CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
ASUS Brings Windows 8 and Android Together in Their New Transformer Book Trio

Don't be fooled by that last statement, however, as both types of software are touch screen compatible, even when in laptop mode. A rarity for Android, the tablet's 11.6 inch, 1080p screen runs Android on Intel's Atom Z2760 platform. The tablet and screen also pack 2GB of LP DDR2 RAM, ranging from 16 to 64 GB of storage.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
BlackBerry Snap Report: Convergence May Lead to Bring Your Own BRAIN & BYOD

BlackBerry should use smartphones to supplement CPUs, GPUs, & memory in low-cost laptops to give them as much power as typically found in workstations.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Dell Facilitates BYOD Via KACE K3000 Management Appliance, Not a Flying Toaster

Matrimony has its advantages, but marriages of trends, devices, or processes will sometimes give birth to unintended consequences.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Lenovo ThinkPad Twist & HP EliteBook Revolve Revive a Classic Dance: The Twist

PC manufacturers are "desperately seeking Susan", or at least some form-factors that Susan-consumer & Sam-end-user will actually buy.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
2013 Smartphones Trend: Smartphone LapDocks or Webtops = Convergence or Just A Fad?

Bring-Your-Own-Brain is a concept that refuses to die, because its soul is PC device convergence, the number one technology trend in 2012 & continuing into 2013 & beyond.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Intel Ultrabooks’ 40% Market Share Magical Mystery Tour: Parsing the Numbers

As materials become thinner, cheaper & lighter, mainstream adoption of ultrabooks will increase exponentially, as ultrathins become the new norm.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Dell XPS Duo 12 Laptop-Tablet & XPS 10 Tablet-Laptop: Faces of Convergence

Convergence of devices into hybrid or convertible forms is clearly the order of the day, and Dell Inc. will make two significant contenders.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Samsung’s P10 Tablet with Exynos 5 Dual May Kick Apple’s Core

The P10 tablet's Exynos 5 Dual chipset will likely blow the market away with best-in-class performance, and its gorgeous display could turn it into an Apple corer device.

 

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Sandia Cooler Air Bearing Heat-Sink-Impeller is Quiet & Dust-Immune – Expect Much Faster CPUs

The Sandia Cooler air bearing heat-sink-impeller will probably bring much faster, quieter, & cooler computers to consumers in the near future.

 

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ClamCase ClamBook BYOB Laptop Shell Uses Smartphone as CPU

Bring Your Own Brain, because the ClamCase ClamBook smartphone dock is leaving you to your own devices, and your urge to merge.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Tactus Touchscreen Rises to the Occasion & Gets in Touch With Your Inner Keyboard

Anyone can see the possibilities for implementing touchscreen, physical Braille as a benefit to blind users. It’s enough to give a touchscreen goosebumps; and it does too.

 

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Watch Out for Falling Laptop Prices: Walmart Could Take Lessons from the Notebook Industry

By the end of 2013 it may look as if the ultrabooks, ultrathins trend is a freight train riding a tidal-wave.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
FXI Cotton Candy PC-on-a-Stick Upstaged by Chinese MK802 Facsimile

The plot thickened when the FXI Cotton Candy PC-on-a-Stick was dramatically upstaged by a Chinese product.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Driving Convertibles & Merging Laptops + Tablets = Hybrids

Ultimately, many businesses and consumers will find convertible, hybrid, laptop-tablets to be "simply irresistible" to quote a song's lyrics, and resistance will be futile (credit the Borg).

 

AMD
Ultrabooks vs Ultrathins’ Prices – AMD Kicks You Know What

Watch out for falling laptop prices: Walmart may want to take lessons from the laptop industry.