Nvidia released some of the names and models of its Tegra-based netbooks and notebooks the company talked about on Monday.In a post earlier today, Gizmodo pooh-poohed the no-names that are showing off the Tegra, an attitude that I think misses the point. Recall that Acer, Dell, HP and others don't actually build PCs any more; they use a network of Taiwan and Chinese ODMs to build them, and, increasingly, design them. Getting the Taiwan ODMs to back Tegra is a sly way to encourage OEMs to ship them.
But even the ODMs support isn't critical. Nvidia invited twenty or so mobile-phone carriers to Taiwan to try and persuade them to commission, say, a Verizon-branded netbook. that's where Nvidia sees the volume. Again, it's these ODMs that will be building them.
"Devices based on Nvidia Tegra will allow us to offer a mobile Internet device that delivers an amazing level of functionality at minimal cost or even free through subsidies," said Antonio Domit, Executive Technology Advisor to America Movil, Grupo Carso, and Inbursa, Latin American carriers, in a statement. America Movil, run by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, serves over 160 million customers in Latin America.
"The combination of a Tegra-based MID and our high-speed national coverage will allow millions of people to access the Internet and have an unprecedented experience," Domit said. "I can imagine the story is the same for every country around the world."
Some of the products include:
* Compal Communications, Inc. CN88 (netbook)
* ICD Ultra (tablet)
* Inventec Applications Corp. Rainbow (netbook)
* Mobinnova Mabo (tablet)
* Mobinnova ViewBook N910 (netbook)
* Pegatron Vivid (netbook)
* Wistron M5 (netbook)
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