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BYD Snaptop is a Snapdragon smartbook

Qualcomm presented a concept smartbook at the Mobile World Congress. From the looks of it, it’s more of a mini desktop rather than a smartbook since it has a separate keyboard and will likely be less usable on the go. We did cover a bit of this device last month during CES. You can store [...]

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Qualcomm’s VP of product management scoffs at iPad for lack of 3G connectivity

While talking about their highly popular and in-demand Snapdragon mobile processor, Mark Frankel, Qualcomm’s VP of product management managed to sneak in a few of his thoughts regarding the Apple iPad and one of its major flaws: the lack of 3G connectivity on the standard model. Frankel was quoted as saying, “What’s a tablet without [...]

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HP Mini 110 turned into a smartbook prototype

With all the releases HP has done during the CES, I guess they just had to make do with what they had to make their own smartbook mockup. The company demonstrated a mockup of a smartbook made from the same chassis as an HP Mini 110 with a few tweaks. The prototype has a Qualcomm [...]

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Lenovo Skylight smartbook specs up

Lenovo’s back in the spotlight with a leak of the specs as well as a picture of the previously rumored Skylight smartbook. Some of the specs are: 10.1″ 1280 x 720 screen 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU 20GB SSD WiFi Bluetooth 3G miniSD card slot 2 x USB port 1.3MP camera Linux OS 10-hour battery [...]

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Asus Previews Android Netbook at Computex 2009

The Computex 2009 is certainly starting to heat up as more press releases and coverage are starting to appear online. As usual, Asus is taking the lead among its rivals as early as now with their Computex 2009 goodies.  Aside from the Eee PC 1101HA Seashell, Asus is also showing off its first non-Intel, Google [...]

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