BenQ will also releases Android Netbook Next Year

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BenQ will also releases Android Netbook Next Year. Multinational company from Taiwan BenQ, recently announced that next year, they will launch a smart phone based on open operating systems made Google, Android.

“We hope with the launch of Android mobile phone, our position in the world mobile phone market becomes stronger,” said BenQ’s spokesman, repotred by sites such as InformationWeek, Sunday 5 July 2009.

However, BenQ will not only stop at the Android phone, because the company is also planning to launch netbook Android. Unfortunately, BenQ spokesman reluctant explain the detail of the specification mobile phone and netbook Android.

During this time, BenQ have introduced their netbook with the name of the Joybook adopt the operating system Microsoft Windows XP, and smart phone with Windows Mobile and Symbian operating system.

Despite make middle Android based mobile devices, BenQ is not a member of the Open Handset Alliance, an industry consortium that promotes based Android operating system.

Therefore, appropriate provisions of Google, BenQ can not adopt a number of Google applications, such as Gmail, Google Calendar, and some Google services that are usually integrated in other Android devices.

Companies the Open Handset Alliance, in addition to integrates the number of Google services, also released the source code to adopt and use it for commercial devices.

Sprint, T-Mobile, HTC, and Samsung, is a consortium of a number of members who have some of the devices their Android.

Vendor-notebook vendors such as Acer, Asus, and Dell also has an insert on the Android operating system devices their subnotebook.

So, most likely will show new devices based on Android other, given that the Android system is a Linux variant operas supported by Google. Meanwhile, Microsoft Windows is still the largest market share of the operating system.

Readers who read this page, also read:

  1. Alpha 680 The first Android Netbook
  2. BenQ Joybook Lite U103 Netbook
  3. BenQ Joybook Lite T131 Ultra-portable Netbook Specs and Review
  4. ANDROID 1.5 (Newest Version of Android)


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