I wonder how this affects the announced upcoming Acer Aspire One Android-based netbook that we're all waiting to see in Q3 of this year. ( http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSTP18980620090602 ). Will it become vaporware? Will Google lobby them to strongly consider Chrome OS? I can imagine the Android model is already in the works, so we'll likely see just that one. But this news does affect the future of such endeavors. Why shoehorn a mobile OS into a netbook when there's already a "better" free Google OS designed specifically for the platform?
As a new Android programmer, I was hoping for some fun on netbooks too. Bummer. -- Dennis On Jul 9, 11:50 am, Eric F <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anybody seen an "Android netbook" before.. Really. Like beyond a > launcher screen with some shortcuts that are incredibly spaced apart > from each other (which shows that they didn't even modify the source > code to support the higher resolution at all). I think a few people > with netbooks with ARM processors booted up Android on them, because > it was easy, just to get a little extra press because there are > basically zero Android devices out there so anything shown running it > immediately gets some buzz. > > I, personally, was never excited about the prospect about Android on a > netbook. I don't think mobile phones and netbooks are in the same > class at all. On a mobile phone, you want to conserve battery life, > and make your application work on limited screen real estate. Those > are the big challenges. Then the big functional advantage is the > always with the person aspect, notify someone that they got an email, > even though the screen is off and they aren't looking at the device. > These are the defining characteristics and they aren't shared at all > with netbooks. > > Now, I don't know what ChromeOS will bring to the table (sounds more > like a new Linux distro with all the features that are not a web > browser removed at this point). But while it could amaze me when we > actually see it, somehow I doubt it. However I think the big news here > is that it runs on ARM. And it has Chrome. Which, to me, if Google is > smart, means that Android will be getting some pieces of Chrome > (mostly V8) soon. Given that web performance tests have not stacked up > well against competitors like the Pre, and the iPhone, I think this is > a good thing. Of course if Google were smart they wouldn't have > launched on a flagship phone that had only 70MB of user space on the > internal flash memory, no multi-touch on a capacitive display on the > smallest telecom carrier in the US (you know, the one that didn't even > have a pre-existing 3G network). So maybe we won't see any > improvements trickle down to the Android browser, but I think we > should cross our fingers. Unlike installing apps on SD card, allowing > users to browse the web DOES seem to be on Google's agenda. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
