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Skytone's Android-powered netbook to cost around $250
Engadget —
Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies Company, which we will absolutely never call by its full name again, has just dropped a juicy nugget about its forthcoming netbook. If you'll recall, we recently caught wind of the ARM-based, Android-powered rig (the Alpha 680), which is expected to be a stripped down portable useful for web surfing and light duty Office use. Nixon Wu, ...
Report: First Android Netbook to cost $250
Crave: The gadget blog —
The first Netbook running Google's Android operating system is expected to be available in the next three months and cost about $250, according to Computerworld report . The Alpha 680, as the laptop is known as, is going through final testing at Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies, Skytone co-founder Nixon White told the site. The Netbook uses a 533MHz ARM 11 CPU and sports a 7-inch LCD screen, keyboard , touchpad, and built-in Wi-Fi , according to the report. However, the Alpha 680's 2-cell battery will last only two to four hours while surfing the Internet, much lower than the expected 12 hours. Android is a Linux-based operating system originally designed for ...
$250 Android Netbook On Its Way
I4U News —
... The netbook craze continues as Computerworld reports that the first portable PC to run Googles Android operating system will be available in the next three months and will only cost approximately $250. In addition, the Alpha 680 from China-based Skytone will use an ARM processor similar to those found in cell phones (including the ...
El primer netbook con Android costaría 250 dólares
Celularis —
A principios de año, Mauro nos habló de las primeras pruebas con el sistema operativo Android en netbooks como el Asus Eee PC. Recientemente supimos también que HP se estaba planteando la posibilidad de usarlo en sus netbooks y ahora empiezan a llegarnos rumores fiables sobre el que podría ser el primer netbook que use Android oficialmente.
En Computerworld se hacen eco de las declaraciones de Nixon Wu, uno de los fundadores de la empresa que lo va a fabricar, Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies, en las que aseguraba que este netbook con Android estaría disponible en un plazo de tres meses con el nombre de Alpha 680.
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Alpha 680, The First Android Netbook Priced At $250 [Android]
Gizmodo —
... a name and a price: Skytone's Alpha 680 for $250. Beyond that Computerworld claims the Alpha 680 is smaller and lighter than ASUS netbooks and it will run a 533 MHz ARM11 processor. A full list of specs are already available on Skytone's website. If all goes as planned, we should be seeing a product on store shelves sometime in the next 3 months or so—although there are no guarantees it will be on time and on price. [Boy Genius via Computerworld and Phandroid]
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First Android-Powered Netbook Due in Three Months
Today @ PC World —
Skytone Transmission Technologies, based in Guangzhou, China, says it is just three months away from producing the world's first Android-powered netbook , the Alpha 680. The new device is powered by the ARM11 533 Mhz processor, with a paltry 128MB RAM expandable to 256MB, 1 or 4GB Solid State Drive, 7-inch LCD monitor with 800-by-480 resolution, two USB ports, an SD card slot, Wi-Fi, optional 3G antenna, an unspecified keyboard size, and a two-cell battery with approximately two to four hours of battery life. [image] Skytone is currently having trouble getting about 20 percent of Android apps to function on the netbook because of compatibility issues, but Skytone is working to solve those problems and ...
