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sola · 10-20-2009, 08:09 AM

This is an interesting hybrid device but we need to know much more about it before we could judge it. Remarks about the bezel and the colour are pretty much irrelevant.

What I would like to know is the type of ARM processor powering the Android OS. For example, if it is a 1Ghz Snapdragon, we can expect a lot of goodies like:
- Decent browsing
- Working Java apps (It has recently been ported and certified by Sun itself)
- Working Flash (10 is promised by Adobe to run on ARM v7 soon)

These 3 things are the most important for me on a reading/browsing/companion device.

Where is the Astak Spectrum with its rumored Pixel Qi screen? We haven't heard about it for a while. That would be a competing device.

10-20-2009, 08:09 AM	#31
sola Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: olpc xo	This is an interesting hybrid device but we need to know much more about it before we could judge it. Remarks about the bezel and the colour are pretty much irrelevant. What I would like to know is the type of ARM processor powering the Android OS. For example, if it is a 1Ghz Snapdragon, we can expect a lot of goodies like: - Decent browsing - Working Java apps (It has recently been ported and certified by Sun itself) - Working Flash (10 is promised by Adobe to run on ARM v7 soon) These 3 things are the most important for me on a reading/browsing/companion device. Where is the Astak Spectrum with its rumored Pixel Qi screen? We haven't heard about it for a while. That would be a competing device.