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Lenovo Skylight : First ARM Based Netbook

January 10th, 2010 | Comments | Posted in Featured, Review, Tech News, Technology | 135 views |

Lenovo has come up with first ARM based first ever smartbook device.  Smartbooks are smaller than Netbooks, running custom OSes and miniature smartphone processors. With Lenovo coming up with an ARM based smartbook , the market is opening up for the devices.

Skylight is technically an oversized smartphone. The Skylight is powered by 1.8 GHz Snapdragon processor, with built in WiFi and 3G mobile broadband. the advantage of using a low-powered ARM-based chip is long battery life: 10 hours, so Lenovo claims.

The Skylight comes with 18 web gadgets, covering what most of the internet has to offer and that is popular over the net including Amazon’s MP3 store, GMail and Google Maps, Facebook, Firefox and more.
The price at which Lenovo has placed this smartbook is a bit daunting may compel customers into second thought about buying the device. The Skylight will retail for $500. Challenge is to find the right market for the product. Let us see if the smartbook trend will be short lived or  can they revolutionize the way you perceive your netbook.

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