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Acer has announced a version of its Aspire One netbook that will run the Android operating system.
The manufacturer made the announcement at the Computex show in Taiwan, promising a release for the Android-based netbook in the third quarter of this year. Android was originally intended as a platform for smartphones, but recent months have seen great interest in porting the system over to small, cheap subnotebooks.
“Netbooks are designed to be compact in size and easy to connect to the internet wherever you go,” said Jim Wong, Acer’s president of IT products, in a statement. “The Android operating system offers incredibly fast wireless connection to the internet; for this reason, Acer has decided to develop Android netbooks for added convenience to our customers.”
The Taiwanese manufacturer said the majority of Acer netbooks will come with Android as an alternative operating system to Microsoft’s Windows.
Oh my golly gosh. Something else for Microsoft to worry about.
#18:
“Are you Windows people completely inept or just unwilling to learn a few simple commands?”
Unix has been my primary OS for almost 15 years. Using it is more than just learning ‘a few simple commands.’ It’s a pain in the ass.
“It’s just next, next, next, finish with you people. Windows is a big fat stinking bore.”
Yeah, I really hate getting stuff done! I’d rather screw around with config files and shitty UIs!
Android was originally intended as a platform for smartphones, but recent months have seen great interest in porting the system over to small, cheap subnotebooks.