Articles tagged with: Asus and Windows Mobile

Android based Netbooks to Emerge in 2009

Opinion by Laurent Lachal, Ovum Open Source Research Director

Upwards view: Linux is losing ground

The upwards view of netbooks starts with netbooks and looks up to laptops. It leads to two conclusions. First, the laptop market is becoming increasingly complex, with market segments catered for by a growing variety of low-cost netbooks and laptops. Second, after a strong start, Linux netbooks have now been overtaken by Windows netbooks and Linux is lagging increasingly behind in terms of sales - although Linux's performance in the netbook segment is still outstanding compared to its overall performance in the desktop market.  more

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ASUS Shows off World's Fastest Smartphone

Taiwan handset vendor, asus has shown off a smartphone which is says has the most powerful processor in the world. The 800 MHz processor is significantly more powerful than the average 500 MHz which are usually shipped in handsets - and will make the phone menu and functions more responsive. Featuring asusÃ' latest touch-driven user interface - Glide - the P565 posts Vs benchmark scores almost two times that of competing products in its class.  more

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