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 ...

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 ...

That's right, not only does Augen-- a company unbeknown to us before yesterday -- make an $150 Android 2.1 tablet, but the company is also stocking Kmart shelves with a $99 Android smartbook of sorts.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...