TechWay » Smartbook http://www.techwaynews.com A streamlined, minimalist technology and consumer electronics news blog. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:36:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19620 Freescale reveals 7 inch “Smartbook” for $199 http://www.techwaynews.com/2010/smartbook/ http://www.techwaynews.com/2010/smartbook/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:08:09 +0000 Sina Hamedian http://www.techwaynews.com/?p=208 Continue reading →]]> The Apple iSlate isn’t here. The CrunchPad (aka JooJoo) failed us with a $500 price tag, but the Freescale Smartbook, a 7 inch internet tablet priced only at $199, shines some light on the tablet market. To be debuted at CES 2010, specs include a 1Ghz processor, 512MB of DDR2 memory, 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, optional 3G, USB 2.0, 3MP camera, 4GB to 64GB internal storage (expandable via microSD card slot). Freescale hopes the tablet will inspire a market of sub $200 tablets, but my guess is OEMs want profit more than popularity of their products, huh?

The operating system here is a browser-based (like Chrome OS) Debian Linux build – so it should be possible to install Linux applications on the tablet as well.

Source: Official documentation (PDF)

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