Acer Gets Official With Android Netbook

Author Andy Vandervell
Published 14th Oct 2009
Acer Gets Official With Android Netbook
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Acer has been teasing the possibility of an Android netbook for some time now and today it decided to show it off. Being a netbook there isn't actually that much to say, even less so since this is simply a tweaked version of its current offering, the Aspire One D250. As such there's a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 10.1in display and a 160GB hard drive, though 2GB of RAM does provide some variety.


That increase in RAM can be explained by the presence of Windows 7 as the main OS, with Android being the instant-on alternative option. It's pretty quick, too, booting in under 20 seconds and running very briskly. Yet, as the shot of the music player below demonstrates, Android isn't best suited to such a large display and Acer doesn't appear to have done anything to enhance this operation. Moreover the navigation is less than intuitive, relying on the 'Esc' key to function as the 'back' button normally present on an Android smartphone. We're less than convinced.

Like the new laptops there's no pricing or availability just yet, but it's a netbook so it should be pretty cheap and in all likelihood ought to drop shortly after Windows 7's launch next week.





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comment HK said on 14th October 2009

For the sake of a few seconds I'd much rather go into Windows 7. I don't see the benefit of Android on a PC.

I think the bigger news is their A1 Android phone but I ... more

comment darkspark88 said on 14th October 2009

Windows 7 gets me to my password screen on my nearly 3 year old laptop in less than 30 secs. Quicker than vista that took over two minutes.

comment Ryan said on 14th October 2009

It's neat as a proof-of concept. I likey.

But I find Hybrid Sleep to be all I need for instant-on-ness.

comment Sukanta said on 15th October 2009

Basically you need either of the 2 thing to start of instantly
1. If you have a high end system.. (A notebook is definitely not a "high end System" )
2. or ... more

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