One of the reasons Google Android seems to be everywhere these days is because the operating system is free to use. Of course, the smartphone, tablet, or smartbook hardware that you need to run the operating system isn’t exactly free. But it can be pretty close. A company called AllGo is showing off a platform […]
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Is Lenovo developing a new ARM-based mini-laptop?
Lenovo may have killed (or at least postponed indefinitely) the innovative Skylight smartbook. But that doesn’t mean the company’s giving up on ARM-based mini-notebooks altogether. Freescale Semiconducter is showing off a new ultraportable laptop prototype built by Pegatron and apparently slapped with some Lenovo IdeaPad branding. The machine has a Freescale i.MX515 ARM-based chipset with […]
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Freescale introduces i.MX53 mobile processor
Chip maker Freescale is starting to show off products using a new ARM-based processor called the Freescale i.MX53. It’s an ARM Coretx-A8 chip with a clock speed between 1GHz and 1.2GHz. Freescale’s chips have turned up in a handful of mobile internet devices over the past year or two, but the company really dominates the […]
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Pegatron demonstrates Android tablet with custom user interface
Just because a tablet is running Google Android doesn’t mean it has to look like it’s running Android. After all, HTC has made a habit of shipping Android Smartphones with the custom HTC Sense user interface running on top of Android. And now Sascha from Netbook News.de found a tablet prototype that runs Android with […]
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Freescale launches power management system for Intel Atom chips
Chip maker Freescale has been making a name for itself with low power ARM-based chips recently. But now the company is branching out into the x86 space with the introduction of an audio and power management chipset designed to work with Intel’s Moorestown platform. Basically, you take an Intel Atom Z6xx chip, add Freescale’s PMIC […]
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Freescale shows concept tablets for every occasion
The folks at Freescale Semiconductor introduced a tablet reference design earlier this year that manufacturers could use to put out web tablets that should cost as little as $200. But over the past few weeks Freescale has been sharing some research on their blog indicating that tablets aren’t a one-size-fits-all category. Some people will want […]
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Freescale tablet running Chromium OS – Video
When I got a look at Freescale’s tablet reference design the other day, it was running a modified Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It seemed reasonably responsive and it was capable of playing HD video. But it’s not the only operating system you can run on the tablet. Charbax from ArmDevices.net got a briefing with […]
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Hands on with Freescale’s $200 smartbook reference design
A few days ago Freescale introduced a reference design that could be used to produce a $200 web tablet with an optional keyboard dock. I got a chance to check out a prototype this afternoon and it’s a pretty intriguing little device. It’s fairly snappy when it comes to surfing the web, and the tablet […]
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Freescale introduces sub-$200 web tablet reference design
Freescale Semiconductor is introducing a new reference design for a dirt cheap web tablet using an ARM Cortex A8-based processor and running Linux or Google Android. The company will be showing off a prototype at CES this week, and Freescale is looking for hardware partners to build actual products based on the reference design. Freescale […]
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Pegatron’s ARM based netbook at Computex – Video
Pegatron first teased us with a thin, light, and ARM-based netbook back at CES in January. At the time, the company’s promise of a $199 seemed a bit hard to believe. But that seems to be the target price for many of the ARM powered mini-laptops on display at Computex this week. It’s possible that […]