Will The Skytone Alpha 680 Be The First Android Netbook?

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Will The Skytone Alpha 680 Be The First Android Netbook? 5

Chinese manufacturer Skytone have today revealed their plans to launch the first Android powered netbook. The Alpha 680 Android netbook will feature a 7-inch 800×480 pixel display that will also flip around to enable a tablet mode display.

Whilst Skytone isn't exactly a well known brand, the company have been manufacturing cheap low-end netbooks for a while now bundled with Xbust and ARM processors.

Skytone Alpha 680’s features include:

  • OS: Google Android
  • Display: 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel toucshcreen
  • CPU: 533MHz ARM11 32bit
  • RAM: 128MB (up to 256MB)
  • Storage: 1GB flash memory (up to 4GB optional)
  • I/O:  2 USB ports, SD card slot
  • Connectivity: WiFi, Ethernet, GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, WCDMA
  • Video: Supports MPEG1/2/4, H.263, H.264, WM9

The Skytone Alpha 680 Android netbook is expected to be priced at between $100-$200 and will be available in a variety of colors including Pink, Yellow, Red, Black and White.

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[via ComputerWorld.com]
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  1. eeepc test

    Gute Berichte zum Thema findet du auf .

    Hab auf der Page gute Tests rund um das iPad gefunden genau dieses ist im Themenbereich ipad test ja ein riesen Newcomer.

    Schaut es euch mal an mich hat dieses iPad überredet.

  2. I bought this netbook for my wife, thinking how good it has turned into my HP Pavilion.

    I can see has an excellent finish with very nice details (my wife loves)

    I bought it with winxp because my wife is accustomed to this, but getting it installed ubuntu netbook remix 9.10 and I can say there are no problems of any kind… now, my wife don’t use xp

    is perfect for internet browsing and communication, although the webcam is not very good, it works.

    compr?esta netbook para mi esposa, pensando en lo buena que me ha salido mi HP pavilion.

    de entrada puedo ver que tiene un excelente acabado con muy bonitos detalles (mi esposa la adora)

    la compr?con winxp porque mi esposa est?acostumbrada a este, pero llegando le instal?ubuntu netbook remix 9.10 y puedo decir que no hay problemas de ningun tipo

    es perfecta para navegar por internet y comunicarse, aunque la webcam no es muy buena que digamos, funciona.

  3. Now we just need full gmail, full google reader, full gooogle docs, a full/complete IM client, a better VNC viewer, and a SyncML client for calendar… and it would just about be the netbook of my dreams.

    It’d be nice if it had more RAM and Storage options though.

    (they also have a Alpha-600 model, which is the same thing, but with a generic linux on it; seeing Mer (the community version of Nokia’s Maemo linux) on the 600 would be amazingly cool as well)

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