This mobile computer is definately sleek and stylish – it only weighs a mere 638 grams. It comes with 3G technology,... Read more of this article
Toshiba TG01 – Is this the first Smartbook?
So, is the Toshiba TG01 the first smartbook. With smartbooks not being planned for release until the Autumn of 2009, have Toshiba decided to jump the gun. Well, according to Jean-Varaldi, who is a senior director of marketing and business development at Qualcomm, the company producing the snapdragon processor, seems to think so. He recently referred... Read more of this article
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