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F88 Netbook features VIA Nano CPU, HDMI

F88 Netbook features VIA Nano CPU, HDMI

At first glance, the F88 Netbook looks very much like the Asus Eee PC 1002HA. But while the Asus Netbook pack an Intel Atom processor, the F88 has a 1.6 GHz VIA Nano CPU with VX855 chipset. It also has an HDMI output for the pumping of HD video on a perpetual display.

The Netbook also VIA S3 Chrome 9 Figure. The F88 seems to be an ODM-machine, which will probably be repackaged with a different name. It supports from 1 GB and 4 GB of RAM, and with a boat between 60 GB hard drive and 500 GB. The standard configuration includes 802.11b g n WiFi, a 1.3MP webcam and optional Bluetooth and 3G modules. TV tuner, and higher resolution camera options are also available.

Google Announces Chrome OS for laptops

Google Announces Chrome OS for laptops

Google makes no secret about it. The open-source, Web-based and easy operating system is first Netbook. Following the announcement of Google Chrome with the Netbook OS (based on the architecture of the company’s Chrome Web browser) is for the consumer in the second half of 2010.

And what sort of Netbook, this exactly? Google Chrome OS (unlike Windows) is set to x86 and ARM processors. Thus, we expect everything from Intel Atom Netbook on the new class of smart books powered by chips like Nvidia’s Tegra, or Qualcomm’s Snapdragon. But the sky is the limit: “The Google Chrome OS is designed to Netbook computers from small to full-size desktop systems,” the Google blog shows.

By Google developer blog, the operating system is planned to start and get on the Web in a few seconds “(the ones that Splashtop!) And if there is overlap between Google Chrome and Android OS, Google is up to the election to the customers and believes the “election is innovation for the benefit of all.” The company plans to get more details in the early autumn on the operating system is required to shake the mobile computing ecosystem.