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Seemingly not content with making a move on the Netbook market with its Intel Atom-powered Booklet 3G, relative computer newbie Nokia is also rumoured to be developing a ‘smartbook’ portable system that leans away from Intel’s popular processing solutions.
Nokia rumoured to be working on new ARM-based smartbook computer. Image: Tjeerd/Flickr.
More specifically, the industry watchers at Digitimes claim a number of unnamed sources from Taiwanese handset manufacturers have indicated that Nokia’s upcoming portable system will be produced by either Compal or Foxconn and will be supported by ARM-based processing technology.
Expected to hit retail outlets by the close of the second quarter of 2010, Nokia’s ARM-based slice of portable hardware promises the advantages of reduced power needs and improved efficiency.
While Nokia has not yet offered official comment regarding the rumoured smartbook and little is known about it in a technical sense – beyond its apparent reliance on ARM technology – the consumer electronics world did suffer something of a double take earlier this week when the mobile phone titan formally unveiled its Booklet 3G.
A Netbook by any other name, the 10-inch Nokia Booklet comes equipped with an Intel Atom processor, 3G/HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0, an onboard SD card reader, A-GPS, up to 12 hours of battery life, and support for Nokia’s Ovi Store.
“The Nokia Booklet 3G is a natural evolution for us,” explained Kai Oistamo, executive vice president of Devices at Nokia. “Nokia has a long and rich heritage in mobility and with the outstanding battery life, premium design and all day, always on connectivity, we will create something quite compelling.”
“In doing so we will make the personal computer more social, more helpful and more personal,” he added.
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