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  • Toshiba parties with lighter laptop and Android smartbook

    By Peter Sayer | 22 June, 2010 05:36

    Toshiba has spent the last 25 years refining the basic laptop design of flat screen, x86 processor, full-size keyboard and removable storage. Its Portege R700 will continue that tradition when it goes on sale next quarter, but two other new portable computers Toshiba will release around the same time take the company in new directions.

  • E-reader sales expected to hit wall in 2014

    By Matt Hamblen | 28 May, 2010 05:43

    E-readers like the Kindle and Nook are surging in popularity but will hit a wall in 2014 when sales drop off due to competition from a wide range of consumer electronic devices, including the iPad, according to Informa Telecoms & Media of London.

  • 163 million smartbooks to ship in 2015

    By Lexton Snol | 23 February, 2010 23:49

    A new research study estimates that 163 million "smartbooks" will ship worldwide in 2015 - a significant rate of growth given that the very first models only appeared in 2008.

  • HP's smartbook may battle it out with Apple's iPad

    By Agam Shah | 15 February, 2010 06:15

    Hewlett-Packard's first smartbook, the Compaq AirLife 100, announced on Friday, could be a rival to Apple's iPad as the two companies aim to attract buyers looking for netbook alternatives, analysts said.

  • HP debuts Android-based smartbook

    By Mikael Ricknäs | 15 February, 2010 06:11

    Hewlett-Packard has launched the Compaq AirLife 100, a smartbook based on the Android OS and Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor, it said on Friday.

  • German court orders Lenovo to stop using 'smartbook'

    By Agam Shah | 12 February, 2010 05:07

    A German court on Thursday issued a restraining order at the behest of Smartbook AG to stop Lenovo from using the "smartbook" trademark to describe low-cost laptops in Germany.

  • Nvidia's new chips target mobile devices

    By Agam Shah | 08 January, 2010 06:55

    Nvidia launched its next-generation Tegra processor for low-cost laptops and tablets on Thursday, which could intensify competition with rival Intel in the chip market.

  • Qualcomm shows Lenovo smartbook

    By Mikael Ricknäs | 13 November, 2009 08:18

    Qualcomm put the spotlight on the smartbook concept at an analyst meeting in New York on Thursday, showing off a Lenovo-made device based on the Snapdragon chipset that company CEO Paul Jacobs said would be formally launched at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January.

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  • Apple, Lenovo add categories to confusing market

    By Tony Bradley | 06 January, 2010 02:10

    According to a rising chorus of rumors, Apple will announce its mythic tablet PC, possibly dubbed the iSlate, later this month. Combined with Lenovo's announcement of Skylight Smartbook, and its upcoming IdeaPad U1--a hybrid notebook and tablet PC, consumers may have a hard time making sense of the overlapping array of available gadgets.

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