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 Post subject: ST-Ericsson's U8500 Platform
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:19 pm 
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

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 Post subject: World's 1st Smartbook : HP Spain bring Compaq Airlife 100
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:32 pm 
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 ...

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 Post subject: Apple iPad Chip A4 to be Reckoned With
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:13 am 
While the Internet has been awash with talk of the mildly disappointing (no multitasking, no Flash support, no USB/SD card slots, and yes – a silly name) Apple iPad – the eagle eyed may have spotted something altogether more interesting in yesterday’s announcement: Apple is now in the chip business.

For full article, please click the link:
http://smartbookblog.com/2010/01/apple- ... oned-with/

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 Post subject: Netbooks with DDR3
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:56 pm 
Hey All,
It seems that Intel’s new Pine Trail processors will be getting an update in the third quarter of 2010. It will not be a speed or power chaange but we can expect the overall performance of the device to increase. The new chips will support DDR3 RAM while the current Intel Atom N450 and N470 chips can only support DDR2 RAM.

According to Fudzilla : The new processors will be named the N455 ...

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 Post subject: Asus Eee Pad Coming Soon
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:03 am 
Asus' Corporate Chairman, Eric Chen, lately joint program concerning the futurity plans of their affordable, touchscreen, 3G-connected paper which gift acquire an Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset within.

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The Eee Pad is comfort under usage, we can be pretty trusty that this give announce the iPad in numerous structure, where Radiate keep, multi-tasking and aboriginal USB connectivity should rise as a casebook. It might not be as thin, but Asus sure has the skillfulness in ...

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 Post subject: Apple iPad Specification
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:39 am 
Apple iPad has finally landed. It will not be called iSlate or iTable rather it would be called the iPad.

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Here are the Specification of the Device
  • Apple A4 processor at 1GHz
  • 16GB-64GB flash storage
  • 9.7-inch capacitive display
  • Wi-Fi b/g/n
  • Bluetooth 2.1
  • Battery Expected - 10 hours

Prices starting at $499

For details : http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/appl ... -hands-on/

We have opened a discussion forum at : ...

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 Post subject: First view of the Asus eBook reader
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:11 pm 
Well,
Its kind of official we have the pictures of the very first Asus eBooks.

It has a 9 inch e-ink display which would be a great addition to any person who loves reading books.

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For Details : http://www.liliputing.com/2010/01/first ... e-web.html

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 Post subject: HP Compaq AirLife 100 smartbook hits the FCC
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:22 am 
HP Compaq AirLife 100 smartbook hits the FCC
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There's unfortunately not much in the way of details or pictures (beyond that artful illustration above) for this one, but HP has sent a smartbook called the Compaq AirLife 100 the FCC's way, and the bands in use suggest that it could well be headed to AT&T. As you may recall, however, HP was also showing off an Android-running, Snapdragon-powered smartbook concept at CES a few ...

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 Post subject: New Version of BatterEEE available for Download
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:13 pm 
BatterEEE is a small application (just 85KB!) to improve the battery metering on netbooks and laptops, when running Microsoft Windows.

New version available - v1.10 (30 December 2008)

- added calibration file picker (create a new file to perform calibration, load an existing file to use that battery profile)
- added calibration option to main menu (opens file picker)
- added middle-click shortcut to icon (opens calibration file picker)

- disabled alarms during calibration
- ...

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 Post subject: Netbook App Store Video on Moblin
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:59 pm 
Well we have been talking about Appsore from Intel for a while. So guys over at Netbooknews.com have uploaded a video which needs a looking into.

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Details : http://www.netbooknews.com/2040/take-a- ... on-moblin/

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