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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 21, 2011
Honeycomb finds itself on a double threat: Thin, light Android tablet doubles as a capable Android laptop Is it a tablet? Is it a netbook? Is it a tablet? Is it a netbook? Is it a laptop? What, exact...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 21, 2011
Read our complete ASUS EeePad Transformer reviewWhere do you buy an ASUS EeePad Tranformer? And when can you buy an ASUS EeePad Transformer?First off, the 16GB version will ru...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 21, 2011
Read our full EeePad Transformer review Youtube link for mobile viewingHere we go, folks, your first hands-on with the ASUS EeePad Transformer. It's an Android tablet. And an Android laptop. It's...
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by Adam Sawyer
Jun 03, 2010
Dr. Eye is not a super villain. Actually, it’s Invantec’s new Android powered pocket-sized mini netbook. It sports a clamshell-inspired 4.8in touchscreen along with a full qwerty keyboar...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2010
Seems like only yesterday that we were talking about the HP Compaq Airlife 100 Android netbook -- oh, wait, it was, both here and on the special Emergency PalmCast Broadcast in the wake of HP&nbs...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 28, 2010
HP's buying Palm, in case you haven't heard, for $1.2 billion. While we doubt many of you were waiting up nights for the Compaq Airlife 100, HP's Android-powered netbook that we took a look at back at...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 16, 2010
Spent some quality time today with the folks from HP, who gave us some face time with their new Android-based netbook, the Compaq Airlife 100. As you'll hear, it has an advertised 12-hour battery lif...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 08, 2010
Nvidia showed off the latest Android netbook prototype powered at CES 2010. This one's a little more unique since its powered by Nvidia's latest Tegra 2 'system on a chip' processor. The ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 28, 2009
We've seen early builds of Google's Chrome OS, but the really interesting aspect will be the big G's own netbook, whose design is being closely handled by Google. And the technical specs of the netboo...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 28, 2009
That Android Netbook craze sure died down a bit once Chrome OS was officially unveiled, didn't it? In any case, the guys at pocket-lint have gotten their hands on one of the Android netbooks ava...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 15, 2009
Interested in seeing pictures of the dual-booting Acer Android Netbook? Look no further because we have the Acer Aspire One D250 in a slew of photos. The netbook is designed like every other netbook--...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 14, 2009
We've heard about the Acer Android Netbook for so long that it's almost surprising that it's now a reality...sort of. You can pre-order the Acer Android Netbook right now on Amazon for the netbo...
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by Casey Chan
Jul 14, 2009
The Acer Android Netbook has been in the news for quite some time already, but it's finally coming to fruition. Digitimes reports that August will be the launch date for the Dual Booting Android...
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by Casey Chan
Jun 15, 2009
If you've been tracking Android since the release of the T-Mobile G1, you may have noticed that the Android OS isn't solely designed for smartphones--netbooks and tablet devices get to enjoy the Andro...
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by Casey Chan
Jun 09, 2009
First we had the Android Netbook fad, now we have the Android Smartbook craze. Only a wee bit bigger than your average smartphone, this particular Freescale Android Smartbook comes with a slight...
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by Casey Chan
Jun 08, 2009
We absolutely love netbooks here at Android Central--they're convenient, cute, and affordable. We also love Android here at Android Central (bet you couldn't have guessed that)--the OS just ooze...
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by Casey Chan
Jun 05, 2009
Add another manufacturer to the list of upcoming Android devices. BenQ just announced that they'll be bringing both an Android smartphone and Android netbook to the market in 2010. The details a...
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by Casey Chan
Jun 03, 2009
Fresh off the news that Acer is joining the Open Handset Alliance and releasing an Android phone in Q4 2009, we have reports that an Acer Android-powered Netbook will be coming earlier than that: in Q...
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by Casey Chan
Jun 01, 2009
If you're interested in Android Netbooks, we may have the first one to get you excited. What you'll see in the embedded video after the jump is an Asus Eee PC 'smartbook' prototype that runs An...
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by Casey Chan
May 20, 2009
We know that Dell's Mini-line of netbooks is particularly versatile in terms of the different OS's it can run. We also know that our own Android OS is also versatile in terms of the different devices ...
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by Casey Chan
May 13, 2009
We already know that a lot of PC manufacturers are looking into Android as a viable platform for their netbooks. What we didn't know is that Google is now interested in seeing if Android is actu...
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by Casey Chan
May 07, 2009
Android Netbooks seem to be all the rage these days, we've got word that even Dell is throwing their name in the mix with a possible Android-powered Netbook. The Dell Android Netbook was leaked ...
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by Casey Chan
May 06, 2009
TmoToday is reporting that HTC is working on an Android-powered, netbook-type device with 3G connectivity for T-Mobile. Hmm...interesting. Though these HTC netbook rumors are str...
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by Casey Chan
May 01, 2009
If you're interested in Android netbooks, Skytone has got you covered. They're pricing the Skytone Alpha 680, the world's first Android netbook, at $250 which is well, just okay. The Skytone Alpha...
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by Casey Chan
May 01, 2009
The Android Netbook rumor mill just keeps churning along. This time, Averatec is dropping their name with Android with reports stating that the company will be releasing a sub-notebook with a &q...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2009
So we know there's an Acer Android smartphone out there, and we may see it this fall. But we've yet to have any sort of semi-official statement. That ends today, with this nugget by CEO Gianfranco Lan...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2009
There's no denying that the release of new Android phones has been – and we're putting this mildly – much slower than expected. But it looks like the MID market is picking up, and now come...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 22, 2009
Yep, another day another Android netbook. The Alpha 680 netbook is made by China-based Skytone and it comes in a very unique tablet-esque form factor. However, as sweet as the convert-ability lo...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 21, 2009
Here's yet another video of a netbook (this time the German I-Buddie) running Android. It's definitely a work-in-progress but from the reports, it looks like they want to ship this thing soon. We alre...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 01, 2009
You could make an argument that the two biggest technology stories of 2008 was Android and netbooks. Android is a potential game-changer in both the wireless world and the mobile industry as a w...
