Netbooks vs. smartbooks: what are the similarities and differences? - FierceWireless
June 9, 2009
The Intel world coined the word "netbook" to describe a slimmed-down notebook computer based on its Atom processor that is designed to use more software and applications in the cloud than on the device. The term netbook implies there is wide-area wireless onboard in addition to WiFi. However, some netbooks on the market are more like notebooks with hard-disk storage, and some have solid state storage for longer battery life.
Intel is counting heavily on netbooks to drive WiMAX sales for companies such as Clearwire, but so far the vast majority of netbooks are not WiMAX-capable, though they are sporting wide-area broadband on UMTS/HSPA networks (AT&T and T-Mobile USA in the U.S.) or EV-DO Rev. A networks (Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless in the U.S.). The HP netbook being sold by Verizon Wireless contains a Qualcomm chipset that provides wide-area broadband for both technologies and covers all of the U.S., European and Asian systems--it is truly an almost-anywhere-you-go netbook...
The Intel world coined the word "netbook" to describe a slimmed-down notebook computer based on its Atom processor that is designed to use more software and applications in the cloud than on the device. The term netbook implies there is wide-area wireless onboard in addition to WiFi. However, some netbooks on the market are more like notebooks with hard-disk storage, and some have solid state storage for longer battery life.
Intel is counting heavily on netbooks to drive WiMAX sales for companies such as Clearwire, but so far the vast majority of netbooks are not WiMAX-capable, though they are sporting wide-area broadband on UMTS/HSPA networks (AT&T and T-Mobile USA in the U.S.) or EV-DO Rev. A networks (Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless in the U.S.). The HP netbook being sold by Verizon Wireless contains a Qualcomm chipset that provides wide-area broadband for both technologies and covers all of the U.S., European and Asian systems--it is truly an almost-anywhere-you-go netbook...
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