http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/pegatron.demos.10.inch.smartbook.with.ubuntu/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/pegatronnetbookin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A 10-inch smartbook from Pegatron was spotted at the Connected Community Technical Symposium on Friday. It runs on Linux Ubuntu and is powered by an ARM processor, though other details are scarce. The sighting comes just one day after Pegatron GM Chou Biao Sheng said the company will bring out a smartbook in the first quarter of 2010, priced at less than $200.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/pegatron.demos.10.inch.smartbook.with.ubuntu/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/qualcomm.banned.from.using.brand.in.germany/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/asussmartbook.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />German computer maker Smartbook AG has continued to threaten companies, including EE Times, that have been using the term "smartbook." The manufacturer recently sought a restraining order against the chip maker Qualcomm. Although Qualcommm and other companies, such as Freescale, use the term smartbook as a generic reference to portable Internet-ready devices that fall between the typical classific... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/qualcomm.banned.from.using.brand.in.germany/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/27/sharp.intros.netwalker/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/sharpnetwalkerintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sharp Japan today launched a new entry into ultra mobile PCs with the PC-Z1, otherwise known as the NetWalker. Unlike most UMPCs that are based on either Windows or custom Linux versions, the PC-Z1 uses Ubuntu Linux 9.04 as its platform. Processing is handled by Freescale's i.MX515 800MHz CPU, there is 512MB of RAM and just 4GB of internal memory, though a microSDHC memory card slot lets users ex... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/27/sharp.intros.netwalker/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/acer.android.netbook.a.go/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/acerandroidpc.jpg ' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite a recent report to the contrary, Acer is still on track to deliver a promised Android powered netbook PC later this summer, according to a representative at the company. The announcement was made after reports of a delay emerged, and the Aspire One-series netbook will sport a 10-inch screen along with an Intel Atom CPU. Thus far, Acer's Aspire One runs on Windows XP, but a prototype device... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/acer.android.netbook.a.go/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/01/android.netbooks.coming/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/android.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Android platform for mobile phones, developed by Google, may soon be used in netbooks, with HP confirming interest and ASUS and Dell rumored to be developing devices as well, says the Wall Street Journal. HP says its engineers are testing the technology, but the decision has not yet been made to go ahead with the plan. The free open-source software could drop the prices of netbooks, which are ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/01/android.netbooks.coming/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/13/arm.based.netbooks.coming/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/freescalemxsboard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Qualcomm and Freescale, who build ARM-based platforms, are expected to demonstrate netbooks using their products at the Computex Taipei expo in June, DigiTimes reported on Thursday, citing sources at netbook makers. The show will reportedly see the debut of a Pegatron netbook running on Freescale's i.MX51 CPU on ARM's Coretex A8 mainboard as well as a Wistron model with a Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/13/arm.based.netbooks.coming/ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/16/arm.cortex.32nm.chip/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/samsungarm-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Joining in the slew of mobile introductions, ARM today demonstrated its first 32 nanometer (nm) mobile processor. Part of the Cortex series, the chip is much smaller than many existing designs and allows smaller smartphones while simultaneously increasing the speed by shortening the distance between components. The new design additionally hinges on high-K metal gate process that reduces energy l... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/16/arm.cortex.32nm.chip/ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/30/fujitsu.built.for.android/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/googleandroidmarket.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Fujitsu has revealed that it plans to push Google's Android platform deep into home electronics with a new initiative known as Services Built for Android. The program will see the Japanese company offer its consulting, engineering and other expertise to help run the open-source mobile OS on embedded hardware. This could include media devices like portable media players as well as cellphones, GPS... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/30/fujitsu.built.for.android/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/05/freescale.netbook.arm.cpu/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/freescalemxsboard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Freescale began its year today by introducing a new i.MX chip it hopes will gain a foothold in netbooks. The i.MX515 is based on the same ARM architecture shared by many smartphones and set-top boxes but is tuned for the higher performance of the mini notebooks, with clock speeds ranging between 600MHz and 1GHz. It also touts rare support for DDR2 memory and an integrated OpenGL graphics core ca... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/05/freescale.netbook.arm.cpu/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/17/adobe.flash.for.arm.in.2k9/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/adobeflash-openproject.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe today said it would develop optimized versions of its AIR and Flash 10 apps for ARM11 and Cortex processors. The update will be part of the Open Screen Project initiative and is meant to bring both complex Internet apps as well as more advanced web video to more than desktop computers. The partnership specific to ARM includes a combination of chipmakers such as Broadcom, Freescale, NVIDIA,... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/17/adobe.flash.for.arm.in.2k9/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:15:00 GMT