Smartbooks

Getta Load of ‘Em Ports!

To get the bad news over with first: this is just a concept. Put down your Visa card. Freescale’s been exploring the various shapes and uses tablets could take over the years, with this smartbook concept being ideal for DJs. It’s shown with a dock, which has all the audio ports one could possibly dream…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 26

HP Compaq Airlife 100 Smartbook Specs Outed

The HP Compaq Airlife 100 certainly looks pretty. But the more we find out about the specs, the more I’m doubting this first-wave smartbook. The 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB RAM and 512MB flash storage (along with a 16GB SSD) are all well and good. But then you hit the resistive touchscreen, the 16-bit TFT display,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 20

Qualcomm’s FLO TV Service Will Be Demoed On Snapdragon Smartbooks At MWC

We’ve seen bits and pieces of Qualcomm’s FLO live TV service, curiously even on an iPhone, but at MWC it’ll be showing it off on Snapdragon-powered smartbooks. It enables real-time updates via Twitter while watching live TV. https://gizmodo.com/flo-tv-shown-off-on-the-iphone-for-reasons-unknown-5409415 If you don’t have a Twitter account, or can’t stand the thought of getting updates about footballers…

Television Kat Hannaford Feb 15

Lenovo Skylight Hands On: The Frisbee Smartbook

The Skylight is part netbook, part smartphone, and I’m pretty sure I could throw it 50 yards. The real question is if that makes it a game-changer or a novelty act. The look and feel are certainly novel, if not novelty. The Skylight has an ultrathin clamshell design and weighs less than two pounds—it feels…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 7

Tegra 2 Coming in January: Nvidia Promises Netbooks, Smartphones and Smartbooks Galore

The Tegra system-on-a-chip, the zippy hardware that powers the Zune HD, had so much potential. Then, the delays. Slow pickup. Disappointment. Whatever happened to the Tegra, Nvidia doesn’t want it to happen again. This time, they say, will be different. https://gizmodo.com/mobile-chipsets-wtf-are-atom-tegra-and-snapdragon-5277326 As for what the Tegra 2 is, nobody really knows, because the closest Nvdia…

Tech News John Herrman Dec 16

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon-Powered Lenovo Smartbook Is Coming To AT&T

Qualcomm is showing off its newest smartbook concept. It’s a Snapdragon-powered, 10-incher for which they’ve already secured AT&T backing. Let’s hope this isn’t another disappointing and unholy union of a smartphone and a netbook. There aren’t many details available about the model as Qualcomm intends to truly show it off at CES 2010, but they…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Nov 12

Android-Based Asus Smartbook Arrives Early Next Year

That on-again, off-again Asus Eee PC with Android OS, and 1GHz Snapdragon processor is, well, back on again. Asus now calls it their “secret weapon” and says it should arrive early next year for about $180 bucks. https://gizmodo.com/asus-demos-snapdragon-based-eee-pc-with-android-5273723 Maybe all the interest in Android 2.0 got them interested again. https://gizmodo.com/a-visual-guide-to-android-2-0-so-much-nicer-5392059 As a reminder, Smartbooks are…

Tech News Danny Allen Oct 30

VIA And ARM Still Trying to Beat Intel Atom And Get Inside Netbook Trousers

Intel’s Atom processor is found in virtually every netbook, but others are still trying to get inside your mini-laptop. Independently, ARM and VIA are showing improved chips, but both won’t touch what Intel has in store. ARM processors are found in most smartphones, but its improved Cortex-A9 processor is aimed at netbooks or smartbooks (a…

Tech News Joanna Stern Sep 16

Getta Load of ‘Em Ports!

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