http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/ Engadget Comments for Alpha 680 Android netbook spotted, still unavailable 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/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 2nd 2009 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
Keep it on phones, this thing gets humiliated by Windows 7 in terms of capabilities, compatibility, and features.

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@GadgetGeek
Because then your fingers would have to rest on the display. Besides the obvious obstruction and finger prints, that would seriously mess with the touch input.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 2nd 2009 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 2nd 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 2nd 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 2nd 2009 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 2nd 2009 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
Just wait it out and put your best efforts in the Chrome OS, which is designed for those devices.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 2nd 2009 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
BTW, what you described is how Android started and it has a pretty good adoption rate right now.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
That won't be enough to automatically make it more user-friendly, more compatible, more capable and robust in terms of app support and hardware support, and enough of an incentive for 90+ % of the populace who have used Windows for their entire lives to switch over to something new. ]]>Oct 2nd 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
The OS has nothing I'm even slightly interested in - entirely webbased, with little developer support. Android has very little developer support behind it (I'm talking about big software houses, not dork script kiddies making apps), and an entire rip-off of the iphone OS.

ChromeOS will be another linux distro = fail, Google how about writing something yourself instead of buying someone elses products or stealing other peoples code?

Rank me down noobs, you know its all true.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
Im as big a Windows fan as anyone, but come on, give Google some respect too, they do make some great apps:

Google Earth
Gmail
Google Voice
Google Search

Are all quality products that are better than what the competition offers, imho (even though Bing is looking better and better day by day).

However, when it comes to OS's and Office Productivity tools, Microsoft is the best in the business.

Im also not really a big fan of Chrome Browser (although it does have some nice features) as I prefer Opera, and of course Android does nothing for me -- used it, but didn't feel it had any redeeming qualities when compared to WinMo.

Still, Google is a great company, and to categorically dismiss them isn't fair. ]]>Oct 2nd 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 2nd 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
Umm, that doesn't even dignify a genuine rebuttal.

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You do realize that Chrome os IS a flavor of linux right? And it's not really exciting a lot of people because it's not delivering anything new.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
To all those "CHROME OS... FAIL!!!!" and "Just another Linux distro" comments up here, just keep in mind that the smart phone OS world also had many Linux distros before Android, viz. LinMo, OpenMoko and Maemo are the few I know about but there might be more. So, technically, Android too is just another mobile Linux distro.

Although, Google has a great track record of taking a half baked idea/product and perfecting it into something not only usable, but game changing as well (WindowsFTW listed them pretty well). They proved that with Android as well (and continue to do so), so saying that "Because every other Linux distro has not taken off in the personal computer world, Chrome OS will be no different", is equivalent to ignoring Google's history and downright informed.

Oh well, only time shall tell.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
Damn, I wish engadget would let me edit my comments.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 2nd 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
Chrome browser is used just about as ubiqituously as Opera throughout the world, and is a far cry from the likes of FF or IE in terms of marketshare, at around 2-3% depending on what report you read...although both Chrome and Opera imho are better than IE and FF, but that's for another debate.

Android hasn't caught on as fast as some would have expected either, with only ~ 1% marketshare in the smartphone sector, if even that.

Chrome OS is not being as widely distributed either, if Win7 and XP, despite their licensing fees still command a MUCH larger marketshare of scheduled netbook releases...Chrome hasn't even made a dent in the notebook/desktop sector either for that matter.

Likewise, no one is rushing to throw away their copies of MS Office for Google Docs
Nor is everyone ditching Windows Messenger, AIM, and the like to use Google Chat.

I appreciate and respect Google as much as the next guy, believe me, I cant thank them enough for Google Voice, Google Search, and Gmail, but everything they touch does not turn into gold -- just a higher percentage of it than most other companies.

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This says nothing about how good (or bad) ChromeOS is or will be, but more about the rolling legacy and inertia that Windows has. More attempts to disrupt and diversify that are a good thing.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 5th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/Oct 2nd 2009 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/alpha-680-android-netbook-spotted-still-unavailable/
Greetings from the world of Joystiq!

2 things:

Holy shit what is that? itlooks awesome.

Second where is the bathroom?
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