Netbooks with Windows and Android

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I just read Acer's upcoming dual-core netbooks will be running two OSes - Windows and Android then we can run Android apps on the phone and netbook :lol:
 
That would be cool. I've got a Eeee dual core netbook that I love, running Windows 7 and the Droid X running the Android op system, not sure which version though. Hopefully, I can add the Android system to the netbook after the fact..

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My initial experience with Android on a phone (HTC Hero) made me wonder if a group of high school students wrote the software after binging on energy drinks. I hope the version of Android on a netbook or tablet works much better. I can say the HTC Hero was only useful as a target. I look forward to see someone's opinion of Android on a netbook.
 
In defense of the Android, I have an HTC Incredible, and love it. My favorite app is from Navionics. They've broken up all the NOAA charts into three chunks, East, Midwest, and West, each downloadable for $10. I used it for navigation on the Mississippi, and was very satisfied. It even shows depths (though only in fathom increments), which the ACOE charts don't, since they only guarantee 9 feet in the channel. I figure to get the same charts on my Garmin 2006C Chartplotter would cost me at least $500. The screen is a bit small on my HTC Incredible, and if the Android OS (which is Linux-based :-) will in the future run on a netbook with a larger screen, I'd definitely be interested. The outrageous prices charged by Garmin, for example, really tick me off.
 
smittypaddler":2igro95s said:
In defense of the Android, I have an HTC Incredible, and love it. My favorite app is from Navionics. They've broken up all the NOAA charts into three chunks, East, Midwest, and West, each downloadable for $10. I used it for navigation on the Mississippi, and was very satisfied. It even shows depths (though only in fathom increments), which the ACOE charts don't, since they only guarantee 9 feet in the channel. I figure to get the same charts on my Garmin 2006C Chartplotter would cost me at least $500. The screen is a bit small on my HTC Incredible, and if the Android OS (which is Linux-based :-) will in the future run on a netbook with a larger screen, I'd definitely be interested. The outrageous prices charged by Garmin, for example, really tick me off.
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I mentioned something about that to a Navionics rep... "Why do I pay $300 for a chip for my Raymarine chartplotter, but you offer an app for a phone or the iPad for $10 or $20?"

"Umm, well, it's a different audience. And they're not really the same thing. Umm, there are people who aren't actually, uh, navigating who will buy the app"

So, it sorta sounded to me like: yeah, we've been sticking it to boaters for as long as we can. Free electronic-charts from the gov't have likely made a dent in their sales, as well.

Now, back to on-topic: I have Android on my phone and the iPhone/iPad OS on the iPad, and the Navionics app looks and runs well on both. Joan also has a netbook for doing some financial stuff on, and I find that to be a miserable little machine, mostly due to the Windoze OS. If I could run Android on that (and use the apps), I could go for that.
 
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