Instant On - Timeline

Timeline

• In October 2007, ASUS introduced an instant on capability branded "Express Gate" on select motherboards, using DeviceVM's Splashtop software and dedicated flash memory.
• In May 2008, Asus shipping "Express Gate" based on Splashtop to its notebooks.
• In July 2008, HP started shipping Splashtop on its Voodoo notebooks, calling it "Instant On Solution (IOS)."
• In October 2008, Lenovo started shipping Splashtop on its netbooks, calling it "QuickStart."
• Dell Computer Corporation announced on 13 August 2008 that they would support "instant on" in their Latitude line of laptops, leveraging "a dedicated low-voltage sub-processor and OS that can enable multi-day battery life and which provides "near-instant access to e-mail, calendar, attachments, contacts and the Web without booting into the system’s main operating system (OS)..." This OS will be running a Linux variant.
• In January 2009, LG started shipping Splashtop on its netbooks, calling it "Smart On."
• In June 2009, Acer started using Splashtop on its netbook, calling it "RevoBoot."
• In June 2009, Sony started installing an instant on browser-only version of Splashtop software on its Vaio NW laptops.
• In September 2009, HP announced that it will ship a number of netbooks and commercial notebooks with a "Quick Web" instant on feature, which also utilizes Splashtop software.
• In September 2009, Asus shipped EeePC netbooks with "Express Gate," based on Splashtop.
• In October 2009, Samsung partnered with Phoenix Technologies to offer instant-on notebooks and netbooks.
• In November 2009, Dell shipped Latitude commercial notebooks, with Latitude On Reader and Latitude On Flash features, based on Splashtop.
• In November 2009, Google open source Chrome OS alpha.
• In November 2009, Acer shipped Splashtop on its Aspire One netbooks, called "InstaBoot."
• In December 2009, Mandriva published an Environment called "Mandriva InstantOn"
• By end of 2009, Splashtop has shipped on over 30 million PCs.
• In early 2010, Canonical, the sponsors for the Ubuntu Operating System, will have an Instant On proposition released to market. Information may be released at the CES show in Las Vegas, January 2010.
• In June 2010, HP buys Phoenix's HyperSpace.
• In 2010, DeviceVM projected Splashtop will ship on over 100 million PCs.
• In October 2010, Apple introduced the new MacBook Air a next generation notebook that use flash memory technology that enables the ability of instant on.
• In February 2011, Splashtop OS released as a free download.