http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/ Engadget Comments for Smartbook's laptops hands-on: a MacBook and a VAIO walk into a bar... 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/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
That's how everyone knows what VAIO is lol

By that indented green light. I have a VAIO FW290, a good VAIO unlike some of the new ones.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
There is probably over 50 Apple patents on which this laptop is infringing. Thats how]]>Mar 2nd 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
The Razor is Macbook AIr on the outside, and slightly Black Macbook esc on the inside.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
Engadget find hundreds of excuses just to say Apple on their articles.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
Yeah, mostly looks like a Vaio.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
Lol!]]>Mar 2nd 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
...on which apple has infringed from Nokia.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
The Smartbook Razor looks like a MacBook. The other two don't.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Engadget forgot who started the modern chiclet keyboard trend]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
That doesn't look sleek it's looks like a brick. The Sony KIRF on the other hand, it's rather nice.

Kinda cool they ripped off both Sony and Apple]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
I think because the second one is coloured white - somehow its Apple'ish.

I guess Apple patented the colour white too? ]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Except the MacBook's chiclet keyboard was originally found on the Vaios.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
So essentially avoid people who try to get you to photocopy your finger tips. No problemo]]>Mar 2nd 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
Who the heck has a photocopy of your fingerprints....... Except for the police........ It was like that when I got there I swear!]]>Mar 2nd 2010 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/LOL, yes, but that's not the point -- it's a false sense of security. There are also other methods to bypass them which do not require a copy of someone's fingerprint. ]]>Mar 2nd 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
Have you seen a vaio x? The most beautifully designed NetBook ever. IMHO. I love mine. Worth it :)]]>Mar 2nd 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/I dunno its sort of nice but it feels like they're trying to cram too many ripped off design elements into one package like a strange KIRF chimera.
]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/yeah but they've got the best design elements from a Macbook air and a sony Vaio, whats not to like?]]>Mar 3rd 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Sony invented the chiclet keyboard. NOT Apple.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
how dare you say such things! Everyone knows that apple is the only company who invents anything usefull, so general rule of thumb, if its good then its apple's. After all their new moto is "Hey, theirs a patent on that" ]]>Mar 2nd 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
I bought a German venta humidifier. It cost more than an iPhone! Not really worth it. I am yet to find computers or consumer electronics from Europe that are anywhere as good as Apple in their category. Usually you get B&O type stuff. If you're into that sort of value. I even owned one of their cordless phones once. Like the venta, not worth it....
]]>Mar 2nd 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
I imported a cuckoo clock from Germany...best damn thing in the world.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
As for IPhones I live in Heidelberg and frequently go to Mannheim, Stuttgart-Tubingen area, and Karlsruhe and most people have Nokia's I do see a bunch of ipod touchs but not so many Iphones especially since where I am at O2 is the most popular company. Eplus/Base is the most popular around the Köln Düsseldorf area and both of these companies do not carry the Iphone]]>Mar 3rd 2010 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/For example this is the one with all the swarovski crystals on it: http://shanzai.com/index.php/bandit-gadgets/notebooks-a-netbooks/263-caszh-netbooks-get-even-cheaper
or visit http://www.caszh.com/

Here's more evidence: (it's written in german)
http://www.netbooknews.de/11346/smartbook-ag-oder-wie-ein-2-mann-unternehmen-die-it-welt-in-aufruhr-versetzt/
or this one:
http://www.netbooknews.de/11306/wie-man-chinas-gunstigstes-netbook-fur-2000-euro-verkauft/

There's nothing german about these devices except of the price...
I'am german (that's why my english is so bad ;) ) but this company is a shame for our country...]]>Mar 2nd 2010 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 2nd 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/
Someone please explain?]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 3rd 2010 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/smartbooks-laptops-hands-on-a-macbook-and-a-vaio-walk-into-a-b/Mar 3rd 2010 4:24AM