First Android netbooks surface

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First Android netbooks surface
Apr. 21, 2009

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2416044211.html

Guanzhou, China-based Skytone announced the Alpha 680, a 533MHz ARM11-based netbook with a 7-inch touchscreen that appears to be the first commercial netbook running Android. Meanwhile, a YouTube video has popped up from a group called I-Buddy that shows Android running on an Atom-based netbook prototype.



Specifications listed for the Alpha 680 include:

* Processor -- ARM11 SoC at 533MHz, 32bit
* Memory -- 128MB DDR2 (expandable to 256MB)
* Flash -- 1GB NAND flash solid-state disk (expandable to 4GB)
* Flash expansion -- SD/MMC card slot (supports SDHC)
* Display -- 7-inch TFT LCD true color 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA); VGA port
* Networking -- 10/100 Ethernet (RJ-45)
* WiFi -- 802.11b/g
* Other communications -- optional ADSL, GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, WCDMA (all via USB)
* USB -- 2 x USB 2.0 ports
* Camera -- optional 300K-pixel video camera
* Audio -- microphone; analog stereo out
* Input -- 80-key standard keyboard; capacitive touchpad; dual game keys; pen interface
* Case colors -- black, white, yellow, pink, red
* Media support -- MPEG1/2/4, H.263, H.264, WMV9
* Power -- SV AC-DC adapter; 3.7 V 4200mA Polymer battery
* Operating system -- Android (Linux/Java)