The Toshiba AC100 smartbook is one of the first commercially available mini-laptops running Google’s Android operating system. And when I say commercially available, I mean you can pick one up in Japan. But it looks like Toshiba UK plans to offer the AC100 soon as well. The company has created a product page for the […]
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Inside the Smartbook Surfer
Just in case you needed any more evidence that the Smartbook Surfer 7 inch Android tablet now shipping in Germany is basically the same device as the Augen GenTouch78 tablet available in the US, one customer decided to take the back panel off of his Surfer and see what he could see. And what he […]
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Smartbook Surfer Android tablet unboxed – it’s an Augen GenTouch78
The Smartbook Surfer is a cheap Google Android powered tablet that’s available in Germany for just over $230. It also has the distinction of coming from Smartbook AG, the company which has been threatening to sue device makers, bloggers, and others over the use of the word “smartbook.” The tablet is now shipping, and at […]
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Smartbook Surfer Android tablet hits Germany for $234
Smartbook AG, the company that wants to prevent the rest of the world from calling cheap ARM-based netbooks with 3G capabilities smartbooks, has launched a device that doesn’t look anything like a smartbook… or a netbook, or laptop. The new Smartbook Surfer is a 7 inch Android tablet that actually looks an awful lot like […]
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Toshiba AC100 Android netbook reviewed
The Toshiba AC100 isn’t due to start shipping anywhere until August at the earliest. But the folks at PC Watch managed to get some time alone with a pre-release unit and they’ve posted a short review. The device looks like a netbook but functions more like a smartphone, thanks to the NVIDIA Tegra chipset and […]
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Video overview: Toshiba AC100 Android-powered netbook
The Toshiba AC100 probably won’t be available in the US for a few more months, but Toshiba Germany has posted a promotional video for this mini-laptop running Google’s Android operating system. The video is in German, but interestingly all the text on the computer itself is in English. That makes it a bit easier to […]
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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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Toshiba AC100: 10 inch netbook with Android, NVIDIA Tegra
The Libretto W100 dual-screen netbook ain’t the only mini-laptop Toshiba announced today. The company is also rolling out its first smartbook, a 10 inch mini-laptop with an ARM-based chipset running Google Android 2.1. As expected, Toshiba’s first ARM-based smartbook will be called the Toshiba AC100. Here’s a brief rundown of the specs: Display: 10.1 inch, […]
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Toshiba AC100-114: 10 inch netbook with Google Android 2.1?
It looks like Toshiba may be planning to enter the smartbook space with the Toshiba AC100-114 mini-laptop. While I suspect that the device might get a catchier name by the time it’s launched, the specs are already pretty catchy if you ask me. Blogeee reports that the smartbook will feature an NVIDIA Tegra procesosr and […]
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Goodbye Skylight OS: Lenovo Skylight and U1 Hybrid to use Google Android
First the good news: Lenovo realized that nobody wants to use a custom Linux-based user interface with virtually no third party apps on the company’s upcoming Skylight smartbook and Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid tablet/laptop device. So Lenovo is killing the Skylight OS project and will instead use Google Android on those two devices. Now the […]