After the partial Netbooks revolution, which are entered in many consumers’ life thanks to their portability and small dimensions, another revolution is going to invade the market of notebook technology.

It is the Smartbook, a PC of small size, particularly suitable for connectivity and reproduction of multimedia contents.

Smartbooks will be based on the newest Qualcomm Snapdragon and Nvidia Tegra (Tegra 600 and 650) platforms in order to fuse the netbook features with the smartphones ones .

In particular these new platforms will be destined to connectivity because they are endowed of 3G modem, GPS and WI-FI. System. Displays will have more or less the same size of the present netbook.

They will be based on low power consumption ARM architecture to guarantee a work duration never seen before. Yet the processor are not compatible with traditional operating systems, Consequently new technologies can push their way through, such as first of all Google Android and Google Chrome OS operating systems.

With regard to video, there is the possibility to reach a standard HD video reproduction.

First devices of this type will start to appear by the end of 2009, but only in late 2010 there will be a real invasion because all the major producers are working now to the launch of the first items.

Big news for netbooks field.

If technology makes great strides in the domain of Desktop Pc, Sony promises that the new Vaio Netbook will have Touchscreen technology and Mike Albary, the Vice President of Sony Product Division, announced that “the first new series models will come out on October”.

Touchscreen technology will be supported by Windows 7 and another function will be linked to videogames, in particular with Playstation Netbook support, with which it will be possible have streaming and download directly on PC.

The price is still unknown, but we will give other news as soon as possible.

In a period in which Notebooks sell 3 times more than a Desktop PC, Microsoft Hardware launches a new accessories class with the introduction of Notebook Cooling Base, a base of cooling studied for a more comfortable utilization of Notebook thanks to an integrated fan and an elegant design.

Notebook Cooling Base will be available to public by September to the estimated selling price of 29,90 €.

This accessory is particularly suitable for people whose notebook heats too much and want a support which keep low the internal temperature.