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JioBook laptop with 4G may launch this year, it will compete with Chromebooks
and will be affordable


JIOBOOK LAPTOP WITH 4G MAY LAUNCH THIS YEAR, IT WILL COMPETE WITH CHROMEBOOKS
AND WILL BE AFFORDABLE


JIOBOOK IS REPORTEDLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
FIRST HALF OF 2021. IT IS SPECULATED TO RUN ON ANDROID OS THAT COULD BE DUBBED
JIOOS. IT COULD ALSO FEATURE JIO APPS.

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India Today Tech New DelhiMarch 5, 2021UPDATED: March 8, 2021 14:18 IST

(Picture: Reuters)



HIGHLIGHTS

 * Jio could soon roll out a low-cost laptop, JioBook, that would provide 4G LTE
   support.
 * The device is under development and is likely to continue through the first
   half of 2021.
 * The work on JioBook reportedly started in September last year and is
   speculated to go on till mid-May this year.



Reliance Jio could soon launch an affordable laptop that would provide 4G LTE
support. The telecom giant has already started working on a “larger screen
device” which is speculated to be called JioBook in September last year and will
reach its Product Validation Test stage by April this year, according to an
online report. The device is under development and is likely to continue through
the first half of 2021. JioBook will reportedly run on Android OS that could be
dubbed JioOS. Jio Book’s firmware could also feature Jio apps.






For the Jio Book, Jio is reportedly partnering with China-based engineering firm
Bluebank Communication Technology, as per documents reviewed by XDA. Bluebank
creates mobile devices and develops software for third-parties, and creates
products that run KaiOS, a mobile operating system also featured on JioPhones.
The company has also posted images of both generations of Reliance’s JioPhone on
its website.



According to a 2018 Economic Times report, American chipmaker Qualcomm had held
talks with Reliance Jio to launch laptops with cellular connectivity. The report
states that Reliance CEO, Mukesh Ambani had then discussed running the potential
laptop on a Windows 10 operating system (OS) with built-in cellular connections
for the Indian market. However, the company has now diverged from what was
originally discussed where components and software are concerned, the report
notes.

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XDA Developers reports that the current Jio Book prototype is currently using
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 665 (sm6125), an 11nm chipset that was announced in early
2019. The chipset features a built-in 4G LTE modem — the Snapdragon X12 — that
the JioBook will likely leverage to provide cellular connectivity to Reliance
Jio’s expansive 4G network.


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Jio Book has been tested in various iterations and two models were revealed by
the report-- the first one with a 2GB of LPDDR4X RAM paired with 32GB of eMMC
storage and the second one with a 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB of eMMC 5.1
storage. XDA has also obtained a leaked image of what the JioBook looked like in
the Engineering Validation Test when it did not have fixed hardware. However,
the report now speculates that the keyboard with Windows key, as seen in the
image, will be replaced in the final product.



Coming to the connectivity options, the laptop may feature a mini HDMI connector
for video output, support for WiFi over 2.4 and 5GHz frequencies, Bluetooth, a
three-axis accelerometer, and a Qualcomm audio chip. It is also likely to come
with JioStore, JioMeet, and JioPages pre-installed on the JioBook. The report
also notes that Microsoft apps such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Edge, and
Office. However, as of now, the Jio Book does not have any of the Google apps
pre-installed as it is speculated to feature the Snapdragon 665 and Android. The
report notes that pre-installing Google’s suite of applications requires a
license to distribute Google Mobile Services, which increases the price of the
product.

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Last year, Jio partnered with Google to work on low-cost Android smartphones.
The phones which will be bundled by data packs are speculated to launch in the
first quarter of 2021. The move came after Google invested Rs 33,737 crore in
Jio Platforms for a 7.7 per cent stake, last year.



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