The netbook faces a challenge this year as the highest growth category in the personal computer market by a younger upstart – the smartbook.
Smartbooks will make their full debut this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The chipmaker Freescale today heralded their arrival with the launch of its reference design for the category.
The name signifies the marrying of smartphones and netbooks in a smaller laptop that has key advantages over a netbook. Smartbooks feature all-day battery life, constant internet connectivity through the 3G phone network, rather than relying on WiFi hotspots, plus lower costs that will encourage operators to offer them free to subscribers.
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