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 :

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]

Every other company in the netbook and the notebook arena is trying to be the first to come out with an Android powered notebook or netbook. Last month Skytone, a Chinese manufacturer, reported the launch of their first Android powered netbook.

Here are a few pictures of the device :

Some of the features include :

• Operating System : Google Android
• Display : 7“ TFT LCD true color
• Resolution : 800 x 480( WVGA)
• Connectivity : ADSL, WIFI, GPRS, CDMA,EDGE,WCDMA
• Memory : 128MB DDR2 (up to 256MB Optional)
• Storage : 1 GB Nand Flash Memory (up to 4GB Optional)
• CPU : ARM11 533 MHz 32bit

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