Sakar unveils netbook for kids at Toy Fair 2009

sakura-minibookSakar International is showing off a familiar looking netbook at Toy Fair 2009 this week. The mini-laptop is clearly based on the same design as the 3K Razorbook 400, Elonex One T+, and a whole bunch of other laptops that are likely all coming from the same factory in China.

Long story short, the Sakar MiniBook is a cheap computer with a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, a tiny keyboard, and outdated hardware including 3 USB 1.1 slots. The computer runs a simple version of Linux, and should be good enough for a young kid who basically just needs a web browser and instant messaging program. But thanks to the pokey 400MHz xBurst processor, you wouldn’ twant to use this machine for more CPU intensive tasks.

The netbook measures 8.3″ x 5.5″ x 1.2″ and weighs 1.5 pounds. It has a 2 cell, 2100mAh battery which should last for about 3 hours. And it ships with 1GB of Flash memory and 128MB of RAM. It does include built in 802.11b/g WiFi support, and there’s optionalsupport for GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, and WCDMA networks.

via Laptop Magazine


Posted on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009, 5:23 pm by Brad
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  • MonkeyKing1969
    Nobody will see this comment...but I'll say it anyway. For all these devices faults it does do one thing. It brings the concept of something like a real computer being cheap enough to give to a child.

    Anyone who has walked into a toy store in the last 10 years can tell you can find toys that look like laptop computers. In reality these devices have a 4" cheap calculator LCD b/w screens. Such devices do some word-game, some math games, and little else. This Sakar MiniBook on the other hand would actually be a computer. It would likely even thrill a child of a certain age (6-8 year olds) since it would be a real computer that they could own. A much better purchase then say this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ZZX4JY?smid=A26US1...

    That is what this Sakar MiniBook is really up against. Kids want a computer and parents have few choices because you have the crap toys or you have $400 investments. i know I seem to champion these sub-$200 computers a lot that seem like things you won't really want, but I really do have a vision that at the very least they could fill the niche for kids and even some adults that need very little and only have crap to choose from otherwise.
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