With the upcoming devices, especially those containing Nvidia Tegra chips in them, we will start to see much better hardware. Full 3D acceleration, multi-touch screens, multi-tasking, full flash capability, HD output, HD radio, etc. Things are definitely headed in the right direction.
Yes, both Samsung and HTC have been innovators in the industry, probably why they are both soon to release Tegra based devices to the market. Start looking for netbooks with the Tegra chip as well. The existing Intel Atom can't come close to it's capabilities or it's power saving ability.
Netbooks, coming soon!
http://www.mobinnova.com/en/news_elan.html
Sample of Tegra 3D UI ability on mobile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDvaw...embedded#t=173
"Nvidia’s Tegra chip hasn’t even hit the market, but we know for fact that Tegra 2 is on its way next year. There’s no set timeframe, but we believe it will hit the market sometime during the summer or so its been hinted at. The first Tegra device to be released stateside will be the Zune HD in the fall. I’ve already seen what it can do with Windows CE on a handful of netbooks that were showcased at Computex last month and I walked away very impressed. So what can we expect from Tegra 2?
The chaps from Nvidia stated that Tegra 2 could go toe-to-toe with current laptop configurations. In other words, Tegra 2 is said to be twice as fast and powerful as Tegra 1. Does that mean we’ll see it as the stand-alone core for a regular laptop? Maybe. All we know is that it’s “twice as powerful” and will drop next year."
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