The Google laptop costs $ 250.

Until now it was just a thought experiment, it will soon be in store: The first Netbook with the Google Android operating system: Its equipment can argue about the price not. At least three months should be in the shops are.

 

Asus Android tests on Netbook, HP plays with the idea that all low-cost laptops now with Google's mobile operating system control. But while the two ships PC Dick apparently still in the determination phase plug, a Chinese manufacturer shall submit concrete plans. At least in June, the
Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies Company completed the first prototypes. One to two months later to the laptops in the shops are.

Skytone homepage: The first Android-Netbook should come no later than three months

This promises Nixon Wu, founder of the company, which currently has 50 employees still on the tiny one in the industry. The interest of the dealers seem low by the master not to be curbed. Over 300 inquiries from all over the world, he had received after the device at a trade fair in Hong Kong was first presented, Wu said the "
Computer World ".

Experts look for low-cost laptops such as the Alpha 680 Wu announced a rosy future ahead. Android allows that, instead of Intel's Netbook chip atom cheaper and more fuel-efficient chips, for example, from mobile phones to be used. Potential battery lifetimes of up to twelve hours angedichtet such machines.

Mini Equipment

From such high Skytones Alpha 680 is still far away. Approximately two to four hours are there in web surfing with a power load persevere, the company in view - a very moderate value. Likely to blame the small-sized battery in the device, which with only two memory cells will be equipped. Current Netbook voted against at least four, often six of these cells in the battery.

Also invites the rest of equipment is not to flaunt one. When driving through a ARM11 processor with 533 megahertz. Such chips are otherwise in navigation devices, mobile phones or set-top boxes used. The screen is seven inch diagonal as large as the first EEEPC, is 800 x 480 picture points. 128 MB of RAM, a mere gigabytes of flash memory as a replacement disk to the side. Nevertheless, the mini-computer to create movies in formats such as MPEG2, H.264 and WMV9 playback. This would be the device to use as an entertainer.

As a highlight of the tiny note that rotating it with a touch screen to be fitted. This can be folded over the keyboard, so that from the Touchbook is a Netbook, which can operate by finger. In addition to the standard network ports for LAN and Wi-Fi, the manufacturer promises optional wireless adapter installed, the Internet connections via EDGE or UMTS, which would allow it.

For Performance junkies, the Alpha 680 is no, this much is clear. But pragmatists and casual users could come at their expense. The even more so when Skytone abide by his own default, the device for $ 250 for sale. In the German retail sector could be so even if the 200-euro barrier for crack and the Google laptop as deadweight items for sale 199 euros.

We are curious.

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