http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/ Engadget Comments for Mobinnova élan smartbook powered by NVIDIA Tegra http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/But come on I thought we got past this whole "8.9 inch" screen :(
Battery life looks lovely
Improve Flash is amazing
Keyboard looks spacious
I think... Im inlove... well almost :P]]>Jun 2nd 2009 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/
If the Vaio P can have some crazy resolution on a smaller 8" panel so can other netbooks.

Netbooks are great because they are so portable..yet they are getting bigger?? it makes no sense.]]>Jun 2nd 2009 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/Jun 2nd 2009 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/
Tegra's in a smartbook before Ion is in a netbook? :\ Damn.]]>Jun 2nd 2009 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/
And as for the OS, it has to be Linux because obviously they aren't running Windows Mobile and getting 720p video, and nothing else worth mentioning runs on ARM.]]>Jun 2nd 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/Jun 2nd 2009 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/Jun 2nd 2009 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/Jun 2nd 2009 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/Jun 2nd 2009 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/Jun 2nd 2009 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/Jun 2nd 2009 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/
Avoiding the inevidable like this progress leap would be like financially stepping out between two parked cars on an insanely dangerous Italian street!

Wait awhile before you make a buy is my advice even a long while to save on idiotic incrimentalism in the computer market & save big time as reasonable high tech computing rolls out & takes over for good forever leaving many so called inovations for today's older processor bound computers in the dust!

I ought to know. I made the mistake over the years upgrading Macs to the next newest model level & often lost revenue more than needed! Never again.

Smart book is a Smart_Buy!

--e


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They never learn. Pathetic.]]>Jun 2nd 2009 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/

If you watch movies on your netbook on the subway or in class, you're an idiot.]]>Jun 2nd 2009 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/
A 16x9 ratio screen would be nice too, as most movies look better in widescreen.

A video out (or at least some type of dongle) for S-video would be appreciated too, as these machines
can serve to provide media content without lugging around larger laptops.

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@iofthestorm Windows CE runs perfectly fine on ARM processors. CE would be a good choice for a netbook, small and light. Most applications can either be ported or run on top of a virtual machine. ]]>Jun 2nd 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/Jun 2nd 2009 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/mobinnova-elan-smartbook-powered-by-nvidia-tegra/
ARM will dominate the MID market being that mobile vendors will be pushing these devices due to their always on capabilities and their existing deals with ARM vendors for cell phones. It's a natural evolution really, phones are just scaling up to be portable media kiosks for consuming online content.

Check out youtube for the Tegra devices @ Computex. They are running mostly Android, Ubuntu and WinCE and really well I might add. 1080p video was flawless on an external monitor and they claim upwards of ~14-15 hours runtime on a 3 cell battery; Atom can't achieve this even with a 6 cell. The flash acceleration in-hardware will give them a much needed boost over other ARM competitors without such graphics prowess as nVidia harnesses.

I for one can't wait to get ahold of a Tegra now, I was on the fence between Snapdragon and Freescale, but the videos I mentioned sealed the deal. The mobinnova is the particular smartbook that made up my mind, but I would prefer an Android option.

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