<P> In June 2007, Asus announced the Eee PC 701 to be released in October, a small lightweight x86 Celeron - M ULV 353 powered laptop with 4 GB SDHC disk and a 7 - inch screen . Despite previous attempts to launch small lightweight computers such as ultra-portable PC, the Eee was the first success story largely due to its low cost, small size, low weight and versatility . The term' Netbook' was later dubbed by Intel . Asus then extended the Eee line with models with features such as a 9 - inch screen and other brands, including Acer, MSI and Dell followed suit with similar devices, often built on the fledgling low - power Intel Atom processor architecture . </P> <P> In 2009, Qualcomm introduced a new term "smartbook", which stands for a hybrid device between smartphone and laptop . </P>

When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom