In case you don’t know…
Android-based Alpha 680 spotted
A specie of Android-based Alpha 680 netbook has escaped the vicinity of Skytone, was spotted in the wild just recently. It is also recently reported to be the first netbook to feature Android as its primary OS. Engadget has it covered.
How to make HP Mini Mi Edition even more beautiful
In case you aren’t happy about the desktop theme that the HP Mini Mi Edition comes with which is already beautiful, you can make it more suitable to your liking (or someone else’s), worry no more because changing the theme is practically possible to do. More of the story on Liliputing.
Lenovo IdeaPad S10 2 Hands-on
Lenovo has launched another netbook in the 10.1″ category which is the exact remake S10. And if you’re a fan of Lenovo but wants to know more details about this new baby, Laptop.com has their first impression and a video for you so you don’t have to wait any longer.
TV Tuner for Dell Mini 10 is coming out
If you own a Dell Mini 10 and you feel that internet surfing and doing some word processing tasks do not impress you enough, maybe you can wait for summer and add an extra $50 for the TV tuner and see what it’s worth. More of the news from Netbook Choice.
non-Netbook news
Google has launched a new service called Similar Images. Yet I don’t know what’s exactly the differences are with the current Image Search.
Another Google news, an experiment was developed for the Chrome browser called Google Gravity and it literally illustrate the ‘fall of Google’.
Symbian OS runs on Intel Atom platform
Symbian OS is a proprietary operating system developed for mobile phones which is now most commonly found in 2.5G and 3G mobile phones. Nokia now privately owns Symbian since December 2008.
Months ago, Android came out from nowhere and gave Symbian a fair competition on mobile OS. Later on it impressed many people when they proved that Android runs on Netbooks pretty well, and actually some netbook manufacturers are considering Android for default OS when it completely stabilizes.
Now Symbian OS doesn’t just sit and do nothing about it. While Symbian runs exclusively on ARM processors, it has an x86 port available which means it can run on another platform. Symbian gave it a try and proved that it really can. However, I’m not sure if Symbian OS can jump on for netbooks just yet, but at least I’m pretty sure that I haven’t heard news that Symbian OS can do normal computing before.
Anyway, does this new discovery make the thin gap between netbooks and mobile phones even thinner?
