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Hands On – Ubuntu 10.7 Smartbook Edition

Hands on with the Canonical Ubuntu Netbook Edition which is optimized for ARM which some might call the Ubuntu Smartbook Edition, in the video it is shown running on a Freescale i.MX51 Pegatron Laptop reference design. Canonical explains some of the things that are being…

Preorder Your Toshiba Smartbook AC100 & Libretto W100 Now!!

Get your white gloves out, its time for the golf clap! A smartbook and what most companies have strickly shown off as proof of concept 7″ dual screen device are available for pre-order! Toshiba is bringing two devices the AC100 and the Libretto W100… which

Toshiba AC100 Smartbook (Video)

Don’t see smartbooks coming out to market very often, so we have our fingers crossed that this isn’t a device we get to see but never get to buy. The Ultra… thin smartbooks is running Android 2.1 on a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 250 with a

Toshiba’s AC100 Android / Tegra Smartbook Revealed

Amongst other announcements today, Toshiba has also taken the wraps off it’s first smartbook.  The AC100… is sporting a dual-core Tegra 250 on the inside and a super-slim chassis built around a 10.1″ screen on the outside.
Toshiba is claiming an 8-hour battery life (for

Linpus Smatbook Solution for Nvidia Tegra Optimized for IPTV

What do you do with a smartbook solution optimized for Nvidia Tegra and no one is coming out with a smartbook? Well Linpus has gone and turned it into a IPTV solution. Lets take a look at the original Linpus Desktop solution and how it…

ARM Press Conference Device Walk Through Computex 2010

ARM held their press conference on Day 0 of Computex 2010. We learned about Eagle their new Eagle processor which is aimed at the high end. Sascha goes through a whole bunch of tablets and MIDs and smartbooks all running ARM.…

Unboxing & Hands On with the Compaq Airlife 100 Smartbook (video)

Chippy over at CarryPad.com has gotten his hands on the Compaq Air 100 he takes it out of the box, but he certinly doesn’t stop there. This 20 minute video goes over the keyboard and device in detail, also on his to do list for…

When will the Smartbook’s Get Here? Stop Blaming Linux, Flash & Tablets

Come out, Come out where ever you are! Oh there you are in Spain Compaq Airlife 100…, you’re it since Lenovo’s Skylight smartbook due out in April was delayed until July. If you don’t live in Spain here is our video with the Compaq

HP Smartbook Specs Uncovered Indicate its heading to the US Soon

Compaq Airlife 100… Specs were found on HP.com, does this mean that its coming to U.S? According to the overview page at HP.com United States–which obviously suggests the Compaq Airlife will be available in the U.S in addition to Europe–the smartbook will have the following

Lenovo Skylight postponed because iPad?

Lenovo delayed the launch of the Skylight smartbook from April to July in order to improve the device’s performance. Since the iPad… is its main competitor, according to Digitimes the Smartbooks controls don’t act as smoothly as the iPad’s and does not feature as many

Spilt Beans at IDF? MeeGo Announced with Netbook UI Details

Intel’s Developer Forum kicked off in Beijing today and among the news we expected to hear was MeeGo. Incase you missed it MeeGo is Intel & Nokia’s Love Child, its Intel’s Moblin with its Linux kernel teamed up with Nokia MeaMo which will bring QT…

Mobinnova Beam Now Running Android

What do we love more then Android Tablets, or Tabloids as we hope they get called, well that would be smartbooks. The Bean by Mobinnnova is an 8.9… inch smartbook running Nvidia Tegra will now also be sporting an Android Operating System. Mark Spooner

Coby’s $85 Smartbook

Engadget have discovered another little diamond in the rough at CeBIT, this time from Coby.  The NBPC722 looks like a 10″-ish Netbook but actually has a 7″ screen, and under the almost-full-sized keyboard lurks a plucky 624MHz Marvell PXA303 processor and 2GB of Flash storage…