Freescale officially entered the netbook market sometime last month via its own processor made specifically for netbooks – the i.MX515 processor. To follow up this endeavor, Freescale was reported to have launched a new connectivity and OS option for netbooks.

Interestingly, this new OS encourages the use of Ubuntu Linux as an OS of choice. In addition, Freescale also promise to deliver up to eight  hours battery life. Freescale is also mulling on the idea of 3G connectivity and other option for OS including Xandros.

The reference design for the new OS is now available with full production to happen sometime in Q2 2009.

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