CherryPal

CherryPal is an announced PowerPC-processor-based computer utilizing the Freescale 5121e system-on-a-chip (SoC) integrated main-board. According to its producers, it is to use Firefox not only as its web-browser but additionally as its user-interface for launching other applications such as OpenOffice.org. [cite web | url=http://java.sys-con.com/read/614371.htm | title=Cloud computing start-Up creates PowerPC-based cloud desktop | author=Maureen O'Gara | date=July 28, 2008 | work=JDJ | accessdate=2008-07-28 ]

CherryPal is from a new company that, being new, does not have a track record. An article in The Register includes the comment "we still haven't seen a working unit with our own eyes," going on to note that CherryPal's producers also assert that the computer will consume only 2 watts of power and support iTunes, both unusual claims. However the Register article does not refute the claims. [cite web | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/21/cherrypal_launches_cherrypal_with_cherrypalcloud_and_cherrypal_etc/ | title=CherryPal launches $249 mini PC into ad-backed cloud | author=Austin Modine | date=July 21, 2008 | work=The Register | accessdate=2008-07-28 ] CherryPal was scheduled to ship in late July, 2008. As of October 3, 2008 the unit still has not shipped. An announcement at their website speaks of the delay in general terms.

The computer will make use of Cloud computing in which applications and storage will be wholly or in part Internet-based.

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External links

* [http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209400110 "CherryPal Unveils Low-Cost 'Cloud Computer'," Information Week, July 21, 2008]
* [http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148674/cherrypal_minidesktop_consumes_2_watts_of_power.html "CherryPal Mini-desktop Consumes 2 Watts of Power," IDG News Service/PC World Magazine, July 21, 2008]
* [http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/21/will-cherrypal-be-the-first-mass-market-cloud-computer/ "Will CherryPal be the first mass-market cloud computer?", Venture Beat, July 21, 2008]
* [http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6511 “Cloud Enabled,” Linux Magazine, July 23, 2008]
* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4701301762.html “Linux mini-PC takes two Watts to tango” Desktop Linux/eWeek, July 22, 2008]
* [http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/08/07/22/1735222.shtml “250 Freescale-Based ‘Green’ ‘Cloud’ Computer,” SlashDot, July 22, 2008 ]
* [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/17/cherrypal/ “CherryPal out sweetens Apple with 2W, ultra-cheap PC,” The Register, June 17, 2008]
* [http://www.cherrypal.com CherryPal corporate web site]