Articles on Smartbooks

Is the MSI dual-screen laptop the way of the future, or a gimmick? - Jan 12, 2010

Crave Could this be the future, or a laptop pipe dream? Amid the tablet, smartbook and smartphone wars, a new conceptual spin on the old screen-and-keyboard-connected-by-a-hinge way of doing things ... Read story »

Asus deciding between Chrome and Android - Jan 15, 2010

Crave Asus has prototype Android and Chrome OS smartbooks in its labs and is currently deciding whether to release an ARM-based device alongside its Intel-based Eee PC Netbooks, the company's chairman has ... Read story »

Future of Netbooks, laptops unfolds at Computex - Jun 4, 2009

Crave Smartbooks: a different beast than Netbooks? (conceptual design from Freescale) While many eyes are on E3, Taiwan's Computex conference is more quietly generating some interesting news on the future of ... Read story »

Just wait, "smartbooks" are about to get much cheaper - Jan 7, 2010

Blogs The other day, while reading the newspaper on the subway, a thought popped into my head: What's the best device for consuming media on-the-go? If only there was a truly efficient ... Read story »

Freescale embraces SmartBooks - Jun 8, 2009

Crave Smartbook prototype featuring a vertical display. (Image credit: Freescale) As if the line between Netbooks and notebooks are not blurred enough, at the Computex Taipei 2009 tradeshow, we caught a glimpse ... Read story »

Qualcomm demos new "Smartbooks" - Jun 3, 2009

Crave The Android-based Asus Eee PC demonstrating its multimedia capabilities. There has been talk that the Android OS will appear in Netbooks, with some manufacturers revealing that they are exploring the possibility. ... Read story »

Lenovo laptops get innovative at CES - Jan 7, 2010

Features Instead of mere platform refreshes, the Chinese maker has launched a slew of new and innovative machines at CES 2010.  Read story »

Qualcomm unveils new 1.3GHz Snapdragon chipset - Jun 1, 2009

Crave Toshiba TG01 Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset first made headlines when it debuted in the Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile smartphone, showcased at the Mobile World Congress this year. The talking point at the ... Read story »

Compaq's Android smartbook has a touchscreen - Feb 17, 2010

Crave Normally, when we hear about a Compaq product, we associate it with entry-level computers. HP apparently remembers the days when Compaq first released iPaq smart devices, because it chose to ... Read story »

HP Compaq Airlife 100 almost official - Jan 22, 2010

Crave While slate tablets seem to be all the rage these days, let's not forget that there exists a majority who feel lost without a physical keyboard. The HP Compaq ... Read story »

Preview: CES 2010--what product will be hot in 2010? - Jan 2, 2010

Blogs CES 2010 is just a week away now. What kind of technology and products will hit us in 2010? We can assume from those IT trends at CES 2010 as per ... Read story »

Lenovo reveals 11.6-inch IdeaPad U1 detachable tablet - Jan 5, 2010

Crave Apparently new enterprise and SMB-class computers weren't all that Lenovo had planned for CES 2010. Revealed just before the start of the show, the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid tablet PC is an ... Read story »

Flash 10.1 for nearly every mobile device except the iPhone - Oct 5, 2009

Crave Flash on smartphones, or the lack of, has been talked about for a long time, but this will all end soon as Adobe has just unveiled its latest Flash Player 10.1 ... Read story »

Taiwan Tech in 2010: E-readers vs. smartbooks? - Jan 14, 2010

Blogs What's on the horizon for 2010 in Taiwan?  One of the more interesting stories to come out at the end of last year was that the Taiwanese Government had earmarked US$66 ... Read story »

GDC 2010: Big gaming news on deck? - Mar 9, 2010

Crave While it lacks the bombast and sheer size of major technology tradeshows such as CES and the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the annual Game Developers Conference has quietly become one of ... Read story »

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