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Title    Laptop and Phone Convergence at CES
Date    Wednesday January 17 2018, @09:29PM
Author    cmn32480
Topic   
from the one-platform-to-rule-them-all dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/01/17/1341200

takyon writes:

New laptops are drawing upon features/attributes associated with smartphones, such as LTE connectivity, ARM processors, (relatively) high battery life, and walled gardens:

This year's crop of CES laptops -- which we'll define broadly to include Windows-based two-in-one hybrids and slates -- even show signs of a sudden evolutionary leap. The long-predicted PC-phone convergence is happening, but rather than phones becoming more like computers, computers are becoming more like phones.

The most obvious way this is happening is the new breed of laptops that ditch the traditional Intel (and sometimes AMD) processors for new Snapdragon processors from Qualcomm. So far, we've seen three of these Snapdragon systems announced: the HP Envy x2, the Asus NoveGo and the Lenovo Miix 630.

Laptops with lower-end processors have been tried before, with limited success. Why is now potentially the right time? Because these systems aren't being pitched as bargain basement throwaways -- and in fact, they'll cost $600 and up, the same as many mainstream laptops in the US. Instead, they promise some very high-end features, including always-on LTE connectivity (like a phone) and 20-plus hours of battery life with weeks of standby time, which also sounds more like a phone than a PC. The tradeoff is that these Snapdragon laptops run Windows 10 S, a limited version of Windows 10, which only allows apps from the official Microsoft app store. That's also similar to the walled garden of mobile OS apps many phones embrace.

[...] There's another take on phone-laptop convergence happening here at CES. Razer, the PC and accessory maker, always brings one or two inventive prototypes to CES, such as last year's triple-screen Project Valerie laptop. The concept piece for CES 2018 is Project Linda, a 13-inch laptop shell, with a large cutout where the touchpad would normally be. You drop a Razer Phone in that slot, press a button, and the two pieces connect, with the laptop body acting as a high-end dock for the phone. The phone acts as a touchpad and also a second screen, and it works with the growing number of Android apps that have been specially formatted for larger laptop screens or computer monitors.

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  1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
  2. "drawing upon features/attributes associated with smartphones" - https://www.cnet.com/news/pc-phone-convergence-is-happening-not-how-you-think-ces-2018/
  3. "HP Envy x2" - https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-envy-x2-2018/preview/
  4. "Lenovo Miix 630" - https://www.cnet.com/products/lenovo-miix-630/preview/
  5. "Windows 10 S" - https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-windows-10-s-walled-garden-approach-operating-system-education/
  6. "triple-screen Project Valerie laptop" - https://www.cnet.com/products/razer-project-valerie/preview/
  7. "Project Linda" - https://www.cnet.com/products/razer-project-linda/preview/
  8. "Symetium Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for a "Smartphone PC"" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/09/30/0151211
  9. "Maru OS: an Android ROM that Turns into Debian when it Senses Connected PC Peripherals" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/02/16/0317221
  10. "What Are Must-Have Specs for a Laptop in 2017?" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/12/02/0450243
  11. "ARM Based Laptop DIY Kit Ready to Hit the Shops" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/02/04/002218
  12. "Windows 10 PCs Running on Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 to Arrive this Year" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/04/22/0218252
  13. "Microsoft Knows Windows is Obsolete. Here's a Sneak Peek at Its Replacement." - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/05/11/0248252
  14. "Samsung to Give Linux Desktop Experience to Smartphone Users" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/10/29/1519215
  15. "Samsung Shows Off Linux Desktops on Galaxy 8 Smartphone" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/11/12/1250234
  16. "First ARM Snapdragon-Based Windows 10 S Systems Announced" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/12/06/0740234
  17. "Snapdragon 845 Announced" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/12/07/0038210
  18. "Qualcomm Joins Others in Confirming its CPUs Suffer From Spectre, and Other Meltdown News" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/01/07/1724237
  19. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=24313

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