Smartbooks seem to be getting even more smarter at the Quanta assembly line. In a bid to hold on to the growth phase, Quanta Computer is now making a smartbook which would, in fact, be a computer in an iPhone form factor! Yes you read that right, as this has come straight from Quanta Chairman Barry Lam himself.

The new Lenovo smartbook that will hop on to the AT&T network has been detailed by Qualcomm as part of its demonstration of a smartbook prototype. Qualcomm has, in fact, elaborated on this device as it would be carrying a comparatively fast 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Lenovo is said to be fast readying the smartbook for release in January 2010.

The Apple Tablet PC will have to wait, or so it seems. The PC maker is likely to put off the launch to sometime around the second half of next year. Apple had been planning to bring the device to the market by the March of 2010.