Comments on: Qualcomm Turns a Netbook Into a Smartbook

By: GigaOM’s Top 15 Mobile Influencers: Tech News «

GigaOM’s Top 15 Mobile Influencers: Tech News « — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:07:30 +0000

[...] Jha helped oversee the creation of its Snapdragon chipset, which powers what that company calls smartbooks and the rest of us call netbooks. Jha has not only foreseen the effect that ubiquitous mobile broadband will have on our devices, [...]

By: Analyst Firm Thinks ARM Will Beat Intel on UltraMobile Devices – GigaOM

Analyst Firm Thinks ARM Will Beat Intel on UltraMobile Devices – GigaOM — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:01:25 +0000

[...] classifies netbooks, mobile internet devices (tablets), smartbooks and UMPCs as the sort of gadgets that will count on ARM-based application processors rather than [...]

By: kaycer

kaycer — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:52:16 +0000

you won't have to worry about the cannibalizing because it seems like a lot of companies which did not jump on the netbook bandwagon are looking to take a chunk out of their market. came across http://www.smartbook.asia and from the news they've been tracking, it looks like a lot of the major players are going to hit the netbook crowd hard

By: Google Chrome OS & What It Means For Future of Computing

Google Chrome OS & What It Means For Future of Computing — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:36:39 +0000

[...] betting on ARM-based netbooks such as Qualcomm and Texas Instruments will win if the user experience is robust enough to wean [...]

By: Does the Smartbook have a future? | Smartphone/PDA News & Articles

Does the Smartbook have a future? | Smartphone/PDA News & Articles — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:09:37 +0000

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By: NextBook

NextBook — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:47:20 +0000

I hate these naming debates. It’s a war for mindshare, where the losers are generally the ones with the smallest marketing budgets. In the end it has little to do with product quality or providing a device that people can/will actually use. (Evidence: PC vs Mac, circa 1985.)

I keep waiting for one of the manufacturers to realize that my “computer” isn’t a physical device – it’s the information and applications ON that device. In that model, a notebook/netbook/smartbook is really just a hard drive with a small screen and keyboard attached. I really wish I could plug it directly into my home computer (the one with a larger keyboard, better mouse, and 30″ monitor) and them boot from it as my “home” drive. Then I’d have what I really want: one computer with many faces.

By: Jack Moran

Jack Moran — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:33:47 +0000

Yes! You are SPOT ON!

By: Jack Moran

Jack Moran — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:17:03 +0000

What you are describing is a Personal Media and Learning Device for a new “Knowledge and Information On-Demand Society”. A Version of this device will change the entire complection of Education and of human society, world wide. Welcome to the 21st Century!

We just need Apple, Qualcomm, or someone to build the device you describe.

By: Deafbear

Deafbear — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:10:44 +0000

Look nice but I was wonder do they have come with tv just like Archos?

Deafbear

By: What is the Netbook’s place in the Universe? And what does it mean for VDI? - Part I | The VDIworks Blog

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:38:15 +0000

[...] is one example, and it is specifically intended for netbooks and the newly emerging, “smartbook” [...]

By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Observations: Devices - June 6, 2009

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:11:54 +0000

[...] Qualcomm Turns a Netbook Into a Smartbook [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:27:27 +0000

Qualcomm already has that — its called a Smartphone. If they enable larger devices, they’ll have the capability to add things like USB host to the phone for keyboard plug in and other peripherals.

By: Warthog

Warthog — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:15:27 +0000

Unfortunately, the Qualcomm “vision” is in precisely the wrong direction. Even the Acer Aspire One (8.9″ version) is too big What is needed is something more like the Nokia N800 (NOT the N810 with integrated keyboard). The device should be available in two sizes 1) the size of a standard mass market paperback, and 2) the size of a “quality” paperback. Keyboard should PLUG IN (not be part of the shell). Use as a tablet/touchscreen without the keyboard, and as a standard “laptop” with keyboard plugged in The additional space over the N800 should go to more memory, storage, and battery size.

By: Smartphone Plus Netbook Equals Qualcomm’s Smartbook | Netbook Reviews - Netbook Review Blog

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:30:17 +0000

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By: Dabs

Dabs — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:35:40 +0000

Apple will come out with the “smartbook” that you have described. Combination of iPhone and Mac. Only they have the vision and marketing muscle.

By: Dabs

Dabs — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:31:33 +0000

Oqo is bankrupt.