The amount of apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace
Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has now reported to have passed 25,000 apps by one site tracking comings and goings within it. (source: WindowsPhoneAppslist, July 2011)
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If Acer's Android netbook had been:
1) a convertible tablet design, like their Aspire 1420P tablet
2) dual boot Android and the Linux dist. they provide for their netbooks (Xandros? Linpus?)
3) blessed by Google, so that is has Market, Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, etc.
Then I'd buy it.
In fact, shrink the 1420P to a 10.1" screen (but otherwise the same specs), put Android on it, get the "Google Experience" on it, put Ubuntu or Linux or Xandros on it as the "other OS" (not Windows), and I'll definitely buy it. Just make it available!!
I suspect the main reason for the failure has been that whole "not Google Experience" part. People want Android, but they either want the Google Experience, or something that fully replaces it. From the reviews I read, Acer had neither the blessed "Google Experience", nor anything that fills in that gap.