http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/ Engadget Comments for Lenovo kills Skylight OS in favor of Android, U1 Hybrid and Skylight smartbook being shelved http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/MeeGo doesn't have the application horsepower to make use of the awesome hardware this brings. On the other hand, Android and Skylight are linux based... switching gears is not as hard as a full os change.]]>May 28th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/
Let me remind you, that the original reason for C programming language was portability - assuming that it is the source code that is distributed, the customer could run the program on ANY machine. ]]>May 29th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/Now what about this running something with KDE 4.4? With my own current setup on PC, I can already imagine, with Lancelot replaced with a Drawer launcher of sorts, or even just application launchers automatically thrown on desktops by default. Dragging across the screen spins the Cube! Widgets are already in place! It fits, so why is everyone working around it?

KDE already has multiple configuration support available to users who want to customize it. I'm sure that with the appropriate drivers, pulling out the tablet would switch it to maybe a different interface for certain applications, load the on-screen keyboard into RAM, switch the default pointer, and go maybe to a more power-efficient mode.


For what goes into the machine's body, I would propose battery, extra RAM or high-speed RAM-like SWAP, a high-speed hard drive, USB 3 and IEEE 1394 c(+) support, memory cards beyond SD (which should already be on the tablet), audio ports including Digital Coaxial, multiple analogs besides just mic, front, and line-in, and a low-speed, read-only disk drive, possibly with Blu-ray support. The frame for the tablet should have holes in it for whatever outputs and inputs on the tablet to be visible, besides the headphone out, which would be duplicated on the unit itself. I will not comment on the actual innards of the unit besides that the Tegra 2 would rock this thing, and that if the unit is so big, why can't they clock the processor higher?

The Tablet should have a USB 2.0 input, microphone, headphone jack, HDMI with full support for whatever audio Blu-ray supports, ]]>Jun 23rd 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/
How can you kill something that was never really produced (courier) ? ]]>May 28th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/In my dreams, they were real. While I loved the Courier demo, I felt the U1 would have been a more realistic/practical gadget that I would purchase. Now I just keep my money under the mattress.]]>May 28th 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/
I never thought for a minute this would be released so this is little surprise to me.]]>May 28th 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/it just wasn't something practical if you think about it, Skylight was an unimpressive OS, and having two hardware sets into one thing just adds way too much to the cost]]>May 28th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/
I hope they use the same ax on the price before we see it again.]]>May 28th 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 29th 2010 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/Great]]>May 28th 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/
Focus and discipline is needed these days for a good consumer electronics device. ]]>May 28th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/
Nope. HP Touchsmart tablet is the true one. And it has been on the market since years.]]>May 28th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/_]]>May 28th 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/Thank you kind sir.

I try I try... :P

I'm still upset though....]]>May 28th 2010 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/
Hello, HP has multitasking, full OS, core i5 processors, dedicated graphic cards, flash and higher res screen. From a productivity point of view that is light years ahead of your iPad. You must be the one smoking the Apple weed]]>May 28th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/Obvious troll is obvious. ]]>May 28th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/
Oy.
]]>May 28th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/An iPad-like running Android 2.2 (with some custom UI or not) would be nice to see.]]>May 28th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/Yea they should have kept Apple TV in the lab.]]>May 28th 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/Not as good as the stuff you've been smoking obviously.]]>May 28th 2010 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/
In 2 hours you will be able to do 10 times more work with it than the iPad]]>May 28th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/
The problem with building your own OS is getting developers to build applications for it. Android provides them an innovative platform that is constantly evolving AND a great repository of applications (once they are made available for tablets).

Re. outdated version...yeh...that sucks. The hardware vendors really need to streamline the process, so that new versions are made available quickly, after each new release.]]>May 28th 2010 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/i feel bad for youre poor untech-ified soul :(]]>May 28th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/lenovo-kills-skylight-os-in-favor-of-android-u1-hybrid-and-skyl/May 28th 2010 5:47PM