Such a device would essentially be a smartbook, he noted, because it would share the same basic characteristics.

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For most of 2010, the SuperPhone looked like it could go down the same path as the smartbook.

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Smartbook refers to a category of netbooks that Qualcomm launched in 2009.

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Introduced by Qualcomm in early 2009, smartbook seems to be dying a slow death, trampled under the bumrush for tablets.

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Only 6.4% thought a netbook or Smartbook would replace laptops.

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Ultraportable, ultramobile, ultrathin, and smartbook are terms that have been in use for years now, all referring to very light notebooks of one sort or another.

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With the launch of SmartBook and the rest of the LearnSmart Advantage suite, we continue to lead higher education in using adaptive technology to help improve student performance.

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Remember the smartbook , aka a netbook with ARM guts?

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SmartBook represents a breakthrough achievement in reading, as it breaks the centuries-old tradition of books as linear experiences that presume to be read in their entirety, and in a pre-defined sequence, in order to be understood.

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