Comments on: Android Netbooks: Fact or fiction?

Contributors to 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?

[Viv Collins]

Why is it a surprise? what after all is the fundamental difference between a Netbook and a Smartphone? the commercial priority for an OS that scales seamlessly from Smartphone to Desktop is some thing Microsoft is already aware of, why should others not have seen it as a gaping market hole rather than a niche.

[forever4now]

Awesome news! I hope it happens this year. I would much rather have an OS like Android on a netbook than Windows. Add 3G and a bluetooth headset and you should be able to make phone calls, as well. Cool!

[B_for_Baker]

omg that would be such a great idea, have the android marketplace on a laptop. andriod ***

[Mr. Dee]

Linux running on a Netbook, whats new?

[tm_anon]

ubuntu already has bluetooth support and wouldn't take that much to make it 3G compatible if it's not already. It's already small enough to fit on the smallest hard drive available without taxing the system and can run on almost no memory compared to what it takes to get Vista running. In other words, linux has been rocking since long before this study for small computers as well as large ones. You're just now finding out about it because big daddy Google and CNET are mentioning it.

[t8]

Sweet.

I have an Eee PC and look forward to porting Android to it when it is available.

[amigosito]

Whoopdie-doo.

[poperatzo]

"If this was Verizon or Asus saying this, it would be product news. Otherwise, it remains an interesting experiment. "

You must not have been paying attention these last 30 years. Do you have any idea how many of the products and services in our lives started from two guys fooling around in their garage? "Interesting experiment" is how this technology stuff works, if you haven't noticed.

Maybe you should cover fashion instead of technology. Your ********** would be more appropriate there.

[gvoid]

This was already added three weeks ago by Google:

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/vendor/asus/eee_701.git;a=tree;h=refs/heads/cupcake;hb=cupcake

Asus joined the Open Handset Alliance last month ...

http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/oha_members.html

[czmyt]

This is a nice hack I think. But other than showcasing the hacker's skills, why would anyone want the Andoid OS on a netbook? Windows XP Pro is the best netbook OS for most users, and if you want Linux, why not run a real version like Fedora or Ubuntu?

[jtjt145]

Thank god, the world seems to be warming up to something other than this nightmare called Windows!