No ARM based netbooks from ASUS

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"Asus, which pioneered the netbook market, will also avoid using microprocessors such as the ARM cores in Qualcomm's Snapdragon mobile phone chips this year, he said. ( Jerry Shen, CEO of Asus )

The company plans to stick with PC industry chips, known as x86-based microprocessors. Shen said x86 chips are more attractive for netbooks for several reasons, including the wealth of software made to work on the microprocessors."


Hmm.. we have heard many rumors and info them coming, but maybe not...

Well.. Computex is soon and we should see a pile of ARM netbooks there..

Via PC World

Symbian on netbooks; We have some active discussions

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Hmm.. I totally get the part "loose the lid thing" as I have been using Viliv S5 and UMID Mbook keeping them on inside my pocket..

Thanks Manchate

ARM and Samsung will start to make UMPCs.. MIDs.. UMDs.. CMCs together.

Running Linux...

“Samsung intends to offer the industry’s most advanced mobile platform devices to enable a truly mobile internet experience with seamless connectivity to life-enhancing services for consumers”

Read the press release

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