Comments on: Hands-On with Freescale’s Powered Wistron N900z Smartbook

By: ethana2

ethana2 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:21:22 +0000

They could get more out of that ARM core if they used the back of the screen as a convection heatsink..

By: stenliq

stenliq — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:36:38 +0000

It’s sold with Ubuntu and therefore it has Win-key? )

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:36:37 +0000

Pretty interesting, glad that you shared some videos and pictures because these devices are definitely of interest in my books. I’ve read a few comments on other sites and have noticed that not a lot of people are favoring these devices, unfortunately in my opinion that will be their loss. I came across a place which keeps track of all the news, so if your interested check out http://www.smartbook.asia

By: anechoic

anechoic — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:24:15 +0000

will someone teach her how to pronounce Ubuntu correctly?

By: Glen Burchers

Glen Burchers — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:58:09 +0000

Meghan, sorry I missed you today. Good writeup and video. This unit and the Pegatron unit are still early examples and were just finished for Computex. While they have some obvious merits (fanless, thinner, lower cost) vs x86 netbooks, they still need SW optimization to improve performance before they are released for production later this year. That’s the process we are engaged in now with several OEMs and with multiple OSs including Ubuntu, Xandros, Phoenix Hyperspace and Google Andriod. We’ll get you a unit to test more thoroughly when these optimizations are complete. I’m sure you’ll see snappier performance then. I am also excited for some other form factor smartbooks to be released (touchpads etc) that help remove the PC comparison expectation. I’m convinced that these smartbooks are going to find popularity with the younger generation as an internet-centric device – not as a replacement for notebooks. Glen Burchers with Freescale.