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ST-Ericsson's U8500 Platform

ST-Ericsson's U8500, the first smartphone platform to integrate the ARM Mali-400 OpenGL ES2.0 and OpenVG1.1 graphics processing unit. The U8500 is one of the earliest mobile platforms to introduce an ARM Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ SMP dual core processor and can support HD video playback at 1080p.

http://www.arm.com/about/newsroom/26212.php

It seems that the rumors where actually true!! You you have read it right, according to Engadget, HP is bringing its first smartbook to market which will be called Compaq Airlife 100. It looks a lot like a Netbook but will have smartphone features. The Airlife 100 looks a lot like the prototype that we have shown in earlier threads.

Here are the expected Specs :

• CPU: Most likely a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon ...

any 1 tell me what is smart book?

i think when you a notebook, doesnt it suppose to have like a CD to restart your computer if it gets stuck or something. And by the way what does the CD called ? The one to restart your computer like first time you buy the notebook.I really need that one since I am so new to laptop.

Im new with upgrading laptops so I need some help. Im looking to get some more performance from my Asus. Also when I find a good processor would geek squad be a good place to install it?

Hi was wondering fi anyone can help, my daughter seems to have locked the keyboard on her Asus notebook, atleast i think thats what she has done. Can anyone offer any advice for unlocking this ?
I have looked at the manual and no advice regarding this so maybe im wrong and it needs sent for repair can anyone help ?

If it's possible how can i do that? My driver for the wireless board is Intel PROset Wireless. Help pls. I want to do that in order to connect my iPod to the internet and i don;t have an wireless rooter.

Does the video card support crysis?Or what notebook for gaming do you recommend me in the same price range?

I'm planning to buy an acer but I want to know which acer has what I need for school work and don't tell me about a desktop. I only want a notebook/laptop.
I need to install microsoft 2003 on an acer with a built in cd drive.

Are they free or trial?