HP Compaq Airlife 100 Android Netbook

The HP Compaq Airlife 100 Netbook which was showcased at the MWC, 2010, has a few ‘out of the ordinary’ features. First of all it runs the Android operating system, instead of the Windows OS, which is a regular with most netbooks. The second interesting aspect is its 10.1″ touchscreen display. There’s one more new design detail – the trackpad is flanked by the menu button on the left side and the home and back buttons on the right side; instead of the regular mouse buttons.

Internally, the Compaq Airlife 100 netbook is speculated to run the Snapdragon 1GHz processor. Instead of a hard drive, a 16GB solid state drive is employed for storage. WiFi is supported for internet connectivity. Plus 3G networks will also be accessible while on the move. There’s an SD card reader and a web camera housed in this Android netbook. The Instant On feature is present too.

Another good thing in favour of this smartbook is its battery life. A 12 hour run time life is claimed. The standby time quoted is 10 days.

The HP Compaq Airlife 100 Android Touchscreen netbook is reportedly going to be exclusive to Telefonica. It is currently headed for the Spanish market. There might be a European release some time later, but maybe with a different name.