After confirmation of basement experimentations, and then a
surprising announcement of product, Acer's now actually showing off an Android-powered netbook at Computex. Acer is careful to say that this isn't their actual Android netbook in the flesh, they're just the
Aspire One D250 as a test platform. Naturally, startup and shutdown times are fairly rapid (eighteen seconds up, one second down), and for the most part Android seems unmodified other than its support for the D250's 10-inch display, though there is one major head scratcher -- in
PC Watch's coverage of this computer they show off a full-ish version of Firefox apparently running on Android, menu bar included, which is a new one on us. Of course, Firefox runs on Linux, and Android is built on Linux, but there are still a few gaps in logic there that we'll be happy to explore when we get our own look at this thing.
posted Jun 3rd 2009 3:02PM
Who click the read link for reasons other than hoping to see the remainder of the model?
Very disappointing might I add. Now we know why it was a partial.
Sad to say I did.
I did too :)
Don't be sad, booth girl. That is why they call it Schpoople.
I'd hit it. twice. But shes doesn't look very pleased.
My vote too. *drool*
you got me, I did too. I wasn't as disappointed as most of you.
The Yellow Fever does make us nerds pretty predictable doesn't it?
Ya know... If you're gonna cut off the hot spokesmodel's head in a photo, at least give us more to look at as a follow-up! Garrrrrr...
She's definitely got the potential to be hot, but someone needs to teach the girl how to smile! =)
They probably cut out the best part of the photo and now they expect to hold my attention with some funky Android netbook. I never overlook LG and Samsung photos because they know how to sell a product.
would it kill ya to leave the model's head in the pic ?! comon !
Does anyone else get sick of pervy weirdos like the guys above fawning over any trace of a female they set their eyes on?
Step outside guys.
She's an android? With no head?
It looks like someone tried to give the model a Dirty Sanchez, but missed and ended up wiping it below her right eye. What is that gunk?
It should say 'they're just using the Aspire ....'
Why on Earth was it Androids job to bring down Apple? Can't we have multiple choices for a phone OS, what is wrong with that?
Firefox....on my G1? Please?
Firefox on Android? EPIC WIN!
damn TheAllmightyDollarama chill out...
damn TheAllmightyDollarama chill out...
It's just Linux!
*angry face*
Yes! It's not like it spurred Apple to try to match the cupcake release by almost copying point for point all the features from it. Please go shoot yourself in the head. kthxbai
probably the linux binary of firefox running on android. Or its possible acer created there own android build of firefox, since firefox is written in java it should be possible.
but HOW is another question. Yes, you can compile the linux version of Firefox for android and put it on the device, but how are they running it? Normal binaries don't show up in the launcher and there's no windowing system so this would need actual java tie ins to work with the java VM in android.
Oh and firefox is definitely NOT written in java.
since when was firefox written in java? It's written in C++.
firefox is not written in java and android doesn't run java
mozilla and all its children like firefox are written in C++ though the interface is a combination of mozilla's own XUL (a markup language for interfaces) and javascript. Note that javascript and java share nothing but a name
android applications are programmed in the java language but android itself doesn't include a java vitural machine and doesn't actually run java. The java source is compiled into dalvik bytecode which cannot be executed in a jvm
to run on firefox on andriod acer can't just download the linux binary from mozilla. either acer has shipped glibc, gtk, cairo and a few other libraries alongside the standard android libs making it into a much more traditional linux distro or they have built a static version of firefox which runs without any extra pieces. Either way isn't especially complicated thanks to the open source nature of all the bits that go into the linux kernel, android userland and firefox itself.
Maybe it's a tweaked version of fennec, which I think has been / is being ported to android
Now that I've actually looked at the article and other pictures, they seem pretty adamant that a full version of firefox is running on it. From the icon set used, it looks like they've used version 2 for some strange reason.
my mistake, I thought it was written in java. I thought android had its own jvm, but theluketaylor seems to know his stuff so I'll trust him on the explanation.
In any case, I'd love to have firefox on my G1!
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those sexy silk.
Alright, this makes 2 HORRIBLE posts for you today.
Get off your white apple high horse.
Don't become another stupid troll
what's the purpose of android on a laptop? isnt it better to run full OS on laptop with android emulator if you really have to have android?
On a normal laptop: yes. On a netbook... who knows, depends on their implementation.
it might make more sense to me to put android on MID, but I'd prefer real OS even on netbooks.
ANother troll!! TheAllmightyDollarama, take an iPhone and shove it sideways, with the headphones and charger attached to it.
Android on an Atom CPU, Why? Throw Windows 7 on here and leave mobile Operating systems for Tegra and Arm Chipsets.
If you click the photo you can see the girl..
geez people. :)