http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/7136/all xx http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/81197/will-smart-netbook-become-a-trend Acer announced this week its Acer Aspire One AOD250, which dual-boots into either Windows or Android. Nice! But what is it? http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/81197/will-smart-netbook-become-a-trend#comments Mobile & wireless Personal tech Opinion Acer digital nomad location independent netbook smartbook Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:16:58 -0400 mikelgan 81197 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/69075/mids-still-coming-despite-smartphones-netbooks-smartbooks Some gadget observers wonder whether the Mobile Internet Device (MID) can share the same bed with the smartphone, netbook -- and now smartbooks -- and not fight over the blankets. Elektrobit Corp., which released a new MID reference design at Computex, says yes. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/69075/mids-still-coming-despite-smartphones-netbooks-smartbooks#comments Hardware News mobile internet device netbook smartbook Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:59:48 -0400 ITworld staff 69075 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/68752/microsoft-leave-smartbooks-google Microsoft doesn't plan to offer a version of Windows for so-called "smartbooks," leaving the space open to Linux, Google's Android and other operating systems. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/68752/microsoft-leave-smartbooks-google#comments Hardware Windows News Android laptop Linux Microsoft smartbook Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:31:21 -0400 ITworld staff 68752 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/68699/never-mind-netbook-heres-smartbook If you still blanche at the term "netbook" for being an ungainly piece of vendor-speak, then prepare to be nauseated later this year as "smartbook" supporters start to bang that marketing drum. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/68699/never-mind-netbook-heres-smartbook#comments Hardware News laptop netbook smartbook Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:28:51 -0400 ITworld staff 68699 at http://www.itworld.com