More info and pics of the previously reported Freescale Smartbook have been announced in the flurry of CES press releases.
Looking to combine the best bits of smartphones and notebooks is this concept design from Freescale. It operates as a regular 7 inch tablet but also comes with a QWERTY keyboard docking station for ease of use when not on the move.
More info and pics after the jump.
Currently strictly a concept design gunning to whet appetites of OEMs and ODMs.
What they have so far is a 7 inch WSVGA touch screen powered by a 1GHz i.MX515 processor based on Cortex A8 architecture. It also incudes OpenVG and OpenGL.ES hardware graphic cores and HD video decoding.
Inside is also 512MB of DDR2 RAM, 4-64GB HDD, microSD support, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, USB 2.0 and USB min
Chipmaker Freescale have put some meat on it's chip's bones and come up with their own 7 inch touchscreen Smartbook Tablet.
It’s powered by a system on a chip (SoC) based 1Ghz ARM Cortex A8 design, which runs alongside six co-processors (FPU, DSP, img processing, 2D graphics, 3D graphics and HD video decoder).
The screen comes in resistive or capacitive options and runs at a respectable 1024 x 600 resolution. Connection comes via WiFi-N or 3G and it also has GPS.
Battery life’s a reported 12 hours with WiFi running and varients will be Android-enabled. All this for between $199 and $249 depending on specs.
via ubergizmo
Causing confusion is the QiGi U1000 Smartbook which is actually a nifty looking 5 inch MID.
It has a 5 inch WVGA touchscreen and runs Windows Mobile 6.1. It’s powered by a 624MHz Marvell PXA310 processor and has 256MB of RAM.
Bells and whistles include a respectable 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, quad band GSM/EDGE connectivity and microSD support up to 32GB.
Not to be outdone, it also serves as a regular phone. In China it’ll set you back 2280 Yuan / $334.
[Via Pocketables]
The Chinese QI Smartbook U1000 isn't so much a smartbook than a pretty nifty looking 5 inch touchscreen MID.
It runs Windows Mobile 6.1 on on a 624MHz CPU and the 5 inch screen's resolution is 800 x 480.
Also onboard is the vital WiFi capability and also a camera for good measure so you can upload those snaps to Facebook as quick as an iPhone fiend.
[Via Engadget]
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