You can have a great idea but if you’re too early to market then no one will care and actually mock your product, that seems to be the case with Qualcomm and their Smartbook concept. Back in 2009 Qualcomm pushed an ultrathin ARM based laptop…
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Galaxy Tab 10.1 Copy Cat Sporting Tegra 3
Smartbook is a notorious patent troll comany in Germany and they have just come out with pretty much a one-by-one copy of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1… with one major improvement, it’s sporting an Nvidia Tegra 3 processor. We’ve actually seen this tablet before, it’s
Motorola Looking to Bring Two New Lapdocks to Market in 2011
When the Motorola Atrix… debuted at CES in January the industry took notice of the innovation. However, when the devices got reviewed, it was a whole different story. The smartphone hardware was average for the price and the Lapdock was the most expensive docking station
Motorola Atrix Lapdock Hands On & 2nd Look
The Motorola Mobility Atrix… 4G smartphone in an example of mobile/desktop convergence. It is a smartphone with netbook like docking station. I can see this combination making a lot more sense to me as a lightweight laptop or netbook replacement than Google’s promised Chrome OS-based
CEO Jerry Shen: ASUS Roadmap Includes a 3D Tablet & MeeGo Netbook
CEO Jerry Shen has big plans and an extensive roadmap that usually includes pretty much everything including the kitchen sink. What’s been unearthed at CeBit is that 3D & MeeGo are also hot in the works over here in Taipei. With many dropping support for…
Nufront Smartbook with the Dual Core Cortex A9
This 10 inch Smartbook is powered by a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 running at 2GHz, and sporting an Ubuntu operating system. We are unsure if it is going to have 1 or 2GB of RAM. Other specs include HDMI, VGA, two USB 2.0, and an SD…
Malata T9000 Smartbook Hands On – Mobilize 2010
During GigaOM Mobilize we took a look at the new Malata T9000 Smartbook which is running on a Marvell Armada 166 platform, sports an 8GB SSD with a screen resolution of 1024 x 600. The unit comes preloaded with a variety of games dictionary, music,…
Netbook Nation #21 – IQ 2010 Highlights
Innovation Qualcomm or IQ 2010 is the annual European Qualcomm event bring together those in mobile technology through keynotes, technical and business breakout sessions as well as hands-on demonstrations.
IQ2010 took place at the world famous Science Museum in London—aptly selected as the museum traces…
IQ 2010 Qualcomm Mobile Computing Device Round Up
During the 2010 Innovation Qualcomm event in London, we have even looked at the entire range of current smartnooks and tablets packed with Qualcomm CPUs. A lot of popular products all use said processor. Take a quick look at the Compaq Airlife 100…, Foxconn
Qualcomm CEO – Smartbooks are Dead. Killed by Tablets.
Looks like Qualcomm’s IQ 2010 is already full of punchy headlines after CEO Paul Jacobs admitting during the open keynote that tablets such as the iPad… had already occupied the niche they expected smartbooks to. Jacobs described tablets like the iPad as delivering the concept
Toshiba AC100 Now Available in the UK, Froyo Update Coming
Over in the UK and waiting for some smartbook action? You’re in luck as Toshiba UK just tweeted earlier today that you can now officially order the Toshiba AC100… directly from their website priced at 293 pounds. This is the Wi-Fi model. 3G models are
What Are We Going to See at IFA 2010
On Friday, the International Consumer Electronics Show (IFA for short) kicks off in Berlin and is celebrating their 50th Anniversary.
IFA 2010 is shaping up to be the Ultra…-mobility devices expo featuring tablets. We’re are waiting with baited breath for dozens of devices some
$99 Smartbook Spotted At Kmart, Bought & Tested
Kmart is back in the spotlight! Yesterday a company you’ve most likely never heard of until now – Augen – made an announcement that they would be selling $150 Android tablets in the US (though no one has spotted any in stock yet) although they…
Intel will release native Android 2.2 “Froyo” Support this Summer
Summer time usually doesn’t yield huge announcements but this one is note worthy, Intel is putting the finishing touches on the latest version for x86 based netbooks and tablets. What is exciting is that there will be coming out beased on Android 2.2 “Froyo. So…
Meet:Mobility Podcast 52 – Smartbooks, Tablets and a lot of Android
In this show recorded on the 23rd July 2010 Chippy, Sascha and JKK talk about the HP Mini 100e, XPPhone, Dell Streak, Viliv N5… (due to arrive in the next few days at UMPCPortal and JKKMobile) and get into a great dicussion about
