Acer to to offer netbooks powered by Android
Acer to launch world's first Atom based Android Netbook
Since the launch of the Google G1 smart phone running Android, there has always been talk that Android could be a great mobile platform for small notebooks. And with the popularity of Netbooks being sky high – the most popular selling computers so far this year – there has been talk that sooner or later, there will be an Android driven netbook on the market. And it looks like Acer is goin’ for it in a huge way.
Scheduled to ship this fall, the Acer Android netbook will be based on the Aspire One with the Atom processor and 10 inch screen. Unveiled at the Computex Electronics show last June, Acer showed that not only can the Aspire run Android, but it can also run in a dual boot configuration with Windows XP. This can be especially advantageous until more Android based Netbook applications come online.
Acer is the first company to offer an Android based netbook running the Atom processor, and the advantage that Android has over a Windows configuration is it’s open source community development which would translate into a more affordable netbook.
No word on how much the Aspire Android will run, but it’ll be here this Fall.
Hat Tip – PC World
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edmundo_3 Says: June 21, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Trust Acer to.be the first out with the Android powered netbook. Other manufacturers (are you listening HP?) Better get with it.
And where is the Android iPad killer?
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