According to a thorough Computerworld report,the first Netbook to use Google's Android as an operating system will be available in July and will cost about $250 USD.
Dubbed the Alpha 680, the laptop is in its final stages at the testing facilities of Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies.
The Netbook has a 533MHz ARM 11 processor, has a 7-inch LCD screen with unknown resolution, ... [ read the full article ]
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Quote:The Netbook has a 533MHz ARM 11 processor, a 7-inch LCD screen with unknown resolution, and include a 2-cell battery.
well there you have 3 reasons already why it will probably fail abysmally :-
1) screen size may sound cute but it's a real strain on the eyes at such a small size and reading internet articles easily will be impossible
2) don't know too much about that processor but 533 MHz seems very lightweight and slow, clock speed isn'y everything but 533 ?
3) a 2 cell battery is the weakest point - they may say it will last 3 hours for internet surfing but as has been seen with all other netbooks - the reality is about half of what the manufacturers claim.
- it's true that XP Netbooks are more expensive because of the licence fee for the o/s but there are plenty of netbooks out there that run fine on open source linux alternatives.
