HP Tempted on Android for Netbooks
Google will now push Android to more companies that it interacts with on a daily basis. For one, HP has agreed to "study" Android OS to see how well it might work on their PCs. (HP's Mini 1000 Mi Edition netbook runs an HP-designed Linux OS.)
Google wants netbook makers to put in Android so users can easily share data between netbooks and phones. Preloading netbooks with Android could plug HP and netbook makers into a community of software developers who are inspired by cash incentives from Google to create new and novel mobile applications.
It won’t stop with PCs: Google wants Android to go on and power even broader applications.
Google dreams of what Android could do inside set-top boxes, in-car navigation systems, and mobile devices of all sorts. Let the Android out and who knows?
Maybe Windows has more to fear from Google than Windows Mobile OS?
Relegated to the sidelines, the Woz was eliminated from the Dancing With the Stars show. "Any geek had to look at him, and say, 'There, but for the grace of God, go I,'" said one observer. "They were just happy that he didn't fall down."
Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing wants to break into rising economies with low-price products before focusing on mature markets. Lenovo will restructure, splitting into two geo groups (high end, mature markets vs. low-end, emerging markets) and two product groups by brand (THINK, corporate and IDEA, consumer).
