Here’s a look at what this Freescale 7-inch smartbook offers.
- display: 7-inch (1024 x 600) touch screen
- Memory: 512 MB DDR2
- Storage: 4-64 GB internal storage; removable micro SD
- Connectivity: 3G modem (option) 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, RF4CE (option)
- Ports: USB 2.0 and USB mini (also for charging), audio in/audio out, SIM card
- Audio: speaker, microphone
- Camera: 3 Mpixel (video recording up to VGA @ 30fps)
- Battery: 1900mAh, USB charging
Let’s hope they can stay close to that $200 price point.
The upcoming 8.9-inch mini laptop, the Mobinnova Beam ARM powered Smartbook known as the élan from Mobinnova will soon be coming to wireless provider AT&T, it has been listed in the FCC database with a device ID of BEAMATT. Mobinnova was doing so well just by virtue of having tegra which will support 720p HD video playback and accelerated Flash content. Expect to see it at CES in January.
Mobinnova Beam – First 8.9″ mini laptop with NVIDIA Tegra
According to Sharp, the Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 is one of the tiny touchscreen smartbook that is in between a smartphone and a netbook. Personally I think this kind of thing is really on the right track. I like netbooks but I long for something that I can get netbook functionality with that fits in a a large pocket. The Netwalker measures about 16 x 11 x 2.5 cm and weighs 400 grams. This mini laptop has just an 800MHz Freescale i.MX515 CPU (based on ARM Cortex-A8
