Android running on netbooks and laptops is the next logical step of Google’s OS and its progress. While the big names in the industry are working on such devices, a Chinese manufacturer, Skytone is the first company ready to show off a working prototype. The Alpha 680, which we have already seen, will have an ARM11 533MHz CPU, a 7-inch 800×480 display, 128MB of DDR2 RAM, a 1GB SSD drive, SD slot, two USB ports, WiFi and a 2-cell battery. The Alpha 680 will be probably just the first Android netbook and we’re anxious to see what it can do. The device will launch in Q3 2009 and it will cost around $250.

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The Alpha 680 netbook coming from Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies Company has a price. The machine will cost around $250 which isn’t a bad price to start with although since it’s an Android-powered machine we imagined it would be even cheaper. The first prototype will be ready by June and by July we could see final products shipping to customers.

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We were waiting for gadgets like this one to appear. The netbook/tablet in the picture is made by Skytone and it runs on an Android-based OS. Inside there’s a 533MHz ARM processor, a 7-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, 128MB of RAM, 1GB of storage, an SD slot card for further storage and even 3G connectivity. The netbook will be called the Alpha-680 and it could cost less than $100 when it gets released. Wouldn’t you rather pay a little more for a bump in specs? No matter if the Alpha-680 will be successful or not we’ll be waiting for more Android-based netbooks to appear in the near future.

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