14 DAY TRIAL // According to the Shanzai website, Pegatron’s General Manager, Chou Biao Sheng, described the machine by means of a pretty unusual epithet, “AQUIC.” The smartboook supposedly uses an ARM processor, will be running the Ubuntu OS, and is expected to hit the stores early next year.
Pegatron has already confirmed that it plans to release its own smartbook model sometime at the beginning of 2010, a device that was supposedly demonstrated at the 2009 Connected Community Technical Symposium in Taipei last week. According to Sheng, the device is meant to run easily and quickly boot up when switched on.
The UI would be comprehensive and the overall product would offer, Shen said, a “reduced power consumption.” This will most likely be mainly owed to the thin, fanless design, which will replace the fan-based cooler with thermal holes that will cool the internal components.
The smartbook will allegedly measure a mere ten inches and include an ARM processor. It is unclear whether the CPU will be Qualcomm's Snapdragon, but the product is expected to have an always-on connectivity. This would imply a battery strong enough for an all-day use, although skeptics will surely not immediately take this in.
The Pegatron General Manager used an unusual word to describe the upcoming smartbook, AQUIC. This acronym is a combination of several words, each describing a certain quality of the product. A is for Always on, which implies the product's ability to stay on at all times, similar to a cellphone. QU stand for Quick on, which refers to the very short boot time of Pegatron's smartbook.
I stands for ID-reduced power usage through the fanless design of the gadget's ARM chips, a design that will also allow for thinner, future product lines. Lastly, C stands for cost, since Pegatron intends this smartbook to be an affordable option, with the price having been revealed to revolve around the reasonable sum of $200.
The product will be made available in the early stages of 2010 and, unlike the PCs that Pegatron is assembling on behalf of ASUS, the device will sport the Taiwanese company's own logo.