http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/ Engadget Comments for Toshiba's AC100 8-hour Android smartbook plays 1080p video on a 1GHz Tegra 250 processor (update: video!) 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/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
LOL this is messed up.. they must be doing work on the comments section, because there are alot of bugs in this article.. People replying to one another on entirely different posts, triple double posting.. Lol]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
I was going to mention this, but a device like this will get it soon anyway.]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
Good point, but for the majority of those who dont want to multi task a lot, this is perfect, because battery life will be extremely awesome and it can do most of the usual stuff.]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/If I can do my PPT, excel stuff on this along with the music and some videos - this thing is a godsend.]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/I like it but would really like it to dual boot something a little more powerful like windows 7 for when i need it. ]]>Jun 21st 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
on a related note - is that a touchpad on an android device?]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
Opera Mini on Android is a terrible browser, though I hear it's great on Blackberry]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/People keep confusing Opera Mobile and Mini.
Mini is a java based light browser.
Mobile is written in C/C++ IIRC and it's very similar to what Desktop Opera provides in terms of user experience]]>Jun 21st 2010 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
on a related note - is that a touchpad on an android device?]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
Anything out there, that has it source open (free as in beer or not), can easily be recompiled to ARM based architecture. Open Office? Check. GIMP? Check. Ocatve for scientific calculations? Check. (BTW it tends to be faster than Matlab. If you are doing numerics and do not need Matlabs toolboxes Octave is the weapon of choice) Blender? Check. LaTeX for academic writing? Check. Media players? Check. Browsers? Check. There is everything for Linux and nothing yet for Android (Crippled Linux TM).]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
I take it, you enjoy using Matlab? lol]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/.<

And why would google care about making Android work on them either? What with Chrome OS coming out soon..

Seems a little silly to me..]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Octave is not -I repeat: NOT- faster than Matlab, and it's also hardly usable as a substitute since it lacks so many functions. I've actually been digging into the Octave code at work on a number of occasions, and most of the time when stuff gets complex, Octave takes the easy way out, using N^2 algorithms where much better ones exist but are hard to implement. It's a nice alternative for doing some quick & dirty graphs and such, but as soon as you get to the complex stuff, Octave is a toy compared to Matlab.]]>Jun 21st 2010 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Don't expect Japanese company to offer freedom from their "support"... they won't let you get out of the jail, like Apple do on iPhone but often even more strict.]]>Jun 21st 2010 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
i agree. i would rather see the Ubuntu Netbook 10.04 on this machine rather than android. I love my droid, but with this much power and size i want full linux. open office, vlc, full browsers etc.

]]>Jun 21st 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
(You can't 'just recompile' all software to run on ARM, or at least, that's sometimes a difficult task. To give an example I use, is there Eclipse/SWT for ARM, yet? I looked a while ago and couldn't find one. Come to that I think the Java runtime is missing a lot of its optimisations on ARM, too, and that's pretty critical to good performance on a chip that is round about Atom level of power. Anyhow, that's one thing, but in general there is work that needs doing if the architecture becomes popular for general use.)

So yes this is exactly the right hardware - Cortex A9 in a netbook, finally - and it looks great, and the battery life's, eh, okay. Wrong operating system, though. Maybe next year.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
Im pulling hairs waiting for an alternative to the bloody ipad.]]>Jun 21st 2010 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
Why? I know I'm not getting an iPad or any alternative because I have no use for such a device. But if you DO have a use for one, and one is available...why not get it? ]]>Jun 21st 2010 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
because the one available doesn't fill his/her needs and there are better alternatives coming?

i know i'm not getting any tablet in the short-mid term either, but if i did feel the need for one, i'd rather wait for a good one than get the first one available]]>Jun 21st 2010 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
What is it the iPad can't do that you assume other devices can? Apart from the Flash of course. For me Flash facilitates the consumption of media and the iPad has access to most of the media people are keen to access to the issue is a small one.]]>Jun 21st 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Haha. You're going to be a hairless human before that happens. iPad alternatives are all vaporware until next year. ROFLOL.]]>Jun 21st 2010 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
my comment was meant to be a bit more generic than that, but since you ask, proper multitasking and hdmi output would be a couple of things i'd want from a tablet]]>Jun 22nd 2010 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
not to mention better value for money - the ipad is quite massively overpriced imo]]>Jun 22nd 2010 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/it was never about thickness. it was always about weight. while the MBA is thin. it is weights 1lb more than other ultraportables from toshiba and sony, which is a lot in the world of ultraportables!

im curious how much this laptop weights!]]>Jun 21st 2010 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
interesting thought. I wondered the same thing when they braged about the "retina" display on the fruit phone.]]>Jun 21st 2010 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/Jun 21st 2010 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/toshibas-ac100-8-hour-smartbook-runs-android-2-1-on-a-1ghz-tegr/
Or marketing bollocks.]]>Jun 21st 2010 6:40AM