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Pinguins Móveis » Blog Archive » Pinguins de fim-de-semana — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:55:31 +0000

[...] tais smartbooks, os netbooks com ARM, continuam na crista dos rumores. Agora o alvo da vez é a [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:33:50 +0000

Remember folks, HP Has a long history with ARM Chips, they run their Ipaqs. Of course the Journada was a proto-smartbook, so they have plenty of experience in this area.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:33:50 +0000

Remember folks, HP Has a long history with ARM Chips, they run their Ipaqs. Of course the Journada was a proto-smartbook, so they have plenty of experience in this area.

By: Sascha Pallenberg

Sascha Pallenberg — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:39:19 +0000

I can confirm this rumor right from the source…
There is a new roadmap around, that should include such a device. I wish i could say more about it but i guess we have to wait a little bit longer

By: George

George — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:05:16 +0000

I can't comment on ARM-based, but I can say the a finally found a fit with a 8.9″ Netbook, with Windows XP and Linux. I had a 12″ notebook, but did not find it near as convenient as the smaller, portable netbook. I use several usb devices, such a extra drives and a DVD writer when needed. I also have a desktop which I rarely use now. George

By: Mikez

Mikez — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:50:08 +0000

Similar deal as those “pre-paid minutes” cell phones?
Like, pre-pay xyz Gbytes and/or abc minutes – “re-charge” on your schedule?

That should be doable when we have a decent <$200 retail NetBook
on bubble packed cards in the grocery store check-out line for $75-$100.

By: John

John — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:22:46 +0000

but then nvidia showed tegra in an HP netbook case…

So maybe tegra inside???

Would be good as firefox 3.5 seems to run very nicely indeed.

By: Matthew.S

Matthew.S — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:38:18 +0000

Honestly though, the biggest hurdle to success for these devices remains the high cost of wireless plans, and wireless provider lock-in. If I could buy a reasonably priced prepaid wireless internet plan to go along with my netbook/smartbook, I would do it in an instant. However, I absolutely cannot justify a $70-$100 monthly fee locked to a 2 year contract. It's highway robbery.

By: Mikez

Mikez — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:26:39 +0000

HP is still producing PA-RISC machines, although they stopped development
a few years back. Their 'heavy iron' runs either PA-RISC or IA64.
They even once made laptops with the PA-RISC processor.

Also, Windows once upon a time ran on the Alpha machines (64-bit risc) -
and HP now owns Alpha.

So there is no telling what moves HP might make -
they have a background in nearly everything.

By: Zobeid Zuma

Zobeid Zuma — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:41:55 +0000

I can't help thinking the really good ARM-based stuff is going to come from companies that aren't already invested in the Windows PC business — so that Microsoft isn't in any position to twist their arms.