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Computing

Smartbooks Are Dying On The Vine. That’s Dumb.

2:26AM May 29, 2010 | Brian Barrett

What if I told you there was an ultralight device that put all the functionality of a powerful tablet into the thinnest, lightest laptop you ever saw? It exists. It could be great. And it’s dying before its time. More »


Getta Load Of ‘Em Ports!

8:55PM May 26, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

To get the bad news over with first: this is just a concept. Put down your Visa card. Freescale’s been exploring the various shapes and uses tablets could take over the years, with this smartbook concept being ideal for DJs. More »


Gadgets

Freescale’s I.MX508 Chip Will Make E-Ink Readers Way Cheaper

5:22AM March 2, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

The silicon inside 90 per cent of ereaders out there is made by Freescale, and their new chip, the i.MX508 – based on an ARM Cortex A8 (sorta like the iPad!) – will make them cheaper, and page turns four times faster. More »


Computing

Freescale Tablet Hands On: This Is Last Gen

9:55AM January 8, 2010 | Jason Chen

The $US199 Freescale Smartbook Tablet reference design was supposed to be the tablet design that OEMs could easily use to get a product to market fast and cheap. Maybe, but that doesn’t mean it’s very usable. More »


Computing

Freescale’s $US199 Smartbook Design Means Tablets For Everyone

4:00PM January 4, 2010 | Jason Chen

Freescale, supplier of the chip that powers the Kindle as well as about 70 per cent of the ebook market, has just developed a 7-inch tablet reference design that will basically be the genesis of many tablets starting 2010. And it’s $US199. More »


Software

Google Chrome OS Partners: PC, Netbook, Chip-Makers, But Not Dell

10:34AM July 9, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Google released a partial list of their Chrome OS partners, and it includes most of the big boys you’d expect, from all sectors of the computing world, from full-featured PCs to netbooks to handhelds, plus Adobe for some Flash support. More »


Computing

Tiny, Ultra-Cheap Desktop Will Only Pull Two Watts, Live in the Clouds

10:20AM June 19, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

CherryPal has released some tantalising details of its forthcoming desktop box, which they claim will pull only pull two watts and be “the greenest and most affordable on the market.” The otherwise modestly spec’d box has a few secret weapons: cloud computing and a tri-core Freescale processor with hardware video rendering capabilities.

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