Articles Tagged “Netbook”

Android netbooks: i-Buddy and Skytone

by James Tromans on Apr 21, 2009 1 Comments">1

There seem to be at least two Android based netbooks knocking around at the moment. We have information on both the i-Buddie prototype, which is currently making its way around the blog sites, but also the Skytone Alpha-680 . The i-Buddie news is based around a Youtube video (at the bottom of this post) by an Android and Linux enthusiast that goes by the name of leemgs. The video shows Android running on a 10.2 inch display, Intel Atom N270. The whole thing seems to run like a large G1 and overall the video leaves us slightly underwhelmed given the …

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Weekend roundup: Google’s CEO, Motorola set top box, GiiNii, IceCondor

by James Tromans on Apr 20, 2009 1 Comments">1

In this roundup we have the beat on Google executives answering questions during the company’s April 16 earnings call, information on the Android OS and netbooks (in context of Symbian too), some updates on the GiiNii Movit Mini Android PMP, and the debunking of Motorola’s Android set-top-box. Ready? Go! It was clear to those who read the minutes or even attended Google’s April 16 earnings call that the rising commercial giant took this time to chat about the expansion of Android in general, but also physically onto netbooks too. Overall, Q1 of 2009 saw the company squeeze out a small …

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ASUS confirm development of Android based netbook

by James Tromans on Feb 21, 2009 0 Comments">0

In recent news, Bloomberg have written a speculative article on ASUS and the prospect of the Android OS in their upcoming netbooks. As one of the first companies to pioneer the netbook style laptops (sub-$500), ASUS continue to forge a path which many other manufacturers have already begun to walk. Samson Hu, head of the Eee PC business at ASUS, recently said that ASUS have “allocated engineers to develop an Android-based netbook by as early as the year”. Hu was quick to mention that whether or not this will result in a final product is unclear since the project is …

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Redfly + Android? = Of Course!

by Nicholas Ahn on Jan 07, 2009 1 Comments">1

The last time you may have seen or heard of Redfly, you might have thought that it was merely a Windows Mobile terminal. However, the developers at Redfly have announced that they have been working on a proof of concept of their Redfly mobile terminal working with an Android phone. For those of you that are unfamiliar with Redfly, Redfly is a small netbook looking device that links with a smartphone, via bluetooth or USB, and allows the user to make use of the phone’s OS with the Redfly’s keyboard and cursor. The resolution on most phones is also upped …

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