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Android 3.1 and Atom: Two in One

Almost all major manufacturers of computer equipment are trying to develop a device that will combine Intel’s Atom platform with Google’s Android 3.1 OS.

We have heard that soon Lenovo, Acer and ASUS will introduce such models on the market. Acer and ASUS have already released tablets based on Android 3.0, and soon they’ll probably get the new 3.1 version, too. The only thing is that we don’t yet know is what will the Android devices with Intel inside (heh :)) look like – will they be tablets or some hybrid laptops?

Many manufacturers prefer to use ARM processors in their tablets, and this doesn’t let Intel take leadership position in this field. But perhaps with the release of the new Android 3.1, Intel will manage to strengthen its market positions.

Developers say that in the second half of this year many manufacturers will produce Android tablets based on Atom Z600 (Oak Trail). Some companies even have experience of cooperation with Intel, and HTC is one of those. The HTC X9500 Shift (HTC’s first UMPC device) is the brightest example of this cooperation; it’s a slider device with a QWERTY keyboard, the main feature of which is the SnapVUE technology, thanks to which the integration of two platforms on a single device — Windows Mobile (Qualcomm 400 MHz) and Windows Vista (an Intel 800 MHz) – was made possible.

So now we can only believe that the cooperation that began back in 2007 will be fruitful and will bring many new Android devices based on Intel’s Atom.

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May 25, 2011 | 0 Comments More

An MID loaded with Android : an offering by Eston

Another company that is going the Android way is Eston. The company is planning to launch an Android powered MID very soon. This device will be named MID-02 slider, and will be available with French carrier SFR.

The device runs on Intel Atom Z500 at 800 MHz, 512 MB RAM, 4GB of SSD storage, a 4.3″ touchscreen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. There are no details available regarding the release date or the pricing of the device.

Android provides one of the best browsing experiences to its users. So, when Android is coupled with an MID, it would not be wrong if we expect it to be one of the best MIDs in the market.

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[via AndroidAuthority]

August 11, 2009 | 0 Comments More

Acer to launch Android netbooks in Q4

Acer has announced its plans to launch Android powered netbooks in the fourth quarter of 2009. Recently, ASUS had also reported its decision to launch Android powered “smartbook”.

“Today’s netbooks are not close to perfection at all. In two years, it will all be very different,” Jim Wong, Acer’s global president for IT products, said at a news conference at Computex show, recently held in Taipei, “If we do not continue to change our mobile Internet devices, consumers may not choose then any more.”

There are no reports about the pricing or the specifications. But, probably, it will run on Atom processor.

Every other day, we get news of an Android powered netbook being launched by some company. Will this prove to be a big threat to the current netbooks OS giant, Microsoft ?

May be, its too early to predict. Android is a new OS and its success or failure will, to a large extent, depend on the kind of and the number of applications that will be able to run on it.

[via nytimes]

June 2, 2009 | 1 Comment More