Android

Android is an Open Source mobile platform built on the Linux Kernel and utilizes a custom virtual machine that's designed for optimal use of memory and hardware resources.

Android 3.2 Honeycomb on the ASUS Eee PC 1000HE

Android 3.2 Honeycomb on the ASUS Eee PC 1000HE

Android-x86 is an open source project with the goal to port Android to the x86 platform, so you can run Android on your laptop or PC. You can see results of these efforts in the above video demonstrating Android 3.2 Honeycomb on an ASUS Eee PC 1000HE netbook.

Rockchip RK2918 Android Netbook at China Sourcing Fair

Rockchip RK2918 Android Netbook at China Sourcing Fair

This video by Charbax from ARMdevices features a mini laptop he spotted at the recent China Sourcing Fair in Hong Kong. The Chinese product is powered by a 1.2 GHz Rockchip RK2918 CPU and runs Google's Android operating system.

NEC 7" Netbook Powered by Tegra 2 Chip Running Android

NEC 7" Netbook Powered by Tegra 2 Chip Running Android

Here is another non-tablet device that Charbax from ARMdevices spotted at CES 2011. This 7" mini-laptop from Japanese company NEC is equipped with an ARM Cortex-A9 CPU based on NVIDIA's Tegra 2 platform. It runs Android 2.2, has a full QWERTY keyboard, and weighs about 1.3 lbs.

Toshiba AC100-10U

Toshiba AC100

The AC100 is Toshiba's 1st Android smartbook to hit the market. It has a 10.1" Toshiba TruBrite TFT high brightness display with 16 : 9 aspect ratio and LED backlighting. The AC100 is equipped with an NVIDIA Tegra 250 Mobile Web Processor clocked at 1GHz, 512MB DDR2 RAM, and 8GB SSD.

Cherrypal Asia 10"

Cherrypal Asia 10"

The Cherrypal Asia comes in 2 specifications a 10" a 7" model. The 10" netbook is equipped with an 533MHz ARM9 based VIA 8505 processor, 256MB DDR RAM, 2 GB NAND-flash drive, 10/100M Ethernet, WiFi 802.11 b/g, a QWERTY 86 keys keyboard, touchpad, built-in speaker and microphone, 1 x USB 2.0 and 2 x USB 1.1 ports, SD card , U-Disk, USB-HDD card port, and a 7.4 V 2100Mha built in Lithium battery. The dimensions of the 10.1" model are not yet specified.