This, ladies and gentlemen, is the future of mobile computing: The Smartbook. In the same way that a netbook filled a previously unknown need by being something between a laptop and a smartphone, a ...

Back in June we reported on what could be considered as the first real smartbook device–a hybrid smartphone/netbook machine that could be the next big thing in mobile computing. Now it looks like the ...

From smartphones to tablets, Wi-Fi to 3G/4G: I cover telecom & mobile. The smartbook idea is based on Qualcomm's experience as the world's largest cellphone-chip maker. Like smart phones, smartbooks ...

Qualcomm and a host of other technology companies have spent nearly six months orchestrating the global debut of a new kind of mobile computing device they call "smartbooks." Now, a trademark dispute ...

Digital textbooks are available on a variety of platforms and from most of the major textbook publishers. The advantages are clear. They are cheaper, easier to carry around and can incorporate ...

For most of us, the term ‘smartbook’ (a device that’s somewhere in between a smartphone and a netbook) is nothing but the latest tech buzzword du jour. For German company Smartbook, however, it’s ...

update A German court on Thursday granted Smartbook AG a temporary restraining order against Lenovo that prohibits the Chinese PC maker from using the term "smartbook" in any commercial correspondence ...

A German court on Thursday issued a restraining order at the behest of Smartbook AG to stop Lenovo from using the “smartbook” trademark to describe low-cost laptops in Germany. Smartbooks are ...

Nothing like a new niche to get the concept artists salivating, but this time it's Freescale Semiconductor who are working on possible Smartbook designs. The company has commissioned six prototypes, ...

McGraw-Hill is taking on the one-size-fits-all approach to textbooks with its freshly unveiled SmartBook: an e-book that is claimed to adapt to student's learning patterns. Aimed at college students, ...

Consumers will not give up their smartphones for smartbooks, but may be more inclined to forgo their netbooks for the latter, according to a market analyst. Allen Nogee, wireless technology analyst at ...

A German based 'smartbook' maker has caused a raquet in the netbook industry by calling itself what is being argued as a descriptive term and not a valid brand name. SMARTBOOK AG is the mob we're ...