We all pretty much known with the name CherryPal. This time CherryPal is going to realize their new netbook named Asia. As we remember CherryPal Africa netbook which was offered with just a $99 and this time CherryPal release another version of the netbook called CherryPal Asia but instead of ran Windows CE or Linux like Cherrypal Africa, CherryPal Asia runs Android 1.6 OS. You might have heard that this notebook is also $99 price tag.
The new model has a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display with a 533MHz ARM9 ARM Cortex A9-based processor, 2GB of storage, and 256MB of RAM.It runs Google Android 1.6 and has 3 USB ports.
The company has announced that the Cherrypal Africa Linux edition has reached its end-of-life and pending orders will automatically be upgraded to the Asia Android edition. Specifications of the Cherrypal Asia include.
Press Release:
World’s first $99 laptop goes Android, Cherrypal drops Linux in favor of Android for sub-100-dollar laptop
Palo Alto, CA (RPR) 05/11/10 – After the successful launch of the Cherrypal Africa product line (WinCE and Linux) in December of last year the company announced today the availability of its new sub-100-dollar laptop, the Cherrypal Asia. The “Asia” comes in its basic version with a 7″ screen and Android 1.6. The Asia is also available in a 10.1″ wide-screen version. The company also announced the end-of-life of the Cherrypal Africa Linux edition. Pending orders will be automatically upgraded to the “Asia” Android edition.
“Android is the ideal operating environment for the ultra-low-cost laptop market. It combines the stability and flexibility of Linux with the very intuitive user experience of Android. It seamlessly fits into our ongoing cloud computing initiative. More and more applications are going to be consumed in a hosted “application-store-like” environment rather than stored locally. The “Africa” (Windows CE) as well as the “Asia” (Android) product line are the ideal systems for our partners in the developing as well as industrialized world; low cost, “good-enough” user-experience and last but not least above average quality in order to address the digital divide and make green computing available to everyone. “, said Max Seybold, Cherrypal’s founder.
World’s first $99 laptop goes Android, Cherrypal drops Linux in favor of Android for sub-100-dollar laptop
Cherrypal Asia 7 inch
The $99 (US retail price) Cherrypal “Asia” comes with “good-enough” processing power, based on the design principles of the very successful Cherrypal Africa product line; VIA ARM9 533Mhz processor, 256MB RAM, 3 USB 2.0, 2GB local storage and full keyboard.
The Cherrypal Asia is also available as 10.1″ wide-screen edition, same specification as the 7″ model but with integrated 1.3 Megapixels webcam included. Cherrypal’s suggested US retail retail price for the Asia 10″ is $148.00
Detailed technical specifications can be found at http://www.cherrypal.com
Source: freebestdownload.com,cputer.com,engadget
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