It’s been almost a year since chip-maker Qualcomm coined the term “smartbook” to describe a new kind of device that would be a cross between a smartphone and a netbook. Like smartphones, these so-called smartbooks would have low power ARM-based processors, long battery life, and always-connected access to the internet through 3G wireless networks. But […]
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Intel Atom Z6xx processor to power tablets, smartphones
Intel has officially unveiled a new line of low power processors designed for mobile devices including smartphones and tablets. The Intel Atom Z6xx series chip (PDF Link) has a 45nm processor core, and 3D graphics and video capabilities.The chip has 512K of L2 cache, 24K of L1 Data and 32K instruction cache. Intel says the […]
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EasyPeasy 1.6 Release candidate available for download (Netbook OS)
The folks behind the EasyPeasy netbook operating system are getting ready to release the latest version. This weekend the team pushed out an EasyPeasy 1.6 Release Candidate. EasyPeasy is based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. Canonical is preparing to launch Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx later this week. An the latest version of EasyPeasy is […]
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System76 Starling EduBook: Classmate PC with Ubuntu Linux
Linux computer builders System76 have added a new netbook to their lineup. The System76 Starling EduBook is basically a rebadged Intel Classmate PC with a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor. But while most Classmate PC models are sold with Windows XP or Windows 7, the Starling EduBook […]
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Google Chrome to tackle the great printer driver issue — with cloud-based printing
One of the biggest obstacles desktop Linux has faced over the years is the fact that no one can guarantee that every peripheral you plug into your computer will work with Ubuntu, Fedora, PCLinuxOS, or your Linux distribution of choice. Sure, your keyboard, mouse, and monitor will probably work. But what about your printer, which […]
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MeeGo 1.0 netbook, smartphone operating systems demoed – Video
Intel has been showing off the MeeGo operating system at the Intel Developer Forum in China this week. MeeGo is the next generation of Moblin Linux (with a little help from the Maemo project), and it’s optimized for netbooks and other products with Intel Atom processors. In the first video below, you can see MeeGo […]
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Tablet news roundup: Hanvon Touchpad, ODROID, and more WePad
I swear, I’m not trying to turn the tablet news roundup into a daily feature here on Liliputing. But there’s just so much tablet news going around and I’d rather not write 3-4 separate posts to cover it all today, so here you go: WePad demo video When the folks at Neofonie introduced the WePad […]
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MeeGo Linux coming to netbooks, smartbooks soon
The folks behind the MeeGo Linux project launched the first public beta version of the operating system recently. But that’s just the first step. MeeGo is backed by Intel and Nokia, and they have big plans to get the paltform on all sorts of devices including netbooks and smartphones soon. The netbook version of MeeGo […]
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First builds of MeeGo OS for netbooks, smartphones now available
MeeGo is the new Linux-based operating system and user environment that came out of the merger of the Maemo and Moblin Linux projects. Today the MeeGo team released the first pre-release builds of the operating system, with versions available for: Intel Atom-based netbooks Intel Atom Moorestown handsets The ARM-based Nokia N900 internet device The first […]
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Intel AppUp Center (netbook app store) expands to Europe, Linux
Intel’s AppUp Center offers netbook users a single place to find and download applications optimized for netbooks with small displays and Intel Atom processors. You know, kind of like the iTunes App Store, but for netbooks instead of iPhones. Up until today, the AppUp Center was only available for Windows, which struck me as kind […]