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.

Compaq Airlife 100 Smartbook at Mobile World Congress

Compaq Airlife 100 Smartbook at Mobile World Congress

In this video Chippy from Carrypad gets his hands on the Compaq Airlife 100 at Mobile World Congress 2010, which currently takes place in Barcelona, Spain.

Hivision PWS700CA

Hivision PWS700CA

The PWS700BA by Chinese manufacturer Hivision is a 7" netbook that runs on Google's Android OS. It's powered by an 600MHz ARM9 based Rockchip RK2808 processor and comes with 128M RAM, 1GB storage, built-in WiFi 802.11b/g, built-in microphone and speakers, and an 80 keys keyboard.

Hivision Netbooks, MID, and eReader at CES 2010

Hivision Netbooks, MID, and eReader at CES 2010

This video features products from Hivision showcased at CES 2010, including the PWS700B and PWS700BA Linux netbooks, as well as an MID with Windows CE, and an ebook reader running on Linux.

5 Special Devices from CES 2010 that Run on Linux

Tux at CES

Lots of fascinating new devices were showcased during past week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In addition to marketing new products events like the CES serve as an opportunity to demonstrate what technology can do. Naturally, some of those feats may not prove particularly useful, but they are fun to watch anyway.

Will 2010 be the Year for Linux on Netbooks?

Will 2010 be the Year for Linux on Netbooks?

Today mobile computing expert and Web entrepreneur Sascha Pallenberg shared his netbook market trend predictions for 2010 in this video. Sascha predicts that 2010 will be the year for Linux on netbooks, he especially sees Moblin, Jolicloud and later in 2010 Chrome OS as operating systems with high potential.