<s>
A	O
smartbook	B-Device
was	O
a	O
class	O
of	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
that	O
combined	O
certain	O
features	O
of	O
both	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
and	O
netbook	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
produced	O
between	O
2009	O
and	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartbooks	B-Device
were	O
advertised	O
with	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
always	O
on	O
,	O
all-day	O
battery	O
life	O
,	O
3G	B-Architecture
,	O
or	O
Wi-Fi	O
connectivity	O
and	O
GPS	O
(	O
all	O
typically	O
found	O
in	O
smartphones	B-Application
)	O
in	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
or	O
tablet-style	O
body	O
with	O
a	O
screen	O
size	O
of	O
5	O
to	O
10inches	O
and	O
a	O
physical	O
or	O
soft	O
touchscreen	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
German	O
company	O
sold	O
laptops	B-Device
under	O
the	O
brand	O
Smartbook	B-Device
and	O
held	O
a	O
trademark	O
for	O
the	O
word	O
in	O
many	O
countries	O
(	O
not	O
including	O
some	O
big	O
markets	O
like	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
China	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
or	O
India	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
acted	O
to	O
preempt	O
others	O
from	O
using	O
the	O
term	O
smartbook	B-Device
to	O
describe	O
their	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartbooks	B-Device
tended	O
to	O
be	O
designed	O
more	O
for	O
entertainment	O
purposes	O
than	O
for	O
productivity	O
and	O
typically	O
targeted	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
online	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advent	O
of	O
much	O
more	O
popular	O
tablets	B-Device
like	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
and	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
coupled	O
with	O
the	O
prevailing	O
popularity	O
of	O
conventional	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
laptops	B-Device
have	O
displaced	O
the	O
smartbook	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
smartbook	B-Device
concept	O
was	O
mentioned	O
by	O
Qualcomm	O
in	O
May	O
2009	O
during	O
marketing	O
for	O
its	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
technology	O
,	O
with	O
products	O
expected	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Difficulties	O
in	O
adapting	O
key	O
software	O
(	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
Adobe	O
's	O
proprietary	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
)	O
to	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
delayed	O
releases	O
until	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartbooks	B-Device
would	O
have	O
been	O
powered	O
by	O
processors	O
which	O
were	O
more	O
energy-efficient	O
than	O
traditional	O
ones	O
typically	O
found	O
in	O
desktop	O
and	O
laptop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
smartbooks	B-Device
were	O
expected	O
to	O
use	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Android	I-Application
or	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ARM	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
would	O
have	O
allowed	O
them	O
to	O
achieve	O
longer	O
battery	O
life	O
than	O
many	O
larger	O
devices	O
using	O
x86	B-Operating_System
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
ABI	O
Research	O
projected	O
that	O
163	O
million	O
smartbooks	B-Device
would	O
ship	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
countries	O
the	O
word	O
Smartbook	B-Device
was	O
a	O
trademark	O
registered	O
by	O
Smartbook	B-Device
AG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2009	O
a	O
German	O
court	O
ruled	O
Qualcomm	O
must	O
block	O
access	O
from	O
Germany	O
to	O
all	O
its	O
webpages	O
containing	O
the	O
word	O
Smartbook	B-Device
unless	O
Smartbook	B-Device
AG	O
is	O
mentioned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartbook	B-Device
AG	O
defended	O
its	O
trademark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2010	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
CEO	O
Paul	O
Jacobs	O
admitted	O
that	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
such	O
as	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
already	O
occupied	O
the	O
niche	O
of	O
the	O
smartbook	B-Device
,	O
so	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2009	O
the	O
Always	O
Innovating	O
company	O
announced	O
the	O
Touch	B-Application
Book	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Texas	B-Device
Instruments	I-Device
OMAP	I-Device
3530	O
which	O
implemented	O
the	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A8	I-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
from	O
the	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
Beagle	B-Application
Board	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
and	O
a	O
detachable	O
keyboard	O
which	O
contained	O
a	O
second	O
battery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
the	O
company	O
offered	O
to	O
license	O
their	O
hardware	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
a	O
5.5	O
"	O
touchscreen	B-Device
,	O
runs	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
on	O
an	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A8	I-Application
based	O
Freescale	O
i.MX515	O
and	O
was	O
packaged	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
clamshell	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
comes	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
3.1	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pegatron	O
,	O
an	O
Asus	O
company	O
,	O
showed	O
a	O
working	O
prototype	O
of	O
a	O
smartbook	B-Device
in	O
August	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consisted	O
of	O
an	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A8	I-Application
based	O
Freescale	O
i.MX515	O
supports	O
2D/3D	O
graphics	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
720p	O
HD	O
video	O
,	O
512	O
MB	O
DDR2	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
1024x600	O
8.9	O
"	O
LCD	O
screen	O
,	O
Bluetooth	O
2.0	O
,	O
802.11g	O
and	O
run	O
off	O
a	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
smartbook	B-Device
ran	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Netbook	B-Device
9.04	O
and	O
contained	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
which	O
was	O
out	O
of	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bill	O
of	O
materials	O
for	O
the	O
Pegatron	O
smartbook	B-Device
prototype	O
was	O
$120	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2009	O
Pegatron	O
said	O
it	O
had	O
received	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
orders	O
for	O
smartbooks	B-Device
that	O
would	O
launch	O
in	O
early	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Asus	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
release	O
their	O
own	O
smartbook	B-Device
in	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
was	O
expected	O
to	O
announce	O
a	O
smartbook	B-Device
on	O
November	O
12	O
,	O
2009	O
at	O
an	O
analyst	O
meeting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
January	O
2010	O
a	O
U.S.	O
Federal	O
Communications	O
Commission	O
(	O
FCC	O
)	O
listing	O
featured	O
a	O
device	O
from	O
HP	O
that	O
was	O
referred	O
as	O
smartbook	B-Device
,	O
while	O
a	O
prototype	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
device	O
was	O
already	O
shown	O
earlier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
2010	O
the	O
smartbook	B-Device
made	O
an	O
appearance	O
at	O
FCC	O
again	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
listing	O
its	O
3G	B-Architecture
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
smartbook	B-Device
device	O
from	O
Toshiba	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
Nvidia	B-Operating_System
Tegra	I-Operating_System
processor	O
and	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
remain	O
in	O
stand-by	O
mode	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
7	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
delivered	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
v2.1	O
(	O
upgradable	O
to	O
v2.2	O
since	O
2011	O
)	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
modified	O
to	O
run	O
a	O
customized	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Genesi	O
company	O
announced	O
an	O
MX	O
Smartbook	B-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
Efika	B-Device
line	O
in	O
August	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
Foxconn	O
announced	O
it	O
is	O
working	O
on	O
smartbook	B-Device
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
Quanta	O
Computer	O
pre-production	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
powered	O
sample	O
smartbook	B-Device
device	O
that	O
ran	O
Android	B-Application
was	O
unveiled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
like	O
Acer	O
Inc	O
.	O
planned	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
smartbook	B-Device
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
MacBook	B-Device
Air	I-Device
and	O
Ultrabooks	B-Device
,	O
plans	O
were	O
scrapped	O
.	O
</s>
