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Skytone Alpha 680 Android netbook gets video review

, Sep 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

Skytone's Alpha 680 Android netbook prompted a reasonable amount of attention back when it was first spotted in April, but then many other netbook manufacturers - with bigger names, like ASUS and Acer - started talking about using the open-source Google OS and we basically forgot about it.  Not so for Jason from Rockland, who has actually managed to acquire a lurid yellow Alpha 680 and proceeded to put it through a video review. Video review after the cut Read The Full Story

Android video demo on Skytone Alpha 680 netbook

, Apr 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

A demonstration of what looks to be a Skytone Alpha 680 prototype has been added to YouTube, showing the budget netbook running the Android OS.  Announced earlier this month, the Alpha 680 is one of the first netbooks to be confirmed as using Google's open-source platform; as the videos show, however, there's a little work to be done before it's a completely smooth transition from smartphones. Video demos after the cut Read The Full Story

Skytone Android netbook: just $100?

, Apr 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

It seems netbook manufacturers are slowly cottoning on that, by slapping Android onto their models, they'll get a pretty-much instant audience.  Certainly, without the Google OS this Skytone Alpha 680 netbook would prompt little but sneers, with its 7-inch 800 x 480 display, 533MHz ARM11 processor and minimalistic 128MB of RAM (max 256MB). Read The Full Story