วันเสาร์ที่ 27 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2556
Could you imagine a notebook with Android operating system?
How interesting this notebook would be?
Dadi Perlmutter, Intel’s chief product officer has recently
unveiled to CNET that the Android notebook runs Intel’s mainstream Core line of
processors. Not only that surprising news, but the price of the device will be
as low as $399 to $499.
Notebook prices should hit $200 soon, but especially, they
will be Android-based devices not Windows 8 or other Operating System, said an
Intel executive.
Intel CEO, Paul Otellini said if the touchscreen PCs could
debut at prices as low as $200 in the coming months. Unfortunately, he did not
specify what operating system of those products would run. On the other hand,
Dadi Perlmutter, Intel executive vice president and chief product officer told
that notebooks priced at the level of $200 will be predominantly the
Android-based devices running on Intel’s Atom mobile processor. Whether the PCs
that run Windows 8 hit that price largely depend on Microsoft.
When confirmed by CNET, Perlmutter declared "We have a
good technology that enables a very cost-effective price point. The price of
Windows 8 laptops depends on how Microsoft prices Windows 8. It may be a slightly
higher price point".
Intel,
as the power of majority in world’s computers and servers, has been pushing new
types of computers as the Intel faces a slowdown in the key market. Particularly,
the company desires convertibles or detachable to gain customers’ attention
towards their products. As an example of convertible device is such a device
convert between a tablet and a notebook depending on user needs at a particular
time.
Dadi
Perlmutter did not specify what the Android notebook will look like, but it is
probably a kind of convertible-type devices. He also added that he expects the
PC market to pick up in the back half of the year 2013 since the new devices
become available in 2014.
In
the year of 2014, Intel will introduce a new technology of mobile chip that is
capable of integrating LTE on the same piece of silicon as the application
processor. The company has been trying to gain some appeal in smartphones, but
volumes remain low. That’s why Intel expects that the traction of their
products to the buyers will get higher volumes in 2014. It is essential for
Intel to extend into smartphones and tablets as its PC market slows.
