Tag: smartbook
Hercules Launches ARM-Powered eCAFE Smartbooks
Hercules has announced two new smartbooks running on the Linux operating system and powered by the ARM processor to its eCAFE netbook line. The eCafe Slim HD is the slimmest and lightest model in the category while the eCafe EX HD will offer excellent battery life. Both models sport 10-inch displays and run on a [...]
No More Google Cr-48 Netbook for Now
Google has announced that it has shipped the last of its Cr-48 netbooks, which run on the company’s Chrome OS and looks reminiscent of Apple’s black MacBook of yore. The Cr-48 was announced late last year and have been shipping to developers and pilot users. Google was delivered 64,000 units from Inventec, and now the [...]
NEC LifeTouch Note Netbook with Android Coming Next Month
A new netbook from NEC running Android 2.2 on an NVIDIA 1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core processor is coming next month. The NEC LifeTouch Note netbook, or smartbook as our friends at Gottabemobile called it, will be available in March. It has a 7-inch resistive touchscreen display and an 800×480 resolution. The screen folds all the back [...]
Lenovo, Fujitsu, IRU Adopt MeeGo for Netbooks
Despite Nokia’s decision to adopt MeeGo, which was a joint collaboration with Intel, the latter company is still pushing forward with the open-source Linux-based scalable operating system and trying to find partners to use the OS in products. One partner is Lenovo, which will be using the MeeGo operating system in its popular Lenovo S10-3 [...]
Toshiba AC100 SmartBook Unboxed at NetbookNews
The time has finally come, the first worldwide smartbook release is upon us and NetbookNews is on the front line with the an unboxing of the Toshiba AC100 smartook. In addition to unboxing the new smartbook and giving you plenty to look at they have also shared their first impressions of the Android powered smartbook. [...]
Toshiba AC100 Review and Why Smartbooks Aren’t That Popular
Announced last month, the Toshiba AC100 smartbook looked to be a promising competitor to many netbooks on the market. However, as Hi-tech.mail.ru noted in their review, the Toshiba smartbook came up short in many areas. The Toshiba AC100 smartbook combines features of a netbook with a smartphone operating system, Google Android. Though Android has become quite popular [...]
Toshiba AC100 Android Smartbook
In addition to the Toshiba Libretto W100, Toshiba also announced the AC100, which is the company’s first smartbook. The new smartbook has a 10-inch display, NVIDIA Tegra processor, and Google Android 2.1 OS. A smartbook is a combination of a smartphone and a netbook, running on an ARM-based processor. It combines the features you would [...]
Compaq AirLife 100 Unboxing and Demo
The Compaq Airlife 100 always on device, which some may refer to as a smartbook or a social netbook, has landed in the hands of Chippy from CarryPad and he has wasted no time in unboxing it and showing us what an always on, always connected touch-enabled device can be used. When it comes to [...]
HP Bringing Its First Smartbook to Spain, the Airlife 100
HP Spain has just recently announced the HP Airlife 100, the company’s first foray into the smartbook space. As a quick refresher, smartbooks are essentially netbooks with phone hardware and often a non-desktop OS, like Google’s Android. Their advantages are good battery life, great standby time, and (hopefully) cheap pricing. The Airlife 100 is likely [...]
CES:JKKMobile shows off the HP Snapdragon Android Smartbook
JKK from JKK Mobile is here in Vegas hitting the show floor hard to find all the goodies the he can hack apart to create the worlds coolest netbook and here he shows off the prototype HP SnapDragon Smartbook running the Android OS. Overall the device looks like an HP Mini 1000 with a touchscreen [...]
