According to VentureBeat, they have gotten Android to successfully run on an Asus EeePC netbook, with most of the drivers working and functional. Mike Benton over at AllShadow.com tipped us of the news, and the concept looks cool and very functional at this stage. The concept, which brings the Linux-based open-source operating system to a larger screen display and more full featured keyboard, is s...
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VentureBeat has an article up that recounts the process of getting the Android OS up and running on an Asus EEEPC 1000H netbook. The authors claim that the device has pretty good functionality at the moment, with networking and sound support and such all performing well. The OS appears to adapt to the large screen quite
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some excellent work by the folks at venturebeat Android notebooks coming in 2010 >>> The image above shows a netbook Asus EEEPC 1000H running on Google's mobile operating system Android. Huh? You thought Android was for mobile phones, right? Well, as we've written before, Google is planning to use Android for any device -- not just the mobile phones. Besides writing as freelancers for Ve...
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OpenGardens on 2nd Jan 2009 (via opengardensblog.futuretext.com)
According to the DigiTimes, Asus will be shipping a $200 netbook in 2009. Not much details is given about the low-range EeePC model that will ship, but this is welcome news for those who need a cheap, secondary system that they can tote around without worries about loss or damage. On another note, on the high end, Asus will also add a high-end gamer-friendly machine with a discreet graphics proces...
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The netbook niche market was probably popularized by the EeePC, a small laptop replacement that omitted non-necessities like an optical drive to keep the price low, hovering at around $500. According to AppleInsider, Apple is softening up on its denial of entering the low-cost, ultra-portable market. CEO Steve Jobs stated on the latest earnings conference call that Apple does not know how to make ...
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