SkyCross iMAT Antennas improve WiFi, Bluetooth’s performance

SkyCross has come up with an iMAT Antenna for netbooks and which claim to improve the WiFI and Bluetooth performance

“Chip makers are very encouraged by this breakthrough, and manufacturers are already planning to use the SkyCross iMAT solution in their future products,” said Joe Gifford, Vice President of SkyCross. “Our antennas differentiate netbook brands by maximizing their connectivity range and enabling optimal simultaneous functionality at an equivalent price, which pleases consumers. Seamless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth coexistence opens the door for new applications and a user experience that will propel netbook brand loyalty.”

Stupid statement by RIM: Smartphones will dominate netbooks

Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie said that since the Smartphones are more pocketable than the netbooks, they will always rule over the netbooks. I am little shocked by this bizarre statement. Smartphones and netbooks are two very different products. Netbooks are much (much) more powerful devices that run on x86 platform that allow the users to run desktop class applications on their small computers.

“Form factor is a personal preference but it’s got to be something that lasts the better part of the day and you can hold up to your ear and clip onto your belt,” he said in response to our question about his vision for future products. “Those are a very tight systems constraints for a netbook.”

Till date, no smartphone runs Windows XP or equivalent OS. For doing serious work, you always have to use the desktop OS. Although, most of the smartphones these days come with some sort of office functionality, but it is just enough to read data on-the-go. You just cannot think of doing heavy word processing on it as it just does not have the adequate amount of horsepower.

Conclusion: RIM is comparing Apples to Oranges. They are two very different creatures