Erik, I think what you'll probably see is along the lines of an N810 with Android. Nokia are rumoured to be preparing a device with 3G built in, so I would expect to see a similar Android device before seeing it on a Laptop.
All that said, I can see, in the far far future, the possibility for Android to become an all-platform OS which caters for everything from 'phones to set top boxes to laptops to desktops, but I think that's at least a year away. Al. Erik Martino wrote: > It occurs to me that Android may be well suited as a netbook operating > system. The reasons why i believe this is that a netbook computer > share many use scenarios with smart phones. Netbooks may even be seen > as a direct competitor to smart phones. > > However smart phones has some features that netbooks lack. > > - internet access (a netbook could use an ordinary mobile phone via > bluetooth) > - touch screen (a must have on netbooks, I don't know why they don't > have it, i guess that they haven't yet let go of their PC heritage.) > - GPS (not a must have but very useful) > - Size (smart phones are smaller, net books should be small as well, > the large screen size needed today is because the UI is usually > adapted from PC software) > > The netbook operating system market has the advantage that it is not > nearly as crowded as the smart phone os market. In fact no serious > netbook os has been made since Psion left this market. > > Has anybody else thought about this? > > > > -- Al Sutton W: www.alsutton.com B: alsutton.wordpress.com T: twitter.com/alsutton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
