CommunicAsia 2008 - Skytone Alpha-400

by atticus ~ June 21, 2008

Just when it looks like UMPCs are getting bigger, heavier, faster and more expensive, a Chinese company decided to go the opposite way. Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies, unveiled the minimalist Alpha-400 UMPC at CommunicAsia 2008. According to the staffs, the Skytone Alpha-400 weighs 600 grams, has a battery life of 3.5 hours and is slated to sell not more than USD200. Here’s a list of other hardware specifications taken from its brochure:

  • Display 7″ LCD panel
  • CPU XBurst 400MHz 32bit
  • Operating System Linux 2.4
  • Memory 128MB RAM
  • Storage 1G NAND Flash
  • Card Reader SD Card
  • Interface 1 x RJ45 LAN jack, 2 x USB ports, 1 x Microphone-in jack, 1 x Headphone-out jack
  • Audio Built-in Speaker & Microphone
  • Broadband Access (Optional) WiFi, ADSL, CDMA, GPRS

With Asus EEE available below USD300, it might be a hard sell for the Alpha-400. But at least, its keyboard types better compared to the EEE.

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4 Responses to “CommunicAsia 2008 - Skytone Alpha-400”

  1. Brad Linder Says:
    June 21st, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    That looks like a rebranded Razorbook 400 to me:

    http://www.liliputing.com/2008/05/3k-slashes-razorbook-400-price-to-299.html

  2. atticus Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    Thanks for the reference. KL-PC701 and BELCO Alpha 400 also have have identical specifications. VR-Zone reported that the BELCO Alpha 400 weighs 700g and has dimensions 21.2 X 14.2 X 3.3 cm.

  3. Vinton Geistfeld Says:
    January 14th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    I have a Belco Alpha-400 and would like to get an equation editor that will work with Abiword. Is such software available? Where?

  4. Fux Wimax Says:
    December 28th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    Boogie, I post something very similar on another forun, just a few minutes ago! Great minds think alike

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