CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Upcoming Phablet Smartphone Technology Trends & Developments

The Phablet smartphone is born converging on the gray zone.

 

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Samsung Galaxy Beam Projector Phone – A Quick Look

The Samsung Galaxy Beam projector-phone is being marketed as a fun gadget, and that is appropriate. The very literal bright spot is the projector.

 

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Asus PadFone Specs – It’s déjà vu all over again

As the famous baseball icon, Yogi Berra, once said: It's "déjà vu all over again". No, actually it's more like déjà Fujitsu Lifebook 2013 Concept Notebook all over again. Several different types of things are turning into, uhmmm, a multi-thingy device: and so it it with the Asus PadFone.

 

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Multifunction Convergence – Fujitsu Lifebook 2013 Concept Notebook

There are gadget-lovers that will get in line to buy this Lifebook 2013 concept if Fujitsu brings it to market. More importantly, that exercise will give the company engineering experience for future designs, that money alone cannot buy.

 

AMD
AMD Ultrathins vs Intel Ultrabooks – Upcoming Notebook Sales Trends 2012

Expect to see at least 95 new ‘thin-and-light’ notebooks in 2012. You don’t need spell-check to know that spells competition and sales volume in anyone's (note) book.

 

AMD
Ultrabooks vs Ultrathins Definition, AMD vs Intel – Notebooks & Laptops

Practice saying "convergence", because you will be experiencing more of it. That is particularly true because ultrathins and the Intel-branded sub-set of "Ultrabooks" will use Windows 8 later this year, which will include the touch-centric Metro UI designed specifically for mobile devices.

 

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1TB Swiss Army SSD USB eSATA II Flash-drive Knife With LCD – Victorinox

It's a bird, it's a plane: No, it's a Swiss Army knife that comes with its own software-suite, LCD display, solid-state USB 3.0 / 2.0, eSATA II drive, and combination hardware, software encryption. Can we say el-wow-zoid? If not, you may want to practice.

 

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2 Trends Stand Out: 2012 Laptops / Ultrabooks / Notebooks

The onslaught of ultrabooks and ultrathins is trend number two for 2012. Ultrabooks are specified as Intel-branded, while ultrathins are inclusive of all the thin-and-lights, regardless of what is inside.

 

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Ultrathin Ultrabook Security, Connectivity Drive Business Sales

Ultrathin Ultrabooks using Intel's new ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) chip-sets, and other ultrathins using AMD's APUs (accelerated processor units) are set to be a driving force in business, enterprise laptop sales for 2012 and beyond. A convergence of features, characteristics, capabilities, hardware, and net-book-like form-factors are already creating a new normal.

 

APPLE
Ultrabook vs Laptop vs Notebook vs Netbook

Convergence may be a word we will be hearing more often, and it accounts for the mild confusion related to defining the differences between Laptops vs Notebooks vs Netbooks; and now the new Ultrabooks. The basis for that confusion is the simple fact that there are no specific and fully agreed upon industry standards which would actually be the definitions.