From now on the rule on Engadget should be no one gets to display pics of their new Android tablet/netbook if they haven't been arsed to put in the time to skin teh bloody thing.

If you want to sell me an Android device that isn't in a smartphone form factor take the time to reskin the interface, ya useless so and sos.

Why a year after Android has been released am I still seein proof of concepts with stretched Android 1.5 home screens?

Nice girl, nice phone.

I really like the interface, and I don't think it's too complicated, but it feels like the interface is missing something. It's the kind of interface a color blind person would design. I need more green-yellow-red semiotics in my interfaces so that I can navigate them with one eye, while preoccupied elsewhere.

This thing is under $25 on eBay just do a search for "RF Wireless mouse Keyboard". Last time I checked one vendor still had ten available.

Dedicated ebook hardware is now known as a "Liseuse", and the standalone or built in software is referred to as an "eReader".

Or a Smartbook. Something like the Smart Devices Q7 but with beefier specs, ARM 11 or XScale processor, a Pixel Qi screen, a commercial scale Batacitor to replace the Li-ion battery, multi-touch. Wifi, bluetooth. And running Moblin, not Android, and not WIndows CE. Moblin is actually designed for netbooks, smartbooks, and devices like this.

Hell I wish someone would port a lite version of Moblin to ARM so that I could put it on my Smart Q7.

The G1 (Android) launched with copy and paste, it had this feature before the Pre and the iPhone. Now put your dicks back in your pants, and put away the soiled tape measure.

Not you Chippy your article was extremely in depth, I'm referring to the Engadget editor who seems to have made the minimum effort here.

BTW, Maemo is nice as is Android but i'd prefer a Moblin port, and barring that some version of OpenInkpot would be sweet.

Android is great for webphones, but for netbooks and web tablets the choice should always be Moblin.

Strangely this article seems to have left out the price which is $189 US plus shipping, or around $220 on eBay. And the fact that Maemo is being ported to it. What I would really love to seen on the Smart Q7 though is Moblin for ARM. BTW it seems to make an excellent eBook reader it comes with FBReader and Evince installed on the default Ubuntu Linux OS.

Actually I think Chinavision's uncomfortably named "Multi Platform Portable Gaming Entertainment Station (Black)" is a way better deal at $88. It plays a lot of the same game roms that the GP2X can excluding things like Mega-Drive, Playstation and Commodore 64.