Lenovo Skylight: First Netbook with ARM CPU
A year ago Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon platform with ARM processor at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010. Now the first real devices are coming to market. The operating system is Linux.
Lenovo is making the invitation to the dance of the awaited netbooks at this year's CES with its Lenovo Skylight model, as Engadget reports. The very flat and unusually rounded device is to become available in the U.S. in April at a price of about $500, possibly even lower if a 3G arrangement with AT&T works out. Lenova, per its press release, should make the device available in China and Europe later in the year.
The Linux system developed by Lenovo, but not further specified, displays some rather nice gadgets on its screen, 18 of which should be preloaded on the device when it comes out April 18. The integrated ARM processor is rated at 1 GHz, although it's not clear from the specifications whether it applies to the single- or double-core processsor version.
The Skylight from Lenovo. The object poking up is an integrated USB storage stick.
The screen display is a positive feature. At 10.1" it resolves to 1280 x 720 pixels. A 20-GByte Flash and an additional 8-GByte mini-SD card provides users storage. Two USB ports and a 1.3-megapixel webcam complete the hardware. Lenovo gives the battery life at 10 hours. The device weighs under two pounds.
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how to install Linux on skylight
if yes, how ?
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Finally!
This is promising, let’s see if they can get the price down to the competitive with other netbooks.
The object poking up is an integrated USB storage stick
Funny, I thought the object poking up was the display. Otherwise, I don't see ANYTHING "poking up."