Mobinnova updated the operating system that their new smartbook, the Beam, will be using. The 8.9″ Tegra-powered device will be using Google Android for its system, instead of the previous Windows CE.

Unfortunately, this version won’t have access to the Android Marketplace from the get go. Instead, Mobinnova will be adding some video games to show off its 3D graphics chip, which can also play 1080p HD video.

I wonder how this one will hold up against Compaq’s Airlife and Lenovo’s Skylight? Check out LaptopMag’s hands-on through the link below.

source LaptopMag

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Back in June, Mobinnova introduced the Elan netbook, a new portable computer that offered 5-10 hours of high definition video viewing thanks to it being based on NVIDIA’s Tegra platform. It has been showcased recently and according to a report from DigiTimes it has already received orders from telecom service providers in Europe and North America, where it will appear before the end of 2009. Foxconn has been identified as the primary manufacturer of this Tegra-based “smartbook” while it is said that Compal Communication is also supposed to make one before year-end. Apart from supposedly excellent high-definition video playback and slightly longer battery life (than average), there doesn’t seem to be anything special about Tegra. I suppose I will have to see when I get my hands on a unit of my own for testing.

Via DigiTimes

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