Apple defines netbooks

Apple defines netbooks
Come summer, Acer will enter the arena for e-book readers, releasing a device with a six-inch monochrome screen. The company will also debut an online applications store from which it will peddle apps laptop battery for Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows and Windows Mobile operating systems and for Google’s (GOOG) Android platform.

But Acer has no plans to launch a touchscreen tablet to compete with Apple’s (AAPL) new laptop, despite the fact that Chairman J.T. Wang recently told Bloomberg his company was “developing something” along those lines.

Why the sudden change of tack? Acer President Scott Lin says that while the company is entirely capable of building a tablet device, it wouldn’t be worthwhile because it lacks a software ecosystem like Apple’s iTunes Apple A1079 Battery Store. A tablet, Lin, told DigiTimes, does not fit into Acer’s business model.

“Historically, closed platforms are typically limited in terms of scale and are confined to niche markets,” Lin said. “Apple has built its business out of carving its own niche, which means that while Apple could see success with devices like the laptop, other players are unlikely to be able to replicate its result simply by copying.”

An interesting admission, particularly since it seems to openly contradict what Wang said just about a week ago. Of course, at this point, with the laptop not yet released and the tablet market as nascent as it is, Acer’s tentative view of things is understandable. Why mess around with an unestablished, unproven Apple A1078 Battery market when the company is doing just fine peddling netbooks and other portables? Better to throw its full weight behind the broad spectrum of notebooks–traditional, ultrathin and netbook–where it’s already quite strong (Lin notes that Acer shipped about 31 million notebooks in 2009).

That said, Acer would do well to keep an eye trained on Apple. Because according to Deutsche Bank (DB), the laptop will give it claim to about seven percent of the low-end computer Apple A1148 Battery market by 2011. Said Deutsche Bank’s Chris Whitmore: “We expect the laptop to compete very well against existing low-end notebooks and netbooks, particularly in the segment of the market where surfing, reading, game playing and emailing dominate the usage model.”

Google, Apple, Microsoft – all the silicon valley giants are fighting it out in the mobile world today. Its no brainer that mobile is the next big thing (it actually is already). And with the little flood of patents that these MNC’s have filed, we can expect tones of innovation in the mobile space. Apple(Apple M6091 Battery) has taken the first move with the iPhone multitouch and now with the laptop CPU (the A4) . But thats now all we heard in the rumors. Remember that little word that Apple might be working on its own battery technology to power handhelds?

Nothing officially announced but you hear it pretty clearly in the official Apple video here, where Bob Mansfield speaks about Apple being the only co that does its own ‘battery technology’, ‘chip technology’ etc. So does the laptop has a new magical battery hidden under the hood?

Its no secret that Apple(Apple Laptop Battery) hates cheap, low power substance and that’s why they always ignored the netbook buzz. However the need to release a product at a certain (Read affordable) price point is what Apple now realizes, and thus you have the laptop going for as low as $499. This makes it as cheap as the original 1st Gen iPhone in 2007. What enables Apple to sell you a full multitouch 9.7″ tablet for $499? No camera, no HD output, no projector as rumored … basically its a low cost airline with the latest Boeing jets. Apple has developed its own A4 chip that was before the launch rumored to be “the most powerful, lowest-cost SoC in the industry”. This seems to be true, given the fact that we saw amazing gaming and Apple M9324 Battery life on the laptop. (Jobs did announce that the A4 system-on-chip includes processor, graphics, I/O, and memory controller in one package).

While its still unclear if the same features a standard netbook shape or a mediapad as many believe it to be. Past reports have also rumored that Apple is testing the mediabook with Verizon, indicating that this would be more of an Internet book, targeted extensively for the online janta with ultra portability. post by laptop battery details.