Comments on: Freescale Designs $200 Smartbook Tablet for All Day Use http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bic http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431144 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:41:33 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431144 Isn’t a tablet just a flat netbook without the hinge? Not sure I’d want to use a tablet to read e-books and magazines, just like I don’t want to read such things on any LCD screen for a long time.

]]> By: johnkzin http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431143 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:55:50 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431143 “Smartbook is the ARM based version of a netbook”

No. ARM netbooks exist, and pre-date the smartbook name. CPU family is not a differentiation between “netbook” and “something else”.

]]> By: Luke http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431142 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:58:17 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431142 I don’t know. Obviously, I’m in the minority but I would ONLY buy this tablet (or any others) if they are capable of inking. I work at a medical school as well, which currently requires tablets for first year students because of their note taking ability… so I’m sure it plays some role in how popular a particular tablet becomes.

]]> By: Styi http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431141 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:34:36 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431141 Smartbook is the big brother of the smartphone
Smartbook is the ARM based version of a netbook

i see nothing wrong with the name.

these devices need a name differential MUCH more than the netbook did, the netbook in reality is just a small laptop.

]]> By: johnkzin http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431140 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:54:17 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431140 IMO:

smartbook tablet = tablet
smartbook clamshell = netbook

“smartbook”, as a general term, is an abomination, and no one should pay it lip service. It should be viewed/used in the same manner as a brand name (like “Vaio” or “EeePC”). We don’t talk about the Dell Mini 9 EeePC, we talk about the Dell Mini 9 netbook. Things with snapdragon processors, in a clamshell format, with a screen size <= 12", are netbooks. The fact that they might be branded as "Smartbooks" doesn't change that they are also netbooks.

(and "netvertible" is … undeserving of a response :-) )

So…

netbook
convertible tablet/netbook
tablet

]]> By: Styi http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431139 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:13:42 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431139 Smartbook tablet just doesnt work, you cant be a “book” & a “tablet” (unless your a convertible).

Netbook
Netvertible

Smartbook
Smarttab, Smartlet, Smartslate, Smartslab???????????????

]]> By: alslayer http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431138 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:11:35 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431138 I like the look of the device and if the price stayed at $200 then it would be a win in my book. But as I have seen with the Smart Q7 the operating system is very important. Plus I just got me a TC1100 and love it.
:)

]]> By: johnkzin http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431137 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:26:45 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431137 I’ve heard that the OS choices will be some internal version of Linux, or Android.

For me, I’d want it to be a 10″ tablet, 1280×800 display, RAM choices of 1GB and 2GB, and DVI-I or Display Port out. A PixelQi display wouldn’t hurt, either.

The little keyboard docking station is cute, but I hope they’ll make more conventional docking stations, as well :-} (for using a KVM switch, or your own keyboard).

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431136 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:24:41 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431136 Ink on tablets has been around for years, but they haven’t taken off, so I don’t see that as a huge factor.

]]> By: Tony http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431135 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:20:18 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431135 Hmm. Intriguing, but unless it’s capable of inking, I can’t imagine these tablets taking off. What do you think?

]]> By: TamMan http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431134 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:37:17 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431134 the only thin client OS that stands a chance of succeeding is ChromeOS. hopefully these tablets will be running a beta version of it for now until Google can get the final version pushed out sooner.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431133 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:22:41 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431133 That’s a fair criticism, Allan. But I saw some of the early working prototypes at last year’s show and they were barely cobbled together. Seems like folks were waiting to see a smartbook market develop, which is only just now happening. The question is: how much will it develop?

]]> By: serwei http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431132 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:16:52 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431132 don’t wanna sound like a troll but… SmartQ8? :P

]]> By: Rajesh Mishra http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431131 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:10:28 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431131 Looks nice! I am still not sure how easy it will be to hold on to this type of tablets and work on them for long duration. I am guessing you would need some kind of accessory (almost like keyboard dock without keyboard) to give them laptop like feeling and stand.

]]> By: Allan Jones http://gigaom.com/mobile/freescale-designs-200-smartbook-tablet-for-all-day-use/#comment-431130 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:05:56 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=53326#comment-431130 Interesting, but I feel a bit dismayed that we’re still at the reference design stage. I was hoping that at this year’s CES actual production models of devices like this would be unveiled.

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