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theinquirer.net - 1/2/2009
Android netbook is a possibility
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IT LOOKS LIKE GOOGLE is doing some work to make its Android operating system work on netbooks. Matth us Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann who run an outfit called Mobile-facts claim that it took them just four hours to compile Android so that it works on a Asus EEEPC 1000H. They have been showing ...
Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
venturebeat.com - 1/2/2009
Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
— venturebeat.com — The image above shows a netbook Asus EEEPC 1000H running on Google’s mobile operating system Android. Huh?... You thought Android was for mobile phones, right? Well, as we’ve written before, Google is planning to use Android for any device ... (more) Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010

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martin.drashkov.com - 12/31/2008
Priced Android Applications Coming Within Weeks
— martin.drashkov.com — I received an email from the Android Market earlier today containing some very pleasant and eagerly-awaited information.... First, the Android Market will be expanding to many more countries in the coming weeks, with Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic ... (more) Priced Android Applications Coming Within Weeks

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An FAQ about those Android netbooks
venturebeat.com - 1/3/2009
An FAQ about those Android netbooks
— venturebeat.com — Since our post yesterday about Google’s Android platform running on netbooks , we’ve been asked a lot... of questions. Here are the most frequent questions and their answers. Do you think Android could run on laptops or PCs? The simple ... (more) An FAQ about those Android netbooks

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Android will be more than a phone
Open Source — The obvious can make anyone seem like a genius. Back in October I suggested that the Android has to be more than an iPhone, has to be more than a phone actually: What if someone built, say, a flash drive with the Android software that turned your PC into an Android device? Or turned your Linux-based Netbook into one? It took an outfit called Mobile-Facts just four hours to get Android running on the Eee PC Netbook I reviewed last year. At the same time Google is rolling out a new version of the ...

Android, Minus the Phones [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... are discussing a more laptop-friendly version of Android, dubbed Cupcake. Also, folks have already demonstrated the efficacy of putting Android on netbooks with two experimenters ...

Android, Minus the Phones
OStatic blogs — ... are discussing a more laptop-friendly version of Android, dubbed Cupcake. Also, folks have already demonstrated the efficacy of putting Android on netbooks with two experimenters ...

