Android Netbook Prototype Appears in Germany: I-Buddie

By James Kendrick | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | 10:30 AM CT | 3 comments | Tweet This (5)

We’ve said that Android netbooks were likely on the way, and a prototype has appeared in Germany. The I-Buddie is a typical Intel Atom-based netbook that happens to be running Android, and our friend Sascha at Netbook News captured it on video:

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Comments (3)

There is another Android Netbook rumor with a lot more specs/info called the Skytone Alpha-680:
http://phandroid.com/2009/04/21/skytone-alpha-680-android-netbook/

trigatch4 — 10:44 AM on April 21, 2009 Reply
here the company link for the 680 alpha
http://www.skytone.net.cn/en/products.php?bigclass=4&smallclass=13&show_type=1

animatio — 10:53 AM on April 21, 2009 Reply
it is typically an arm netbook – the chinese jumping on the arm bandwaggon, he?
specs:
Alpha 680
Operating System google android
Display 7“ TFT LCD true color
LCD resolution 800 x 480( WVGA)
Internet Connection (Optional) ADSL, WiFi,（ GPRS, CDMA,EDGE,WCDMA）
Memory 128MB DDR2 (up to 256MB Optional)
Solid-State Disk 1 GB Nand Flash Memory (up to 4GB Optional)
CPU ARM11 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
Media Storage SD/MMC card slot ( support SDHC)
Input Device 80 Key standard keyboard; Capacitive TouchPad

animatio — 10:57 AM on April 21, 2009 Reply