Tag: notebooks

Android apps ported to Ubuntu

Had you ever imagined applications meant for the Android OS running on your notebook loaded with Ubuntu OS ? If not, then you can and you should imagine it now. Because, developers at Cannonical successfully ported some Android apps onto Ubuntu. This was unveiled at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona on Tuesday.

Here’s a pic of a desktop PC running some Android apps :

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Google’s Android is based on Linux platform. But, its built on Google’s custom Java runtime. So, that makes it more convenient for use in mobile phones and tablet PCs and not in desktops.

But, this development would surely pave the way for future development of Android to make it more user-friendly and to be used in deskptop PCs. Even in the past, we have had news about Android notebooks and netbooks in the making (by companies like Skytone, HP and T-Mobile).

So, lets hope that Android soon makes its way into the notebook arena and we get a taste of the Open-Source environment in our notebooks.

[via androidarena]

May 28, 2009 | 3 Comments More

Android smartphone sale to grow by 900% in 2009

Yes, you read that right. According to a research by the Strategy Analytics, the sale of Android smartphones is expected to grow by 900% in the year 2009.

According to Tom Kang, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, “We forecast global Android smartphone shipments to grow an impressive 900 percent annually during 2009. The Android mobile operating system from Google gained early traction in the United States in the second half of 2008 and it is gradually spreading its presence into Europe and Asia during 2009. Android is expanding from a low base and it is consequently outgrowing the iPhone OS from Apple, which we estimate will grow at a relatively lower 79 percent annually in 2009.”

If this report is to be believed, then the growth of Android Smartphones would lead much ahead of Apple I-Phone and Windows Mobile Smartphones, the other two biggies in the smartphone market. Because, the sale of Apple I-phone is expected to grow at a rate of about 80% (according to a report by Strategy Analytics) and that of Windows Mobile by about 50%(as told to channel web by Eddie Wu, Managing Director of OEM, Microsoft).

This figure does not seem quite difficult to achieve, when compared to the hype and craze surrounding the Android platform. We have got news about almost every major player in the mobile phone arena planning to launch an Android device. Also, we can expect some Android powered notebooks and netbooks very soon, from companies like T-Mobile and HP.

May 12, 2009 | 0 Comments More

T-Mobile Android netbook coming?

We have all witnessed and sensed the hype and craze surrounding the Android OS since the date it was launched. Every other day, we get news, or should I say, rumors about some or the other company launching an Android product (be it ASUS, Samsung, verizon or HTC).

Today, we have a similar news about Android notebooks. But this comes from an unexpected company, when it comes to notebooks. This news comes from T-Mobile. As per sources, T-Mobile is planning to launch Android powered notebooks, possibly by the end of this year. Rumor has it that it would be made by HTC.

The device is yet to be named. But, the availability of inbuilt 3G connectivity is confirmed. The date of release has not been finalized yet, but probably it will be launched by the end of this year. If this possible date turns into reality, T-Mobile would be one of the first companies to launch an Android notebook.

Now, I see a real surging and bright future of the Android OS in both the notebooks and the mobile phones market. As far as I can recall, no other Operating system in the market had ever experienced such craze and demand in such a short span of time.

We do not have much information about the features available “in the box”. But, as we can see the number of third party applications being released in the Android Market, and the great works of the guys at xda-developers, I am sure it wont take long before any of the missing functionality are added by the developers.

May 6, 2009 | 0 Comments More