Next Netbook--Thinner, Cheaper, Better, Linux

More details on Freescale's netbook announcement at the CES show...

"I recently had a very interesting talk with Freescale’s Glen Burchers, director of global consumer marketing, regarding netbooks, where Linux stands with this emerging form factor and what we can expect to see as everybody and their grandma pushes innovation of these devices. From Freescale’s perspective, and from a Linux fan’s, the future looks nice: thinner, cheaper netbooks, many of which will be based on Linux, that run as long as eight hours on a charge. Freescale this week announced its intentions to enter the netbook market with new, ARM-based netbook technology to deliver better battery life and other features for less than $200." [Read more at 451 CAOS Theory]

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