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CherryPal company known by its $99 smartbooks Africa and Asia, announced a new smartpad CherryPad America.

This gadget got 7-inch resistive touchscreen with 480×800 pixel resolution (WVGA), Wi-Fi connectivity (IEEE 802.11b/g), MicroSD cards slot , 256 Mb RAM and 2Gb flash drive. Work time is about 7 hours.

This device running Android 2.1 OS (with upgrade to 2.2 version), also available OpenGL 2.0 support and Android Market access. Core CPU here is 800 MHz Samsung chip.

Announced price of CherryPad America is $188. It's more twice cheaper than Apple iPad. But developers don't plan to direct compete iPad on the market.

Korean company Raon Digital reported that it has developed first netbook (mobile PC for network access) powered by dual core AMD Turin 64 X2 processor. Name of this device is Everun Note. New processor operates on 1.2 GHz rate. The device equipped with 1Gb RAM, 60Gb hard disk, 7-inch display with 1024x600 pixel resolution. Also device has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, 1.3 Mpx webcam and SD/MMC flashcard adapter. The size of this device is really small - 200x118x2,5 mm. This is smaller that ASUS EeePC and MSI Wind size. Also it is really lightweight - the weight of netbook is only 0.75kg. This Mobile PC running Windows XP.

Lenovo has presented a new model of ultra-portable laptops also known as netbooks - IdeaPad S10. This is classic low-cost laptop with very small size and weight. It is a 10,2-inch display device running the 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor. It also has 10/100 Ethernet controller, Intel WiFi adapter, two USB ports, 4-in-1 multicard reader and a webcam. A cheaper model with 512MB of RAM and 80GB harddisk has price $400, while advanced model with 1GB of RAM and a 160GB harddisk will cost $450.

New Nvidia technology called Tegra has been presented yesterday. This is mobile platform for mobile Pc's and UMPC with rich video capabilities. Let's see what Tegra technology contains:

• Tegra chip contains 800МГц ARM CPU, GPU GeForce, additional image processor, HDTV processor, other communication controllers, USB controllers,memory and others.
• There will be two Nvidia chip models — Tegra 600 and Tegra 650. This chips will support Quake 3 on 40 fps and HD 1080p, WSXGA+.
• It will support only Windows Mobile, not Symbian or Android.
• UMPC with Tegra onboard with displays from 4-inch to 12-inches
• Price will be from $199 to $249

Some people has received a Computex invitation from ASUS to the official global launch of the new Eee PC 901 and 1000 series. This related to the MSI Wind soon launching with their 10" mini notebook. Asus would present their own 10-inch UMPC notebook.