There were many questions posed by CherryPal’s target audience that demanded solid answers, and some of those answers have arrived. Here are some updates on this Green PC (The website is up now, by the way, so check it out at CherryPal.com):
- Each CherryPal comes with a pre-installed OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, iTunes, and a CherryPal-brand media player and instant messenger program. The media player supports all common file formats, and the IM supports all common IM programs.
- There is no CD/DVD Player in this compact PC. You can, however, connect it to an external drive or use streaming video via the internet.*
- As expected, the local memory is the 4GB flash drive that comes included with each CherryPal purchase.
- You will receive 50Gb of storage space on the Cloud network. This storage space is FREE. At this time, you cannot purchase more space.*
- Any keyboard and mouse that uses a USB connection is supported by the CherryPal PC. Anyone using a PS/2 mouse will need a USB adapter. Any VGA monitor is supported.
- The default programs, OpenOffice, iTunes, media player, and IM program are locally stored as part of the CherryPal system.
- CherryPal uses Firefox, so all plug-ins and flash programs are supported via that browser.
- External hard drives are supported via USB ports.*
- Your photos can be edited using an online photo editor: Picnik. It fully integrates online photo galleries on Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, Photobucket, Myspace, and Webshots.
- Full automated software updates means the CherryPal will be virus-free and maintainance-free.*
These are all updates provided by the official CherryPal site. The bullets that end with an asterisk(*) will be questions I will delve farther into via an interview I have prepared. Most of the questions I’ve had were already answered, but there are still some issues that need to be addressed. I will post any news I hear, see, or read. Stay tuned, and thanks for reading.
