"A wave of tiny laptops known as smartbooks will arrive shortly after the iPad starts selling in March, running at the same speed as the iPad while offering up to 16 hours of battery life when playing video.'

"Analysts believe Samsung is actually manufacturing the A4 as well, using a common industry design for the core of the chip, while Apple has tweaked other parts of the processor package to suit its needs."

It has always been e.Digitals comment that they pair down to simplicity.

Samsung has the right now...I would assume for their own product lines, do they have a right to offer it to Apple, where Apple seems to have now copied it?

RE: Nvidia....I've always considered them in contention...seeing they're all about video/audio expansion.

What a miserable industry it is.

doni