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[Gadget Venue] When you think of Google Android you probably first think of the new mobile phone OS that is starting to become popular. However, it no longer will be used just for mobile phones as Asus could be launching a netbook powered by Android.
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[Mighty Gadget Blog: The latest technology news & reviews in the UK] Asus planning to release Google Android Netbook | Mighty Gadget Blog: Google Android is by no means just for Mobile Phones. It is based on the Linux Kernel and is open to developers to write code in Java so there is plenty of.
[New Gadgets for 2009] » Asus notebook: Is an Android-based netbook coming? - New Gadgets ...: However, many analysts point out that it would make sense for Asus to make an Android-based netbook, since Android is an operating system based on Linux, and therefore it would allow the company to maintain this product category as a low-cost category for its customers.
[GadgetMix.com!::..] ASUS coming up with a Google Android netbook? | GadgetMix.com!::..: I do not underestimate Android, but if the netbook has the powerful hardware to run the full desktop OS like Windows XP/7 or Ubuntu, then why install it on a netbook. The only thing that should be bundled with every netbook is an instant on OS and I do believe that there are plenty of linux custom distros which offer full firefox even in the instant-on OS.
[Tech World, Tech News, Gadget News, iPhone News] ASUS working on Android Eee PC netbook confirms exec | Tech World ...: ASUS currently has a team of engineers working on Android-based netbooks, according to Eee PC team leader Samson Hu. However, despite the investment in development, the decision to release an Eee PC running the Google open-source OS has not been made.
[TechChuck » Photos] Asustek to Make Google Android Netbook, Says Report - TechChuck: According to a Bloomberg report, Samson Hu, who manages Asustek's successful Asus Eee PC business, says his company has engineers working on an Android-based portable, which may ship by the end of the year. The project isn't a done deal, however, and Asustek apparently is still deciding whether to move forward with the mini-note.
[OStatic blogs] Android Spreading Out to Netbooks, and E-Ink Devices: "Requiring Windows [on netbooks] has encouraged the use of Intel Atom processors, which at times struggle to run certain software features smoothly; Android as a Linux-based mobile OS is designed to run on as little as a 200-MHz ARM processor, and potentially lowers the cost of the components needed to run common tasks."
[Silicon Alley Insider] Android Netbooks Probably Coming In Time For Christmas (GOOG): Sure, Microsoft already has some competition from Linux on the cheapest of netbooks, and the first Android PCs probably will compete against Linux than Windows 7 (or Windows XP, if there's still XP netbooks by winter.)
[Electronic Pulp] Asus working on Android netbooks for real but for what? at ...: Linux is open-source, and free, and while I won’t be leaving Windows 7 (or even Windows XP) myself just to use a distro of Linux on my netbook, I can’t see the point of ditching it completely just so we can have yet another open-source solution that’s barely even a year old in the mainstream and has bigger problems with program compatibility, among other things that Linux already faces.
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[The gadgets] Gigabyte plans CeBIT debut for M1022, M1024 and M1028 netbooks ...: We already knew that Gigabyte was planning to wow onlookers in Hanover with its touchscreen convertible netbook (that'd be the M1028 ; pictured), but now we're finding that it'll be joined by two others when things get kicked off around a week from now.
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