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January 13th, 2010, 01:30
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We know, we know, it's only $149! What could possibly be stopping us from entering the marvelous world of Android-powered netbooking? Well, maybe it's the fact that it's been tried before, and just didn't make any sense (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/acer-aspire-one-aod250-impressions-android-gone-bad/). Maybe for someone who doesn't have $50 more to get a "real" netbook, or $150 more to get a "great" netbook (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/31/acer-aspire-one-ao532h-joins-the-pine-trail-party-with-a-299-pr/), it could make sense to be subjected to a 7-inch screen, 500MHz ARM Cortex A9 processor in the name of "lightweight" web surfing, but we'd like to imagine we have a little more self esteem than that. Oh shoot, we just accidentally bought four. Check out the Charbax-infused hands-on after the break.Continue reading Hivision's $149 Android-based netbook reminds us we're not really shopping for a netbook right now (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/hivisions-149-android-based-netbook-reminds-us-were-not-reall/)
Hivision's $149 Android-based netbook reminds us we're not really shopping for a netbook right now (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/hivisions-149-android-based-netbook-reminds-us-were-not-reall/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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We know, we know, it's only $149! What could possibly be stopping us from entering the marvelous world of Android-powered netbooking? Well, maybe it's the fact that it's been tried before, and just didn't make any sense (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/acer-aspire-one-aod250-impressions-android-gone-bad/). Maybe for someone who doesn't have $50 more to get a "real" netbook, or $150 more to get a "great" netbook (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/31/acer-aspire-one-ao532h-joins-the-pine-trail-party-with-a-299-pr/), it could make sense to be subjected to a 7-inch screen, 500MHz ARM Cortex A9 processor in the name of "lightweight" web surfing, but we'd like to imagine we have a little more self esteem than that. Oh shoot, we just accidentally bought four. Check out the Charbax-infused hands-on after the break.Continue reading Hivision's $149 Android-based netbook reminds us we're not really shopping for a netbook right now (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/hivisions-149-android-based-netbook-reminds-us-were-not-reall/)
Hivision's $149 Android-based netbook reminds us we're not really shopping for a netbook right now (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/hivisions-149-android-based-netbook-reminds-us-were-not-reall/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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