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February 26th, 2010, 10:20
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We're ready to hand out our first award for CeBIT 2010 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/cebit+2010). The most confusing product of the year ribbon goes to German company Smartbook (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/29/smartbook-ag-launches-absolutely-gaudy-3-000-swarovski-laden-ne/), who's decided to produce a portable computer with a shell design and 3G connectivity that... isn't actually a smartbook (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/compaq-airlife-100-puts-android-os-snapdragon-cpu-and-an-ssd-b/) (or what we understand the term to mean (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/qualcomm-forbidden-to-use-smartbook-by-order-of-german-court/) anyway). Instead of capitalizing on the built-in marketing appeal of its name, Smartbook AG staunchly persists in believing it's a real laptop maker (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/29/smartbook-ag-launches-absolutely-gaudy-3-000-swarovski-laden-ne/), and is readying a new thin-and-light machine to prove just that. To be known as the Logo, this will be an Intel CULV-powered 11.6-incher, with a 1366 x 768 resolution, Windows 7 Home Premium and a stingy 1GB of RAM on board. In other words, the Acer Timeline 1810T (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/acers-11-6-inch-timeline-1810t-gets-ceremonious-christening-oc/), only a few months later and priced to (never) sell: €699 ($944). Boy, we've heard of corporate hubris before but this is getting silly now.Smartbook Logo is neither a logo nor a smartbook, actually a 3G-equipped CULV laptop (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/smartbook-logo-is-neither-a-logo-nor-a-smartbook-actually-a-3g/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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We're ready to hand out our first award for CeBIT 2010 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/cebit+2010). The most confusing product of the year ribbon goes to German company Smartbook (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/29/smartbook-ag-launches-absolutely-gaudy-3-000-swarovski-laden-ne/), who's decided to produce a portable computer with a shell design and 3G connectivity that... isn't actually a smartbook (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/compaq-airlife-100-puts-android-os-snapdragon-cpu-and-an-ssd-b/) (or what we understand the term to mean (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/qualcomm-forbidden-to-use-smartbook-by-order-of-german-court/) anyway). Instead of capitalizing on the built-in marketing appeal of its name, Smartbook AG staunchly persists in believing it's a real laptop maker (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/29/smartbook-ag-launches-absolutely-gaudy-3-000-swarovski-laden-ne/), and is readying a new thin-and-light machine to prove just that. To be known as the Logo, this will be an Intel CULV-powered 11.6-incher, with a 1366 x 768 resolution, Windows 7 Home Premium and a stingy 1GB of RAM on board. In other words, the Acer Timeline 1810T (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/acers-11-6-inch-timeline-1810t-gets-ceremonious-christening-oc/), only a few months later and priced to (never) sell: €699 ($944). Boy, we've heard of corporate hubris before but this is getting silly now.Smartbook Logo is neither a logo nor a smartbook, actually a 3G-equipped CULV laptop (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/smartbook-logo-is-neither-a-logo-nor-a-smartbook-actually-a-3g/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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