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Android is not just an operating system for mobile phones and it's likely that it will be used for netbooks, ultra-portable laptops which started to become popular last year. Daniel Hartmann managed to install Android on an Asus EEEPC 1000H "with nearly all of the necessary hardware you'd want (including graphics, sound and the wireless card for internet) running". It's also interesting to see that some Android code references Asus Eee 701, the first Asus netbook.
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The Open Handset Alliance, a group of more than 30 technology and mobile companies, developed Android: the first complete, open, and free mobile platform.
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 Apps without borders |  Apps are created equal |
 Apps can easily embed the web |  Apps can run in parallel |
| Clipped from: Documentation - Android |
The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications. Developers can create applications for the platform using the Android SDK. Applications are written using the Java programming language and run on Dalvik, a custom virtual machine designed for embedded use, which runs on top of a Linux kernel.
| Clipped from: A Netbook With Android: Far-Fetched or Coming Soon? |
A Netbook With Android: Far-Fetched or Coming Soon?
With 2008 coming to a close and CES just around the corner, I’m thinking about what 2009 will bring us. One idea, which at first may sound far-fetched, gets easier to believe if one considers two of the hottest trends right now: netbooks and Android. Could they actually go together, like peanut butter and chocolate? With help from Qualcomm, another Open Handset Alliance member, they just might.| Clipped from: Android for Netbooks? |
VentureBeat speculates that we could see the first netbooks preloaded with Android in less than a year, but Android could become a general-purpose operating system for any kind of devices. Installing apps for your car or TV is not too far fetched.
| Clipped from: Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010 » VentureBeat |
Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
The image above shows a netbook Asus EEEPC 1000H running on Google’s mobile operating system Android.
| Clipped from: An FAQ about those Android netbooks » VentureBeat |
An FAQ about those Android netbooks
Do you think Android could run on laptops or PCs?The simple answer is “yes, with an asterisk.” [...]
Are laptops or PCs too complex as pieces hardware compared to a netbook?
No, they are not too complex. [...]
Why does Google not use Linux?
We don’t know. ...]
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