Qualcomm has recently admitted that the so-called "Smartbook" that was vigorously promoted has not reached the expected level and is essentially dead.
Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said at the company's IQ 2010 conference that the smartbook product category is meaningless, and the market space is completely occupied by the Apple iPad and many tablet products. Their all-weather, portable and portable features make them smart. This can no longer survive.
The fundamental problem with the smartbook is that it uses an ARM platform processor that is not compatible with the x86 architecture. Therefore, the operating system can only use the Linux distribution and cannot install the more popular Windows. This strategy has been proven to be a failure on the netbook. The Linux system's support for multi-touch is also not very good. The scarcity of products and the uniqueness of their functions are all fatal flaws in smartbooks and they are doomed to meet a variety of consumer demands.
Bill Henry, director of NVIDIA Tegra's products, said earlier this year: "According to what we have seen, the ongoing tablet project is much more sophisticated than the smartbook, but the open-close design is still more suitable for those who need to input large amounts of text on the Internet (electronics) Consumers of e-mail or live chat etc. are all very subjective, so tablets and smartbooks can gain market acceptance through positioning."
Qualcomm did not say what the next step would be to do with the smartbook, but with the rise of the tablet computer wave, Qualcomm is likely to promote its own SoC products. Perhaps smart books still find some use in developing countries and regions, but at least in developed markets, people prefer tablets and smart phones.
Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said at the company's IQ 2010 conference that the smartbook product category is meaningless, and the market space is completely occupied by the Apple iPad and many tablet products. Their all-weather, portable and portable features make them smart. This can no longer survive.
The fundamental problem with the smartbook is that it uses an ARM platform processor that is not compatible with the x86 architecture. Therefore, the operating system can only use the Linux distribution and cannot install the more popular Windows. This strategy has been proven to be a failure on the netbook. The Linux system's support for multi-touch is also not very good. The scarcity of products and the uniqueness of their functions are all fatal flaws in smartbooks and they are doomed to meet a variety of consumer demands.
Bill Henry, director of NVIDIA Tegra's products, said earlier this year: "According to what we have seen, the ongoing tablet project is much more sophisticated than the smartbook, but the open-close design is still more suitable for those who need to input large amounts of text on the Internet (electronics) Consumers of e-mail or live chat etc. are all very subjective, so tablets and smartbooks can gain market acceptance through positioning."
Qualcomm did not say what the next step would be to do with the smartbook, but with the rise of the tablet computer wave, Qualcomm is likely to promote its own SoC products. Perhaps smart books still find some use in developing countries and regions, but at least in developed markets, people prefer tablets and smart phones.
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