http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/ Engadget Comments for Is Dell cooking up an Android-powered netbook? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
My first thought was "NO THANKS".]]>May 6th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
Here's an example for you: http://jkontherun.com/2009/04/28/android-netbook/]]>May 6th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
I'm fairly confident that no major manufacturer will ever release an Android-/Symbian-/webOS-powered netbook.]]>May 6th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
Is there some killer Android app that I'm missing?

I really like Android as a phone OS, the only thing that's keeping me from getting the G1 is the battery life.]]>May 6th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
A product looking for a market. Way to think intelligently dell.]]>May 6th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/An Android Netbook will not be running on Intel. It will be probably running on Tigra or what ever nVidia is calling their ARM+Graphics combo. By dropping Intel the battery life will go up and the cost will go down. Android has an App store and a lot of applications. If you add a port of OpenOffice you have a nice little netbook that will run all day on a charge.]]>May 6th 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/doesnt make sense]]>May 6th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/There is no useful software for a netbook on Android.
What do people mostly use their netbook for: Internet browsing and checking their e-mail with an occasional office style application. Android is not very good at any of these things.

Netbook manufacturers: Please stick with Linux and Windows on your netbooks.
]]>May 6th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
See, thats exactly what Android is great for. This wouldn't be for work, but just for browsing and reading longer articles than I want to do with a heavy, hot full sized laptop or the small screen of an iPod or G1.

Definitely more of a single purpose, niche device. But thats exactly what a Netbook should be.]]>May 6th 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
It's chock full of linux activists.]]>May 6th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
if they can get it to play nice with Flash, then it's lost its strongest barrier against widespread adoption. if you keep track of Android stuff you'd see that they're really fleshing out the features and abilities of this system.

consider that the Android "Market" will no longer just be for cell phone applications but a ubiquitous store for any application as android evolves from a device centric platform into a full featured operating system. take some time to look into chrome's desktop integration for web-based applications and you'll see where google is headed with this thing. you might be pleasantly surprised.]]>May 6th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
And God bless Dell for possibly bringing yet another non-Windows option to their products.]]>May 6th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
you can have XP or...

this new thing that does everything you want PLUS ties in directly with google's suite of web applications, has access to a whole library of new third party applications you can use which make use of location awareness/touchscreen/motionsensing, and is cheaper.

i guess if you insisted on marketing to stupid people...]]>May 6th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
There you go, you don't have to make a machine that appeals to every need for every user. If you do that you end up with a piece of crap. If you make a targeted, smartly thought out device with one purpose in mine (see: net in netbook) there will be a market for it. There's plenty of room in the market for niche devices.]]>May 6th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
And now this. What are you going to embezzle from the public for this creation Dell? $1,000? $1,200? $1,500?

Dell, stick to making products the general population can use and afford in these economic times...or you will fast become the next General Motors and Chrysler.]]>May 6th 2009 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
Piqued means feeling irritate or resentful, is that what you mean?]]>May 6th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/Merriam Webster: 2 a: to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff ]]>May 6th 2009 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.skinit.com. For 35 bucks, including shipping, they'll ship you a skin for your laptop, cell, etc. You can even select your own image for the skin. ]]>May 6th 2009 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/May 6th 2009 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/is-dell-cooking-up-an-android-powered-netbook/
The press-release wording can simply mean that Bsquare developers are using Dell netbooks to port Flash Lite to Android. The PR says nothing about any Dell implementation of Android.

We know that Android is readily ported to any x86 netbook. So, Bsquare could've chosen stock Dell netbooks.

!]]>May 7th 2009 10:44AM