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Article | 22/06/2010 Toshiba parties with lighter laptop and Android smartbook
Toshiba has spent the last 25 years refining the basic laptop design of flat screen, x86 processor, full-size keyboard and removable storage. Its Port...
Article | 28/05/2010 E-reader sales expected to hit wall in 2014
E-readers like the Kindle and Nook are surging in popularity but will hit a wall in 2014 when sales drop off due to competition from a wide range of c...
Article | 23/02/2010 163 million smartbooks to ship in 2015
A new research study estimates that 163 million "smartbooks" will ship worldwide in 2015 - a significant rate of growth given that the very first mode...
Article | 15/02/2010 HP's smartbook may battle it out with Apple's iPad
Hewlett-Packard's first smartbook, the Compaq AirLife 100, announced on Friday, could be a rival to Apple's iPad as the two companies aim to attract b...
Article | 15/02/2010 HP debuts Android-based smartbook
Hewlett-Packard has launched the Compaq AirLife 100, a smartbook based on the Android OS and Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor, it said on Friday.
Article | 12/02/2010 German court orders Lenovo to stop using 'smartbook'
A German court on Thursday issued a restraining order at the behest of Smartbook AG to stop Lenovo from using the "smartbook" trademark to describe lo...
Article | 8/01/2010 Nvidia's new chips target mobile devices
Nvidia launched its next-generation Tegra processor for low-cost laptops and tablets on Thursday, which could intensify competition with rival Intel i...
Article | 13/11/2009 Qualcomm shows Lenovo smartbook
Qualcomm put the spotlight on the smartbook concept at an analyst meeting in New York on Thursday, showing off a Lenovo-made device based on the Snapd...
Article | 2/09/2009 Smartbooks prepare to compete in mini-laptop space
Mini-laptops based on Arm chips are set to make their way to users, which could heat up the battle in a space dominated by netbooks with Intel's Atom ...
Article | 31/08/2009 Sharp to launch ultramobile device with Arm chip
Sharp Electronics this week introduced a netbook-like mobile device with a 5-inch touch screen that is designed to run Internet-based applications.
Article | 14/08/2009 Nvidia's Tegra chip makes its way to mobile devices
After close to a year of talk and demonstrations, Nvidia's low-power Tegra chips will soon appear in mobile devices, a company official said on Thursd...
Article | 14/07/2009 Microsoft aims Windows Embedded at smartbooks
Microsoft plans to use Windows Embedded to combat rival operating systems in smartbooks and a number of other devices meant to always be connected to ...
Article | 16/06/2009 Android an alternative to Windows in netbooks, says Gartner
Google's Android mobile phone software worked well on mini-laptops at the Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show and, backed by the strong Google brand...
Article | 5/06/2009 JavaFX set for phones, smartbooks, TVs
Listening to Sun Microsystems heap accolades on its JavaFX multimedia application technology Wednesday evening almost obscured the fact that JavaFX fa...
Article | 4/06/2009 Microsoft to leave smartbooks to Google
Microsoft doesn't plan to offer a version of Windows for so-called "smartbooks," leaving the space open to Linux, Google's Android and other operating...

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