Makers hope market ready for ultra-mobile PCs

September 10th, 2008 By Troy Wolverton

When it comes to surfing the Internet, playing games or watching movies on the road, a laptop can be too big and a smartphone too small. That's why some tech heavyweights have been working on a device that falls in between.

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• Wasabi - Sep 11, 2008
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  I believe that when thin flexible/foldable displays become mainstream and reasonably priced, these will become much more practical and attractive to a much larger consumer base. At the pace science is progressing, that's probably only a couple years away.
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• jeffsaunders - Sep 11, 2008
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  I agree something that folds up to fit in the pocket but folds out to be 3 or 4 times the size of the iphone.
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