Cherrypal to Make $99 Android Netbook

[phandroid]

Cherrypal, a company focused on producing low-end computers for developing countries, is going with Android on their $99 netbook. Saving some money on physical storage with a focus on the cloud, the computers will house internals that fall short of *matchinch those of the typical smartphone: 533MHz ARM A9 CPU, 256MB of RAM, 2GB storage, [...]

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[vbetts]

BIGGER SCREEN

My issue is though with it, it's really nothing but a smartphone without wireless coverage...What they should of done, is if they're making a netbook, go the Intel Atom route. That's the tablet market right there. Or the Via Nano series.

 

[ssddyakno]

That thing looks like a genuine piece of crap. My 3rd gen ipod has better specks.

 

[ssddyakno]

That thing looks like a genuine piece of crap. My 3rd gen ipod has better innards.

 

[Jayziac]

The hardware costs are probably even lower than that. Just goes to show how much Apple products are overpriced.

 

[grainysand]

Good lord almighty, why so crappy? Current-gen high-end Android phones have much better specs and can make calls to boot.

 

[Jayziac]

For most of the world $99 is still a lot of money. This could be some people's primary computer.

 

[Poldie]

Good lord almighty, why so crappy? Current-gen high-end Android phones have much better specs and can make calls to boot.

Hmm. My Desire costs