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An FAQ about those Android netbooks
venturebeat.com - 1/3/2009
An FAQ about those Android netbooks
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Since our post yesterday about Google’s Android platform running on netbooks , we’ve been asked a lot of questions. Here are the most frequent questions, along with our answers. Do you think Android could run on laptops or PCs? The simple answer is “yes, with an asterisk.” The operating ...
Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
venturebeat.com - 1/2/2009
Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
— venturebeat.com — 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 ... (more) Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010

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techradar.com - 1/7/2009
Asus planning Eee phone... with Android? | News | TechRadar UK
— techradar.com — Johnny Shih, CEO of Asus, has announced that the company is looking at an Eee-branded phone... and that it may run Android as well. Speaking to TechRadar at Asus' keynote speech at CES 2009, Shih said that the company was looking at a 'two-pronged' ... (more) Asus planning Eee phone... with Android? | News | ...

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Android on the HP 2133 (video)
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Android on the HP 2133 (video)
— youtube.com — An early look at Google's Android OS running on the HP 2133 (more) Android on the HP 2133 (video)

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Tech-Ex:  Startup Shows Android Running on a Netbook

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Startup Shows Android Running on a Netbook
Tech-Ex — ... quite obviously, it's not something coming out tomorrow, and it isn't something Microsoft would be concerned about --- yet. It is something a forward-looking Microsoft should worry about in the future. Vista doesn't run well on netbooks; XP keeps going and going and going, but won't forever. Windows 7? It's been demo'ed, but it remains to be seen how it will run in real life. Krzykowski and Hartmann go into more details on their ideas about an Android netbook in a FAQ they posted Friday.

Monday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News — Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on January 5, 2009 Monday Vegas gadget show gets smaller TC Magazine reports more beans on Nvidia's new naming scheme get spilled VentureBeat posts a FAQ about those Android netbooks Hardware-Infos presents Phenom II X4 : the last infos (write-up in German) Phenom II overclocked to 6GHz (video) VR-Zone on Nvidia's 40nm mobile GPU line-up for 2009 PC Perspective reports Apple has plans for iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro in 2009 Science explores how education is ...

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