Smartbooks promise to be cheap devices that will cost $200 or so and provide smartphone-like performance with a larger screen. Some of the devices are turning up with prices more like high-end netbooks when you do not opt for a 3G plan with them.

Mobinnova has announced its smartbook called the Beam. The device has an ARM Cortex A9 processor, NVIDIA Tegra for graphics, and an 8.9-inch screen. The screen resolution is 1024 x 600 and the machine has 512MB of RAM. It also sports 512MB of NAND for the Android OS and storage is to a SSD 8 to 64GB in capacity.

The Mobinnova élan netbook, a NVIDIA Tegra-powered machine, weighs just two pounds, but can deliver 720p video on its 8.9-inch screen. We aren’t sure what OS it’s running, but we do know that it has an “innovative 3D graphical user interface,” supports hardware-accelerated Flash video, has both WiFi and 3G, and can play video for five to ten hours on a single charge.

NVIDIA claims that its Tegra platform can play an audio file continuously for 600 hours (thats 25 days!) assuming that the display is turned off. Take a deep breath. We don’t know what the pricing looks like after all. Mobinnova’s Tegra announcements also include the T8 tablet, which repackages the élan in a 10.1-inch tablet form factor with GPS and HDMI out.

Mobinnova has finally launched its feature-packed flagship handset named ICE. The Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional-powered smartphone will be equipped with some of the following features: 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7201ATM chipset, 3” WQVGA flat TFT LCD touch-sensitive screen, GSM850/900/1800/1900MHz, WCDMA/HSPA 900/1900/2100MHz, HSDPA 7.2Mbps & HSUPA 2 Mbps, 3 megapixel autofocus camera, Secondary video camera for video calls, 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM, microSDHC memory card slot, Wi-Fi, Integrated FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity and Built-in GPS.

Yes, the outside looks ho-hum, but the specs out it as a nice feature packed phone. We hope it has a decent battery to keep up with all that functionality. No word on pricing or availability just yet.