Wondering why smartbooks have failed to arrive on the market this year? Adobe’s Flash technology and tablet devices like the iPad may be to blame for diminshied interest in this emerging category of ...

Qualcomm Chief Executive Paul Jacobs made news earlier this month when he appeared to acknowledge that smartbooks--a category of computing devices that the wireless technology giant tried to ...

Microsoft plans to use Windows Embedded to combat rival operating systems in smartbooks and a number of other devices meant to always be connected to the Internet that Microsoft calls CIDs, or ...

Smartbooks have failed to materialise due to delays in Flash optimisation, a lower-than-expected uptake of Linux on netbooks, and the sudden emergence of tablets, ARM's marketing chief has said. ARM ...

There’s been a lot of talk about so-called smartbooks in 2009. These netbook-like mini-laptops have low power ARM-based processors and are designed to get excellent battery life while maintaining a ...

There are two major trends in the netbook space today. On the one hand, PC makers are putting out ultraportable laptops with bigger screens and keyboards and faster processors. We’re talking 11 and 12 ...

Qualcomm have been sharing their plans to take on Intel and the netbook market with a range of Snapdragon-powered Smartbooks. Bearing a similar design and ethos to the Wistron demo unit spotted back ...