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Nokia's N900 Takes on the iPhone

Back in August Nokia pulled the veil off its Maemo OS flagship smartphone/MID mini-tablet device, the N900, and touted its advanced Flash powers. Now the Finnish company has revealed lots more on the gizmo, and it's impressive. When ...READ»

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Apple Won't Make Netbooks, but Its Manufacturer Will

Despite the success of the netbook genre of mini-PCs, Apple has repeatedly stated it won't enter the market. But that's apparently not stopping Foxconn, one of Apple's most trusted manufacturers from making some of its own. After ...READ»

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Intel Nokia Partner to Tackle Post-Netbook, Post-iPhone Mobile Computers

Intel and Nokia have just announced a strategic partnership to tie up the two companies' technology so that they can tackle the problem of next-generation mobile computers. It's a plan that makes perfect sense in a world where we're ...READ»

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Intel and Nokia Kiss, Plan to Make Super-Smartphone Babies

Intel and Nokia just announced a strategic partnership to tie up the two companies' technology so they can tackle the problem of next-generation mobile computers. It's a plan that makes perfect sense in a world where we're all used ...READ»

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What's IBM's $100 Million Cell Phone Investment For?

IBM's just announced that it's pulled together $100 million to invest in future cell phone tech. It will be used to improve things like cell-phone security, user interface functionality, and business use of cell phones. But, when ...READ»

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Freescale's Concept Designs Push Netbooks Further

Earlier this week, Freescale demonstrated a smartbook mash-up that's bound for shop shelves later this year. But Freescale isn't stopping there: The company has crafted several concepts for how these netbook-like devices might look ...READ»

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The Smartbook Race Is On, and China Is at the Starting Line With an XP-Capable Phone

Yesterday I wrote about the smartbook--a half smartphone, half netbook device that's being pushed as the future of mobile computing. And now it looks like a Chinese firm has beaten everyone, and released a cellphone that runs ...READ»

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Meet the Smartbook: For Everything Your Smartphone and Netbook Can't Do

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the future of mobile computing: The Smartbook. In the same way that a netbook filled a previously unknown need by being something between a laptop and a smartphone, a Smartbook device is halfway ...READ»

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