A 10 inch netbook featuring a VIA manufactured ARM SoC processor has got itself some attention on several English language tech sites after being showcased on a Chinese website. Toysandgadget.com is where I found out about it - and the name of that website is quite to the point. With such low specs, it's hard to know whether to place this device, from Science and Technology of Shenzen, as a toy or a true gadget. For $100, it's coming close to a consumable device for many income levels.
Toysandgadget.com point out that this is perhaps the first netbook to have been released at that $100 range that has a 10 inch screen instead of 7 inch. 7 inches really is like a toy, but 10 inches is easier to work with.
With China being so close to Australia, it's a wonder these low priced netbooks haven't hit our shelves as yet. They sell cheap set top boxes and DVD players at major grocery stores here - why not cheap netbooks as well?
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Google cherrypal asia... netbook with 10 inch using via arm processors for 150 dollars.. available worldwide..
ReplyDeleteCheap netbooks don't carry the same profit margin as higher-priced models - no name brands either. Also - no name brand = no large scale tech support for a national chain store. Until either these are "bullet-proof", or these chains can come up with enough tech support to allow them to sell these (or a name-brand vendor sells a "flavor" of these), you won't be seeing these at your local big-box retailer...
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