Google Android is an operating system designed to run on smartphones, not netbooks. But much of the source code is available, which means that folks have been able to port the operating system to run ...

Just over a week after a Chinese web site posted some hands-on impressions of a pre-release version of Acer’s upcoming netbook loaded with the Google Android operating system, Gizmodo is reporting ...

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Reports that Dell might use Google’s Android OS in a netbook raises questions about what the device might look like and whether Android is ready for use beyond smartphones. Software vendor Bsquare ...

Atom-based Aspire One netbook with Google's Android mobile operating system is slated to ship in the third quarter Acer plans to launch a version of its Aspire One netbook with Google’s Android mobile ...

The Android netbook market is changing faster than gossip in a small town, with Chinese manufacturers leading the way. Acer has thrown down the gauntlet and is the first to announce plans to ship a ...

The Acer Liquid touchscreen smartphone will run Android 1.6, formerly code-named Donut, while a new Aspire One netbook will run both Android and Windows Acer, the world’s third largest PC vendor, on ...

Last week at the Barclays Capital Technology Conference in San Francisco, Robert Youngjohns, president of North American sales and marketing at Microsoft, acknowledged that Google is "clearly a major ...

Certainly this can’t be it. The first Google Android netbook should definitely be more monumental than this $100-$200 device from SkyTone. Guangzhou, China-based Skytone is famous for making Skype ...

Acer may be the first manufacturer out of the gate with a Google Chrome OS netbook in the second half of next year, according to the latest Internet rumors. JT Wang, the computer manufacturer’s ...

Cherry Red and Midnight Black too harsh for your innocent eyes? How's about a gaggle of pastel options to take the edge off? Acer has just issued a new line of netbooks catering to those still stuck ...

It’s no secret that the netbook market has cooled since this time last year and it’s no secret that the iPad has been a contributing factor. How a big a factor is open to debate, but with capabilities ...