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$200 Intel Android Laptops Are Coming
symbolset writes "Outbound Intel CEO Paul Otellini created quite a stir when mentioning that touchscreen laptops would reach a $200 price point. CNET is now reporting in an interview with Intel chief product officer Dadi Perlmutter that these touchscreen laptops will run Android on Intel Atom processors at first. 'Whether Windows 8 PCs hit that price largely depends on Microsoft, he said. "We have a good technology that enables a very cost-effective price point," Perlmutter said. The price of Windows 8 laptops "depends on how Microsoft prices Windows 8. It may be a slightly higher price point." ... Perlmutter didn't specify what the Android notebooks will look like, but it's probable they'll be convertible-type devices. He also noted that he expects the PC market to pick up in the back half of the year and heading into 2014 as new devices become available."
You can install Linux on Android.
Wow I read that and just realized that the growing number of Android users are just as clueless as the majority of Windows users now...
But then that's what Google wants in it's users, lambs that will follow it and keep on thinking "do no evil". That is what the ecosystem business model has become.
How? this makes no sense to me how can you install linux on android, android is Linux (well a modified Linux).
I know linux is a kernel and whatever is a distribution but that is lost on most people and in any case you can install a more typical userland and access it via rtsp or X11 on your Android device right now today. Shortly you'll be able to just run Ubuntu on those devices using Mir on the Android drivers for your platform. And virtual machines for android are getting better and you'll be able to do it that way as well. Since updated kernels are available for most popular platforms, you're really not looking at onerous restrictions if you shop carefully.
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