This has nothing to do with this list, which is focused on Android application development using the SDK. Please consider android-discuss or your own blog.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Gabriel Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > Another discussion where I posted a version of this led me to thinking that > this might make for an interesting topic all on its own. > > How would you envision a port of android made specifically for > Desktop/Laptop environments, and do you think such an OS would be appealing > to the average user? > > _______________________________ > > > As I envision it, ChromeOS should be folded into Android 4.0 and Google > should build a version of the combined OS for Desktops. > > The idea would be to create a common ecosystem of apps and usage environment > accross multiple device categories, ad have it all interconnected through > Google products and other apps running in the background. > > I envision something that boots instantly right into ChromeOS while the rest > of the Android system boots up in the background, thus allowing you > virtually immediate cloud based functionality on the desktop. You could even > choose to ONLY boot into chrome, say if you needed to look up something > quickly online and didn't want to fully turn on a computer that has been > turned off. > > The chrome side of things would be very similar to ICS for tablets and would > be deeply linked to all things google as well as relying on versions of the > same Google apps that run on mobile, but optimized for ICS and taking > advantage of larger screen dimensions. I envision touch interface to be > retained for those who have touch sensitive screens, but also better > keyboard and touchpad/mouse controls than currently exist. Lastly I would > bundle a Google fork of Libre office specifically designed to have deep > automatic integration with Google docs and Google+, but allowing users to > have local editing control. > > I would love to have such a system and have a common ecosystem between my > phone, tablet and desktop/laptop, much how Apple currently does with IOs > devices and MacOS and how Microsoft is planning to do with Windows 8 and > WP8. unlike those ecosystems, this would run variants of the same OS, as > opposed to different OSs made to work together, thus being able to take > advantage of current built up knowledge and the existing android market. > > Imagine if Google did the entire thing open sourced and released it to > desktop and laptop OEMs. > > A guy can dream right? If only there was a way to have a bunch of people > pitch it to Google. > > What do you guys think and how would you envision such an OS? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android 4.0 Programming Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
