Cherrypal Mini-Laptop Now Runs Android 97
kriston writes in about a new development with the Cherrypal mini laptop, which we discussed last December. "The Cherrypal Asia laptop is now shipping with Google Android installed (product page). This replaces the older Cherrypal Asia mini laptops that were running either Windows CE or a custom Linux. The $148 version has a 1024x600 screen while the sub-$100 model runs 800x480. Both laptops run the ARM9-based VIA 8505 SoIC platform at 533 MHz with 256 megabytes of RAM and 2 gigabytes of NAND flash. I'm looking forward to seeing how Android can squeeze more throughput out of the VIA 8505, since Windows CE didn't do such a great job on the original Cherrypal Asia."
um, Android is Linux (Score:4, Funny)
Cherrypal, an obscure company that sells $99 netbooks, has dropped Linux in favor of Android in its bottom-shelf PC line.
Soon we'll see companies dropping Linux in favor of MeeGo or Fedora or Ubuntu. Perhaps to be expected from a WinCE site.
Anybody see the Coby NBPC722 Coby NBPC722 [itproportal.com] stateside yet?
Re:Wasn't this proved to be a scam? (Score:5, Funny)
Nonsense, a scam would have been caught by the crack Slashdot editing staff. /sarc
Re:um, Android is Linux (Score:3, Funny)
Whooooosh!
Re:A no-thrills laptop (Score:2, Funny)
My Cherry 2000 doesn't run Android . . . (Score:3, Funny)
. . . she is one! Make sure that you get one with the memory chip, because there are plenty of Cherry 2000's, but the chips are scarce.
Re:Android IS a custom Linux (Score:3, Funny)
But most people don't care. We ship on openSuSE & SLED, primarily because that is the only distro that I've been able to run as a desktop consistently for a decade now with the fewest problems. Plus our larger customers can always get enterprise support from Novell if they want it.
But when we're dealing with smaller customers and I tell them that we ship openSuSE they'll ask, "Well I want that Ubuntu." and are often confused or don't believe that there is not much difference between openSuSE Linux and Ubuntu, both are still Linux. At first I tried the ice cream analogy, but now I've found one that works better: the GM analogy. And it should be popular here on Slashdot because it's cars.
The GM Analogy:
Me: "You know how you how a Chevy Pick up and and a GMC Pick up are the same truck with a different Grill?"
Customer: "Yeah."
Me: "Same thing. Ubuntu and SuSE are both linux, just with different grills."
Customer: "Oh, okay. I get it."
Re:Android IS a custom Linux (Score:5, Funny)
Me: "You know how you how a Chevy Pick up and and a GMC Pick up are the same truck with a different Grill?" Customer: "Yeah." Me: "Same thing. Ubuntu and SuSE are both linux, just with different grills." Customer: "Oh, okay. I get it."
You are an idiot, point blank.
The reality is more like comparing a Chevy pickup with a V8 engine, RWD, a 6 CD changer, and a touch-screen sat-nav... versus a GMC pickup with a V8 engine, a turbocharger, bigger exhaust, AWD, a CD player with MP3 DVD support, a sat-nav with console button controls, leather seats, and a hauling capacity 5000 pounds higher. One gets more fuel mileage, one is a better hauler. One has a 6 CD changer, one can be loaded with a fuckload of MP3s on a DVD. The satnav interfaces are different, one might update OTA and one by DVD.
They're both GM pickups with the same engine though...
Pickup line. (Score:3, Funny)
Do you want to see my netbook? is "a 7-inch bit of fun." (sic)