At CES this year the much awaited
Lenovo IdeaPad was shown off once again to the eager crowds. The little acts as a Windows 7 when combined with the
screen, but when separated the acts a stand alone
Android . The concept is awesome, but the estimated price is pretty extortionate at $1000! But if you’re looking to pick yourself up one of these style devices you might want to wait to see what the local come up with.
More details after the jump.
Prices for locally made
Chinese netbooks based on Atom processors are currently pretty low, and you could easily pick one up with a 160Gb hard drive and 2Gb
RAM for as little as 1500 Yuan.
Then a 10”
tablet running
Android 2.2 with capacitive screen, 1Ghz CPU and 512mb
RAM can be found for around 2000 Yuan.
So, its realistic to expect one of the more enterprising and ingenuous Shenzhen
factories could take take two and produce inexpensive Windows 7/Android
2.2 hybrid netbook/
tablet computers for as little as 3500 Yuan
Obviously our guestimations aren’t very accurate and there will be some cost for research and development, but it’s not unreasonable to expect to see hybrids readily available within a few months!
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