Discussed in our columns a few days ago, the Japanese Sharp has today announced the official release of its next SmartBook "Netwalker PC-Z1. Hybrid device more compact than a notebook but much larger than a smartphone, it is expected to access the Internet while on the go while not integrating module 3G/3G +.
Equipped with a touchscreen WSVGA (1024 × 600 pixels) with a size of 5 inches, it is very compact (161.4 x 108.7 x 19.7 ~ 24.8 mm), lightweight (409 grams) and Contrary to traditional market netbooks shipped ARM architecture and not X86. Sharp offers in effect in its terminal i.MX515 Freescale processor clocked at 800 Mhz, 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of flash memory expandable via a Micro SD memory slot HC.
Integrated WiFi 802.11b / g, two USB, it will be shipped with an operating system GNU / Linux Ubuntu, particularly so in view websites in Flash (Lite) or consult documents through its OpenOffice suite. Its autonomy is announced 10 hours using conventional (mainly office then). Note the presence of a function "Instant On" which allows in less than 3 seconds to wake up, its starting time has also been optimized.
Sharp expects to launch the "Netwalker PC-Z1" in Japan September 25 next to a price of $ 450, excluding taxes. At the IFA 2009, Sharp said that the terminal should be marketed in Japan.
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