Firt shots of Skytone Alpha 680

Member living_sword of Mod My GPhone forum has posted some shots of Skytone Alpha 680, the first Android-based netbook. The Alpha 680 uses an ARM11 CPU 533 Mhz and has a 7" 800 x 480 LCD, 128MB DDR2 (256MB max) RAM, 1G SSD (4 GB max) and Wi-Fi. Unfortunately it is not compatible with some of the available Android apps. It is expected to hit the market in Q3 for around $250.

Skytone is also involved in the manufacture of the cheaper Xburst netbooks, whose wholesale price has dropped below $100. Incidentally, Ingenic, which makes the Xburst processor (MIPS-based) is working on an Android port for it. If and when Ingenic makes that available, we will end up with Android netbooks that are actually cheaper than Android mobile phones! Who would have thought that could actually happen? :)