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Google's Android To Challenge Windows?

Posted by Soulskill on from the depends-how-strong-the-android-is dept.

PL/SQL Guy writes "Search giant Google is set to offer its free Android mobile-phone operating system for computers, opening a new front in its rivalry with Microsoft by challenging the dominance of the company's Windows software. Acer Inc., the world's second-largest laptop maker, will release a low-cost notebook powered by Android next quarter, said Jim Wong, head of information-technology products at the Taipei-based company. Calvin Huang, an analyst at Daiwa Securities Group Inc, says that adoption of Android-based netbooks will likely eat into Windows' share of PC operating systems." Meanwhile, notes reader Barence, Asus is continuing to distance itself from Android, saying it "isn't a priority."

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  1. Re:Symbian? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree. Women would never again buy Sybian devices if they could be sexually serviced by a full-sized android a la the Kubrick/Spielberg film A.I..

    Oh, wait, you said Symbian. Oops.

  2. Re:Symbian? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ug, don't reference such a terrible film, the geek canon is sufficient

    Data : I am fully functional, programmed in multiple techniques

  3. Famous Last Words by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Asus is continuing to distance itself from Android, saying it "isn't a priority."

    They're probably also thinking that those long-haired young guys calling themselves the "Beatles" aren't worth the investment in signing up with their company, either.

  4. Re:Er... what? by Reverend528 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't see how you can compare Android to the iPhone as both being closed. The iPhone is closed in every single way. Android in nearly none.

    Well, his name is "BadAnalogyGuy"...

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  5. Re:Windows' biggest challenge is its size by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Adding hazelnut syrup to my coffee is delicious and creamy in my mouth.

    You just gave me a boner.

  6. Re:Er... what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You dirty old man.

  7. Re:Contradictory Statements! by KlaymenDK · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's Video Graphics Array to you, TeknoHog. IAEATMTWPOA, eh? Sheesh. ;-)

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  8. Re:Pointless Link by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, you can't get much more distant than that.