techvideoblog.com - 6/5/2009
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The worlds first Android laptop that runs everything awesomely well already!
Asus has an Android and Qualcomm powered smartbook as well, though Asus is hiding it at this point.
Acer, HP, all Nvidia Tegra based laptops, Texas Instruments based devices and Freescale based devices, all are ...
tweaktown.com - 6/1/2009
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tweaktown.com —
The machine was installed with Google's upcoming Android
operating system and we have to admit, it felt...
a bit strange on a Smartbook (as Qualcomm calls them) of this kind. The operating system is clearly
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Eee PC spotted running Android + Qualcomm 1GHz CPU
reuters.com - 6/2/2009
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reuters.com —
* First company to launch netbooks using Google's
Android * Move could threaten Microsoft's market dominance *...
No prices yet, but analysts say Windows XP costs about $25 (Adds details, quotes) By Kelvin Soh TAIPEI, June 2 (Reuters) - Acer Inc ( ...
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UPDATE 1-Acer to sell Android netbook PCs in Q3
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Compal shows off Android-running, Snapdragon-powered smartbook
Engadget —
... As if it wasn't clear already, smartbooks are one of the big trends (if not the biggest) to emerge out of this year's Computex, be they Snapdragon or Tegra-powered. Just as interesting as the devices themselves, however, is the fact that a number of ...
Compal netbook with Android and SnapDragon
DV Hardware —
TechVideoBlog shot a video of an upcoming Android netbook from Compal that uses the Qualcomm SnapDragon platform.
In this video you can see how fast the current implementation of a browser in an Android laptop loads pages, while they still have optimizations to do, and I think they should try to get a full Google Chrome running on these, with support for an unlimited amount of tabs (though no need for all tabs to be active and heavy in the RAM memory).
Compal netbook ...
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