Asus Says No, Acer Says Go to Android Powered Netbooks
Interesting diverging decisions from the world’s two leading netbook vendors – Asus and Acer.
PC World reports that…
Asustek Puts Android Netbook on Ice for Now
…while Reuters reports…
UPDATE 1-Acer to sell Android netbook PCs in Q3
PC World’s report on Asus’ decision quotes Asus saying that the decision to pause Android based netbook development is because of limited engineering resources. They also report on conflicting statements about whether Qualcomm had permission to display an Asus Snapdragon driven netbook (instead of the usual Atom processor) running Android
Meanwhile, Reuters reports that Acer is set to start selling their Android-based netbook in the third quarter of this year.
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