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Android OS running on netbooks
crunchgear.com 1/2/2009 — Taking a tip from a Google developer who claimed to have Android running on an older Asus Eee 701, Daniel Hartmann over at VentureBeat.com got Android up and running on an Asus Eee 1000H in about four hours. Geez, that was easy, huh? The ease at ...
Android running on the HP 2133 netbook — CrunchGear
I have the feeling we’ll be seeing more and more of these Android-on-a-netbook videos, so maybe this will be the last one for a while. It’s not terribly exciting, but it does show Google’s Android OS running on an actual netbook, the HP 2133 Mini-Note. It looks kinda sluggish but, hey, it’s ...
Android Netbooks: Coming And When? — Android Phone Fans
We’ve speculated for quite some time that Android isn’t only for phones. While 2008 was all about the G1 and 2009 will likely see a slew of handsets, 2010 appears poised to see an Android Netbook. Scratch that… an Android Netbook already exists: The above image is Android ...
You Tell Us: Would You Buy… — AndroidGuys
There’s a lot of talk these last few days about Android and the potential that exists with netbooks. Whether it be Asus, Intel, or another company… Would you buy a netbook if it was running Android?
Android for Netbooks? — Google Operating System
Android is not just an operating system for mobile phones and it's likely that it will be used for netbooks , ultra-portable laptops which started to become popular last year. Daniel Hartmann managed to install Android on an Asus EEEPC 1000H "with nearly all of the necessary hardware you'd want ...
VentureBeat Guys Get Android Running On Asus EEEPC — AndroidGuys
Android is ringing in the new year in style. A few of the guys who run VentureBeat also spend time with a startup called Mobile-Facts and are into some pretty cool stuff. How cool? Well, let’s just say they took our favorite platform and got it running on an Asus EEEPC 1000H ...
Running Android On Netbooks — Slashdot
jjohn_h writes "Two guys at VentureBeat have managed to take the source code for Google's Linux-based operating system for mobile phones, Android, and compile it for an Asus netbook. Immediately, speculation began that Android will soon be running on PCs and laptops. '... we discovered that ...
Google Android running on Asus EEEPC 1000H Netbook - Android-based netbooks likely by 2010 — D' Technology Weblog
You thought Android was for mobile phones, right? VentureBeat has installed Google Android mobile operating system on an Asus EEEPC 1000H running on Google’s mobile operating system Android. It took about four hours of work to got the netbook fully up and running on it, with ...
Android netbooks on their way — Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks
Venture Beat freelance writer Daniel Hartmann took four hours of work to port Google's Android operating system to the Asus Eee PC 1000H as shown above. He managed to get nearly all the hardware (including graphics, sound and WiFi) running. The implications are immense. Netbooks (and ...
An FAQ about those Android netbooks — VentureBeat
Since our post yesterday about Google’s Android platform running on netbooks , we’ve been asked a lot of questions. Here are the most frequent questions and their answers. Do you think Android could run on laptops or PCs? The simple answer is “yes, with an ...
Netbooks con Android para 2010 — Celularis
Con sólo 4 horas de trabajo, Matthaus Krzykowski y Daniel Hartmann de VentureBeat lograron correr Android en una Asus Eee PC 1000H . Trataron de demostrar lo fácil que puede ser para Google empezar a vender netbooks con Android , algo que según ellos sólo les puede llevar unos tres meses. ...
Google OS Android to Run on Netbooks by 2010 — WebmasterWorld
"Imagine the billion dollar market at stake here if Google can make good on this vision. Netbooks are basically small-scale PCs."
Android installed and running on an Eee PC in a matter of hours — Engadget
While Windows may be more popular than Linux when it comes to netbooks for a variety of reasons, price certainly isn't one of them. We don't know whether it's peoples' fear of the unknown or just the awful UI facades typically used to hide the open-source alternative, but a lot of people are ...
What Do Google Android Netbooks Mean For Microsoft And Apple? (GOOG) — Silicon Alley Insider
It's no secret that Google (GOOG) is hoping its Android operating system can be useful for more than just mobile phones. So it makes sense that Google would want to get Android on "netbook" laptops -- small, lo-fi computers that companies like Dell (DELL), HP (HPQ), Acer, and Asus are selling ...
Netbooks To Run Google Android OS? — GEARFUSE
The question isn't can Android run on a netbook, but rather, when will it come pre-installed on a netbook? What you see above isn't photoshopped; it's the work of the VentureBeat/MobileFacts crew who spent four hours compiling Android to work on an Asus EEEPC 1000H. Everything works, including ...
Programmers Run Google Android on Asus EEEPC 1000H Netbook — Google Watch
I took enough flak for suggesting that Google's Android mobile operating system would appear on netbooks in 2009 that I'm obligated to point out this post on VentureBeat by programmers who compiled Android for an Asus EEEPC 1000H netbook in four hours . Matthäus Krzykowski and Daniel ...
Android On An Eee PC [Android] — Gizmodo
Making good on Google's continued pledge to not limit Android to just phones, two guys at VentureBeat got Android up an running on their Eee PC 1000H. But a question comes to mind: why? Apparently it was a piece of cake to get Android to support everything you'd need for functional computing, ...
Google Android-based netbooks coming? — Obsessable News Feed
VentureBeat managed to install Google's Android OS on an Asus Eee PC 1000H and claims this feat points to the future. Other's note that it's just a hack. A few of the contributors over at VentureBeat, Matthaus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann, spent about 4 hours compiling ...
Google Android Netbooks Coming By 2010? — The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP
Rumors have been flying for the past several years about Google coming out with there own operating system. When Android was released by Google we assumed that it was for mobile phones only. Now it appears that Android may end up being released on Netbooks sometime in 2010. In an article from ...
Google Watchers Strike Down Google Netbook Notion — Google Watch
Google Watch readers are surprisingly skeptical about the notion that Google will create a version of the Android mobile operating system for netbooks . But let us recall how Google's Android creators have said publicly that they expect Android to appear in devices other than mobile smart ...
Are Android, Chrome-flavored Netbooks On Tap For Google — Google Watch
Earlier this week, I lamented what Google didn't do in 2008 , but with the year winding down let's consider what's on tap at Google for 2009. Garret Rogers over at ZDNet is thinking that there will be several mobile devices running Google's Android mobile operating system. I know, I ...
Android Netbooks: Fact or fiction? — CNET News.com
Writers for the blog VentureBeat say they have ported the Google Android operating system to an Asus Eee PC. Does this constitute a new trend in Netbooks?
Android Netbooks: Fact or fiction? — CNET News - Business Tech
A couple of freelance writers for the blog VentureBeat say they have ported Google's Android operating system to an Asus Eee PC. But does this constitute a new trend in Netbooks? Asus Eee PC: Android next? (Credit: Asus) Matthäus ...
The Trouble With Netbooks — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
Rumor has it that Google would like to see its Android operating system powering more than mere mobile phones.