The Pegatron Freescale Netbook is a prototype, the Pegatron slate is still unnamed. Pegatron is a Taiwan-based company, their design and engineering division is called Pega. Pegatron, is the OEM manufacturing arm of Asustek ( the makers of the Eee Asus Tablet). Pegatron builds quality notebooks and tablets, like the PEGA R2.
The Pegatron tablet is describe as being a thin and light device, with an 11.6″ screen, with possible capacitive touchscreen capabilities. The slate runs Windows 7 and is powered by a 1.67GHz Intel Atom N450 , it has 720p HD playback and 3D gaming capabilities. The Pegatron has a memory card reader, USB ports and D-sub video output. On board is 1GB RAM, 32GB SSD hard-drive for storage, a HDMI port and a front-facing webcam. It has a two-cell battery for 4 1/2 to 8 hours battery life. The device is lightweight and fits into the hands like a book with great entertainment features.
The Pegatron tablet was first introduced by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during his CES 2010 keynote speech where he spent a little bit of time showing off the slate form factor, and Windows 7’s integration with it. There has been no information from Pegatron regarding the release date or price for this device, as of yet.
