Would-Be World Conquerers? Daleks, Sontarans, Cybermen & Smartbooks?

CES is upon us and one of the newish buzzword category names being bandied about is “smartbooks”…

‘Smartbooks’ Latest to Join Crowded Computer Market (Wall Street Journal)

This category is more-or-less defined as a device beneath the netbook category in price and features that primarily serves the need for instant access to the web, email, and net services like Twitter. This category of devices is larger than a phone. In other words, we are looking at the rebirth of the Handheld PC (Microsoft Windows CE devices from the late 1990s).

These low=cost (some say around $250) smartbooks have a pontential roadblock to their success though.

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