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Android First Netbook
Filed under Open SourceMay 1With netbooks volumes expected for release this year, approximately 135 million computers, according to some analysts and with the announcement of the first Android-powered netbook, announced by the Chinese manufacturer SkyTone Transmission Technologies, would be interesting to know what percentage of expected volume Android win netbook later this year.
The Alpha 680, based on an ARM processor for low cost, could be available in three months at an approximate cost of $ 250, Nixon said Wu, co-founder of SkyTone. It is perhaps too early to predict the outcome of this venture of a Chinese factory and two emerging players in the world of laptops: the ARM processor and the system Android. The former has proved its efficiency in billions of mobile phones and laptops can offer autonomy of days instead of hours.
Android, on the other hand is a variant of Linux that comes with a design from below, the cell phone to your laptop, which can impose new concepts in usability and user interface and so imposed on Windows XP. Personally I think it’s a very interesting proposal that can not be left unnoticed.
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