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ASUS' Android-based 'secret weapon' smartbook launching in Q1
Engadget —
We got our first glimpse at a computing future filled with low-cost, ARM-based ASUS smartbooks running Android on a 1GHz Snapdragon processor all the way back on June 1st. Since then, however, the pencil-spinning boys in Taiwan have been poo-pooing plans to launch such a device due to what ASUS called an uncertain market opportunity -- or was it pressure from Wintel, we never can tell? Then yesterday, ASUS' Jerry Shen pulled an about-face at an investor ...
Android-Based Asus Smartbook Arrives Early Next Year [NetBooks]
Gizmodo —
... back on again. Asus now calls it their "secret weapon" and says it should arrive early next year for about $180 bucks. Maybe all the interest in Android 2.0 got them interested again. As a reminder, Smartbooks are just Qualcomm's name for netbooks that use ARM-based processors, which are needed to run Android. (Acer actually ported Android to Atom processors for its Aspire One netbook). Nvidia is also pushing its ARM-based Tegra chip for Smartbooks. [Shanzai (translated)]
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Android Smartbook Acer's �Secret Weapon"
I4U News —
... Asus has delayed their Android-running Eee PC several times, but it now looks like they are getting ready to follow through with a launch early in 2010. This Android device will run with a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, and is being marketed as a smartbook. Asus has high hopes for the gadget, and called it their secret weapon in a statement to Shanzai (via ...
