The wireless carriers want to convince consumers that not enough to have a laptop and a cell phone is also needed an engine: if the computer "tablet" without a keyboard.
The most famous is the new Apple iPad, which launches next month. But other manufacturers also seek to exploit the segment and, in fact, planned to do even before Steve Jobs unveiled his new machine in January.
Some companies are creating computer "tablet" without a keyboard similar to the iPad. Others point to small laptops known as "SmartBooks" that sell for a few hundred dollars.
Hewlett-Packard introduced its first smartbook this week at the Cellular World Congress in Barcelona. At first glance, the Compaq Airlife 100 looks like a small laptop, but inside it works quite differently.
A large variation is that the Airlife not use the Windows operating system, but the Android mobile phone created by Google, which is distributed for free. Instead of using a word processor or Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices, Qualcomm uses one from the world of cellphones.
The unit functions in part as a cell phone: ready for use when you open the cover and receive emails when closed. It can be used for 12 hours without recharging because the Qualcomm chip uses less energy than a computer, HP says.
Another similarity with mobile phones is that those who sell these devices are mobile phone companies. Spain's Telefonica will sell the Airlife in Europe and Latin America since the second quarter of this year.
The phone will sell because they bring SmartBooks modems to connect to Internet through cellular networks. This means you will be offered through monthly subscription plans and operators subsidize the purchase prices of the apparatus, to let him perhaps 200 to $ 400.
HP's competitor Lenovo announced a device very similar to Airlife, which will be distributed in the U.S. by AT & T.
Dell uses the same technology that HP tablet with a touch screen that is slightly larger than an iPhone and will be launched this year in the U.S..
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