Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/28/averatec_netbook/
Vaio P-like Android netbook in works?
Averatec unveils 10in 'mystery OS' netbook
28th April 2009 14:56 GMT
Speculation’s building that a netbook that looks like a cross between Sony’s Vaio P (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/24/video_sony_netbook_hands_on/) and Lenovo’s Pocket Yoga (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/03/16/lenovo_pocket_yoga/) will soon be launched running Google’s Android OS.
Averatec's 10in netbook: Android-based... possibly
The rumours stem from Tae-Hyun Cho, CEO of Averatec – a firm that’s previously launched laptops, UMPCs (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/04/13/averatec_ahi_umpc/) and satnavs (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/14/averatec_voya_320/) — after he recently said (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10228435-1.html) in an interview with Cnet that the firm’s upcoming netbook will be “a merger of cell phone and PC technology”.
Android’s already made the jump from a mobile phone OS to a PC OS – just look at SkyTone’s Alpha 680 (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/28/skytone_videos/) – so the natural assumption would be that Cho's comment refers to the Google-developed OS.
But he kept the mystery going by refusing to confirm or deny exactly which operating system its unnamed netbook will feature. “The OS is going to be a surprise,” Cho said.
Precious little else is known about the mystery machine, but Averatec’s CEO added that the mystery machine will be launched – hopefully worldwide – in August or September. ®