今天，芯片制造商Qualcomm首次推出了一款概念滑块迷你计算机，该计算机的价格低至300美元，并提供3G无线访问。该设备由台湾制造商Inventec生产，利用其纤细和紧凑的设计利用超小型和低功率芯片。目前，该设备运行Linux，但一位高通执行官对即将到来的Windows Mobile 7充满热情。WindowsMobile的下一代构建将更加友好，因为手机和笔记本电脑的芯片组开始汇聚。
高通公司希望Windows Mobile 7能够使其Snapdragon移动芯片组与Intel，AMD和Via等大型芯片制造商更具竞争力，因为子注册设备开始使用高功率智能手机芯片组。Snapdragon chipsets are already at work in devices from Mio, HTC and Samsung, but Qualcomm intends for a broader presence come next year’s CES in January of 2009. Thanks to this glimpse at Qualcomm’s concept sub-notebook, consumers gained insight into Microsoft’s [NASDAQ: MSFT] roadmap for Windows Mobile, and their intentions for it as a mobile computing — not merely a communications — operating system.