Low price / long drive possible than netbook · High-performance "smart book" finally appears, demonstration movie is also released

Low price mini laptops called "netbooks" such as ASUS's "EeePC" and Acer's "Aspire One" are entering the market, but its competing horse "Smart BookIt is clear that the mobile terminal called 'The plan is going to be released soon.

Than the netbookIt is said that it can be driven for a long time and is inexpensiveBesides, although it is a smart book that realized high graphic performance, can we create a new boom?

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Flood of ARM-based Snapdragon and Tegra smartbooks to hit market in 4Q09

According to this article, manufacturers such as Acer, Foxconn Electronics, Pegatron Technology, Compal Electronics and Inventec Appliances are going to release products called "smart books" in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Smartbook is based on ARM-based Qualcomm CPU "Snapdragon"Or NVIDIA's"Tegra processor"Is supposed to be equipped. The Tegra processor enables 130 hours of audio playback, 30 hours of HD video playback, 1080p HDMI output, etc. on small portable devices, and it will be able to operate games that require even more high-quality and intense high-speed motion It is a high-performance processor.

Moreover, Mobinnova, which was supplied by outsourcing production from Foxconn Electronics, is expected to adopt Google's mobile phone operating system "Android", and Mobinnova is an ultra-thin type equipped with an 8.9-inch liquid crystal for the North American market and the European market It is planned to ship about 500,000 smartbooks by the end of this year.

In the following QUALCOMM Smartbook Official Website, feature introductions of smart books such as 3G communication support, thickness of 20 mm or less, battery available all day, and release of demonstration movies are done.

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