Cherrypal: the small, "green" and affordable nettop
While the netbook market is growing everywhere, Cherrypal offers the concept of nettop: a very small (double the size of a smartphone), low power consumption streamlined desktop. It is currently available at Amazon for USD $249.
Below the descriptions from their website:
TheCherryPal™C114 desktop doesn't heat up, no noise, about double the size of a smartphone. What's inside? Not much actually, but more than enough. The Freescale power architecture triple-core 5121e processor provides a pleasant Internet browsing and multimedia user experience. Manyfree open-source based applications are pre-installed locally, as well as access to the CherryPalCloud (optional).
These are the detailed specs:
Freescale’s MPC5121e mobileGT processor, 800MIPS (400 MHz) of processing
256 MB of DDR2 DRAM
8GB NAND Flash-based solid state drive (increased from 4GB C100)
WiFi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi
Two USB 2.0 ports
One 10/100 Ethernet with RJ-45 jack
One VGA DB-15 display out jack
Headphone level stereo audio out 3.5mm jack
9v DC 2.5mm 10 watt AC-DC adapter power supply
Weighs 10 ounces
1.3” high, 5.8” x 4.2” wide
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Although the concept is very interesting and the unit is small and pretty, I wonder why one would by this machine instead of a netbook. Netbooks already come with a keyboard, screen and trackpad, and are currently sold for a similar price (the eeePC 901, for example, has better specs and sells for only $15 bucks more). Cherrypal also offers the "bing", a more expensive netbook ($ 399,00).