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ASUS experimenting with Android-based netbook
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We'd already heard that ASUS was at least considering using Android on its Eee PC netbook, and seen it wrangled onto one unofficially (see above), but ASUS's Samson Hu has now offered a few more details that indicate just how serious the company is about the XP/Linux alternative. Apparently, ASUS has already allocated a ...
Asus Toys With Google Android For Netbook
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Google's Android operating system is not just for mobile phones. It is coming to netbooks.
Asus, which kickstarted the netbook market with its Eee PCs, has put a team of engineers to work on developing an Android-based device.
The company could have a netbook with Android OS the end of the year, says Samson Hu, head of the Asus' Eee PC business in an interview with Bloomberg.
Asus already has some experience with Android. The company is working with GPS-based navigation devices maker Garmin to launch a line of new phones, some of which will run Android.
The Android operating system ...
Asus ya está desarrollando una netbook con Android
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Desde que unos geeks se animaron a instalar Android en la Asus Eee PC 1000H y luego vimos lo mismo con una netbook de HP, empezó a circular el rumor de que para 2010 tendríamos netbooks con el OS abierto de Google y parece que esa fecha no es tan delirante.
Mucho menos ahora, que Samson Hu, director general del marketing de la división Eee, le reveló a Bloomberg que ya tienen ingenieros dedicados a desarrollar una netbook con Android.
Estaría terminada a fines de este año aunque supuestamente no decidieron si sacarán el producto final ya que el ...
Asus looks at Google Android as a netbook OS
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... Mobile's presence on mobile phones, and now Android may do the same with low-cost laptops, which Microsoft previously fought with Linux over.
The new Android-powered Asus netbook could hit as soon as this year. Since landing in the handset world last October with HTC, Android has attracted Motorola, LG, Samsung and others. Only time will tell if Asus will set a new trend in the netbook world for other manufacturers, namely using Android instead of Windows or Linux.
Bloomberg, via Wired
ASUS boss confirms an Android Eee PC is a possibility
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ASUS boss confirms an Android Eee PC is a possibility After getting a taste of Android on their G60 and M20 smartphones, ASUS is keen to add it to their netbooks We saw the open-source platform Android running on the world's first non-phone device at CES this year ...
