Articles tagged with: android and Netbook

Acer to offer Google's Android in netbook PCs

Small new "netbook" computers from Acer will come with Google's Android operating system if buyers desire, instead of Windows from Microsoft. more

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Dell Rumoured to be Planning Android Based Computers

Computer vendor, Dell - which is rumoured to be working on a range of smartphones - is also now understood to be looking at tapping Google's android operating system for future products. Citing the usual "people familiar with the situation", the Wall Street Journal said that a small software vendor has said that it is working on an android based netbook or mini-laptop.  more

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Android based Netbooks to Emerge in 2009

Opinion by Laurent Lachal, Ovum Open Source Research Director

Upwards view: Linux is losing ground

The upwards view of netbooks starts with netbooks and looks up to laptops. It leads to two conclusions. First, the laptop market is becoming increasingly complex, with market segments catered for by a growing variety of low-cost netbooks and laptops. Second, after a strong start, Linux netbooks have now been overtaken by Windows netbooks and Linux is lagging increasingly behind in terms of sales - although Linux's performance in the netbook segment is still outstanding compared to its overall performance in the desktop market.  more

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