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I cannot prove my theory on Intel on this one, but if quacks like a duck...

Either way, tin foil hat off, innovation and diversification are never bad things ]]>Jun 7th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/
Remember too, Intel was one of the biggest ARM sellers in XScale for a few years before Atom.]]>Jun 7th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/Jun 8th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/Jun 7th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/Jun 7th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/Jun 7th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/
Freescale is completely separate from Mototola... they spun out out of Motorola in 2003 and went public in 2004. As such, Freescale has NEVER been in the mobile phone business.
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Freescale has also been producing POWER based SoC's that are serious overkill for mobile phones, but fit right in the netbook/smartbook market. ]]>Jun 7th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/but it certainly needs a non-glossy screen and good batterylife...]]>Jun 7th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/Jun 7th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/
I think what they need to be designing are functional things that "just work". That's what will split the netbook from the small laptop. The iPhone model of a device with just 1 button and apps that "just work" is the future. Of course things like ubuntu are already like that with their repository model.. and free too. We need devices to put in people's hands and figure out how customer WANT to USE them, not concepts. ]]>Jun 7th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/Jun 7th 2009 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/Jun 7th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/Jun 7th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/
The colours of these things.. Are buttugly. It's like someone decided to buy a watercolour and pastel set from the dollarstore and dump them on lego-inspired laptops.]]>Jun 7th 2009 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/07/freescale-whips-up-netbook-and-smartbook-design-concepts-waits/Jun 8th 2009 9:10PM