HP Compaq AirLife 100 smartbook hits the FCC
By Donald Melanson 
posted January 21st 2010 2:13PM
posted January 21st 2010 2:13PM
There's unfortunately not much in the way of details or pictures (beyond that artful illustration above) for this one, but HP has sent a smartbook called the Compaq AirLife 100 the FCC's way, and the bands in use suggest that it could well be headed to AT&T. As you may recall, however, HP was also showing off an Android-running, Snapdragon-powered smartbook concept at CES a few short weeks back, and those rounded corners and large battery compartment do at least seem to match up. Coincidence? We should know for sure soon enough.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't HP trademark the "This is my Zeen. And it is my Airlife." thing? Maybe it wasn't airlife, but something like that. But then where does the Zeen part come in? Perhaps in a ploy against the probable Apple tablet, they've already struck deals with publishers.
Don't care, and judging by the lack of comments, neither does anyone else.
@l3admonky
You waited a whole 20 minutes! Good job!
@andthemaniam
20 minutes and still getting the number 2 slot on engadget is no small feat unless no one care's to comment which by the lack of comments after several hours now is more than enough proof of my point.
MID ?
An Android smartbook on AT&T?
Could be awesome except the fact that its HP Compaq....
Reduce the bezel - really, what's wrong with you slate PC manufacturers? All that effort wasted because the edges are too round. Is it so hard to hire someone with taste?
Apple, what have you done with all other manufacturers, who's wanted to copy you...
Poor HP...
Snapdragon? SO last year. Didn't HP get the Tegra 2 / anything-with-Cortex-A9 memo?
This device is going to be absolutely awesome. I filmed it at CES 2010: http://armdevices.net/2010/01/08/hp-android-qualcomm-snapdragon-laptop/
If it is $200 or less and can run a full window manager (GNOME, KDE), I'm sold.