Published by Sierra Monica P. on January 7, 2010 under Mobile





By combining the functionalities of a smartphone and a netbook, Freescale created the Freescale smartbook tablet unveiled at CES 2010. It is based on the Freescale Smart Application Blueprint for Rapid Engineering platform, in short SABRE, to enable a personal mobile Internet experience with various entertainment possibilities, powered by the low-power-consuming i.MX515 processor with ARM Cortex A8 core.











The Freescale smartbook supports touchscreen input, multimedia playback, long operating times, Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth,optional 3G connectivity,optional ZigBee RF4CE, and several operating systems including Android, Millos Linux from ThunderSoft and Ubuntu. In addition, it has a size of 20 x 12.8 x 1.49 cm and features a 7-inch display of 1024 x 600 pixels, GPS, built-in 3Mpcamera with video recording at 30 frames per second, web browser with Adobe Flash Player 10.1, media center, image viewer, email client, PDF viewer and optional remote controller.

It also has 512MB DDR2 memory, up to64GB storage capacity, microSD card slot, USB connectivity for charging, SIM card, audio connectivity, microphone, accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and ambient light sensor for automatic brightness adjustments.

(Source: Freescale)