ARM to release multi-core CPU in 2013

How fast the phones and MIDs going to be in the coming future? Well, to get answer to this question, we shall approach the President of ARM. ARM is the company that drives millions of mobile phones all around the world.

Now, after unveiling their ARM Cortex A8 CPU last year, they now have plans to unveil a multi-core CPU in 2013. Codenamed “Eagle”, this multi-core CPU will use 22nm technology and will offer high-end graphics along with increased security.

Foxconn looking forward to develop cheap ARM-based Smartbooks

Foxcomm Technology, a popular Taiwanese based company that gets orders for manufacturing netbooks for big computer vendors is now planning to launch Smartbooks next year.

Smartbooks manufactured by Foxconn are expected to cost under $200. Foxconn is anticipating that there is going to be a lot of demand for a sub-$200 device. Foxconn is looking forward to try a few Linux-based distro’s on these machines including Moblin OS and one which they are themselves making. They are also looking forward to use Google’s Android OS in one of their smartbooks as well.

The size of Smartbooks is not going to pocket size. They are going to be as big as the netbooks we see these days (between 7-inch to 10-inch).

The only thing we don’t want to see is Android-driven netbooks/smartbooks. Let’s keep mobile phone OS restricted to mobile phones only!

Qualcomm betting a lot on Smartbooks – says future is very bright for Smartbook

Qualcomm is giving its best endeavor to increase its sales and thinks that computers in the future will be just like Mobile Phones. By computers, they mean Smartbooks which are basically netbooks running Android, Google Chrome OS or Linux.

Most of the upcoming Smartbooks will be using ARM processors, precisely Qualcomm ARM-based CPUs.

Consumers want computers that will run all day on one battery charge, don’t need to be switched off and are always receiving data, said Jacobs, whose company is the world’s biggest maker of mobile-phone chips.

According to Qualcomm, people do not want to carry a bulky laptop and its charger all day with them. They want a device that can run all day and remain connected too. More than 12 companies have decided to use the Snapdragon’s chip, which runs at 1GHz clock speed. The future is surely very exciting and we are waiting for the Snapdragon-based netbooks AKA Smartbooks to hit the market

LonMID M100 and its screenshots

The LonMID M100 is very functional clamshell MID that can fit in easily in one’s pocket. Its dimensions are 153x90x27 mm which makes it one of the most powerful clamshell MIDs around.

Click on read more to know more about this MID

Apple and Sony to shift notebook orders from Foxconn to Quanta

According to various online sources, both Apple and Sony are shifting the OEM orders from Foxconn to Quanta computing. In the meanwhile, Foxconn does not have anything to worry about as Dell, Asus and HP have given huge orders to Foxconn.

Quanta is another huge PC maker, which has also made a lot of Windows Mobile phones for O2 Asia in the past. These devices include popular Windows Mobile phones like O2 Atom Exec and O2 Atom. However, now they are making only netbooks and notebooks for various companies

Nokia will launch Netbook in the Third Quater of 2009

World’s largest phone manufacture, Nokia has finally decided to launch its first netbook in the third quarter of 2009.

According to Commercial Times news-paper, which was quoted by Bloomberg news-agency, in Q3 2009 Nokia will unveil Intel Atom-based netbook as well as Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered smartbook. Quanta will produce the netbook, whereas Compal will manufacture the smartbook for Nokia.

So, this means that although the Nokia is launching its own netbook, but it won’t be making it on their own. Nokia is not all that new in the PC world. Back in the eighties, Nokia produced personal computers by the name of MikroMikko.

It will be interesting to see how the current netbook manufactures react to Nokia’s decision to enter the netbook market.

CONFIRMED: Qualcomm will launch Smartbooks at the end of this year

Qualcomm has confirmed that they will be launching ‘smartbooks’ at the end of this year. Qualcomm will be using their fast Snapdragon processor in their smartbooks as-well-as in their upcoming mobile phones. Qualcomm is pretty sure that it will be able to sell 2.5 billion units by the end of year 2011.

So what makes Smartbooks better than the existing cellphones and MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices)? Smartbooks will give you a very powerful smartphone in your hand and will come with both voice and data capabilities. Unlike netbooks and MIDs, the smartbooks can remain connected all the time. No need of shutting your device down or putting your device into hibernation. All that will all day battery-life and integrated GPS.

Also, we are happy to know that smartbooks will cost less than the existing netbooks. This indicates that the smartbooks should cost less than $400. If they are able to do that, it will be a huge hit among the consumers.

AT&T Acer Aspire One netbook with built-in 3G now just $80

Whenever netbooks or mobile phones are bundled with subsidized plans, the prices are greatly reduced. Now, the Acer Aspire One netbook, which was the best seller last year is now available from AT&T at just $80.

This is a pretty good deal for a netbook that still sports pretty impressive specifications:

• Atom N270 processor
• 120GB HDD
• 1GB RAM
• Windows XP home
• 8.9-inch screen
• 1024 x 600 display

However, it comes with just 3-cell battery which will be able to give you just 2 hours of battery life

ASUS: After linux on netbooks, now linux on Mobile Phones too?

Linux adoption rate has suddenly increased thanks to netbooks vendors who went for linux in order to reduce the overall costs. Windows Mobile, which is a popular mobile OS, costs money and thereby increases the overall cost of the device. Linux, on the other hand is free of cost and is open-source, which gives the OEMs much more freedom over what they can do with the OS.

Right now, it is not known when will the first linux based smartphone from ASUS will come out, but we are already so excitied about it.

HTC TOUCH HD as a Mobile Internet Device (MID)- Review

This time we are going to review it from a different perspective – AS A MOBILE INTERNET DEVICE. If you have been following the windows mobile scene from the past couple of years, you must have observed that the display size of the mobile phones has decreased in size over the years. Whether we all like it or not, but it was the iPhone that brought the big screen to attention to the mobile phone manufactures.