Advantages and Disadvantages Alpha 680 – First Android Netbook

First Android Netbook based operating system from Google finally launched. Alpha 680, the first netbook with Android operating system has been undergoing final testing in a series of Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies. According to Computerworld, the first netbook Android “Alpha 680″ will be available in the market start at three months to come. Alpha 680 according to this plan will be sold with the price range which is very cheap, only U.S. $ 250.
Price mentioned above is the price of a netbook Alpha 680 which berprocessor ARM 11 CPU 533 MHz and 128 MB RAM memory. Meanwhile, take the Flash storage with a storage capacity of 1 GB. As the option option is also available to upgrade memory and 256 MB Flash storage capacities up to four times lipatnya, that is 4 GB.
For connectivity, as well as other netbook computer classes, full surely. Alpha 680 has 2 USB ports, Wi-Fi and 3G support optional.
From the size, netbook Android Alpha 680 is indeed very small, because the display screen to be used only with a 7 inch 800×480 pixel resolution. With the size of the smallest, the 680 was negligent akan convertible tablet looks like.
Here is the full specification of the Netbook Android, Alpha 680 is:
Google Android Operating System
Display 7 “TFT true color LCD
LCD resolution 800 x 480 (WVGA)
Internet Connection (Optional) ADSL, WiFi, GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, WCDMA
128MB DDR2 memory (up to 256MB Optional)
Solid-State Disk 1 GB Nand Flash Memory (up to 4GB Optional)
ARM11 CPU 533 MHz 32bit
LAN / Connection 10/100 MB Ethernet, RJ-45
Wireless Built-in WiFi
Media Support MPEG1/2/4, H.263, H.264, WMV9
USB output USB 2.0 x 2
Storage Media SD / MMC card slot (SDHC support)
Input Devices 80 key standard keyboard; Capacitive Touchpad


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May 2nd, 2009 at 6:45 am