“Netbooks are designed to be compact in size & easy to connect to the Net wherever you go,” said Jim Wong, president of IT Products Global Operation, Acer in a statement Tuesday. “The Android operating method offers amazingly speedy wireless connection to the Internet; for this reason, Acer has decided to create Android netbooks for added convenience to our customers.”
Acer followed Monday’s announcement with news on Tuesday morning that it will launch Acer Aspire One netbooks based on the Android platform, as well. In a statement, Acer said the netbooks would hit the market in advance of the smartphones & would be obtainable 3Q09.
With the move toward Android, Acer is wisely banking on the value-add that open source applications by third-party developers bring to end-users.
Other announcements
Acer believes that the free, open source mobile platform “will contribute significantly to the worldwide netbook market growth.” Acer will continue to manufacture systems built on Microsoft’s OS, but it says the majority of Acer netbooks will also offer Android in the future, enabling users to pick the best operating method for their needs.Acer followed Monday’s announcement with news on Tuesday morning that it will launch Acer Aspire One netbooks based on the Android platform, as well. In a statement, Acer said the netbooks would hit the market in advance of the smartphones and would be available 3Q09.
“Netbooks are designed to be compact in size and easy to connect to the Internet wherever you go,” said Jim Wong, president of IT Products Global Operation, Acer in a statement Tuesday. “The Android operating system offers incredibly fast wireless connection to the Internet; for this reason, Acer has decided to develop Android netbooks for added convenience to our customers.”
Acer believes that the free, open source mobile platform “will contribute significantly to the worldwide netbook market growth.” Acer will continue to manufacture systems built on Microsoft’s OS, but it says the majority of Acer netbooks will also offer Android in the future, enabling users to choose the best operating system for their needs.
With the move toward Android, Acer is wisely banking on the value-add that open source applications by third-party developers bring to end-users.
Other announcements
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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