Android would need to support multiple windows in order to be used by "netbook and above" class of devices.
-Dan On Jan 30, 11:28 am, al <[email protected]> wrote: > Even before we have such things as "netbooks", "mobile devices", > "smartphones"... there was the "PDA" or personal digital assistant, > then there was the pda-phone and mobile phones. IMHO, these terms are > just marketing terms made up by the marketing departments of the > companies of these products. > > For instance, the present day pda-phone or mobile device phone is just > an outgrowth of the original pda "concept" where one keeps their > contacts, tasks and notes in this device, and then someone thought it > might be "neat" to combine this pda device with a cellphone device... > To me, a clear evidence of this is the Windows Mobile Phone, even > after going through a number of upgrades, it still cannot disguise > this legacy that the mobile phone portion was just a "add-on-thing" > and not a fully integrated part of the device. Where the phone > capability of the device seamlessly interacts with the other apps in > the device... > > However, I feel that android should not be limited by the platform it > runs on, whether this be a mobile device, a smartphone, a netbook, a > notebook or even a desktop PC... > > Not to veer too far from the topic at hand, my interest of having > android running on a netbook, actually stems from a more selfish > reason. I own an acer aspire one, and would like to have the option of > booting and running my netbook on android from a usb thumb drive, for > those occasions when I am connecting to a public wifi network, maybe > just to quickly check and send emails or I might need to check > something in the internet. Although, the security on android (being > linux-based) is not a 100% assurance from viruses and malwares, I > would still feel a little more at ease in these situations if I am > using android... > > In fact, there are some people who claim that they have been able to > run android on their respective netbooks, like the following link > "http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/android-installed-and-running-on- > an-eee-pc-in-a-matter-of-hours/" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
