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Why, why, why? Why do people want Android on a non-mobile/tablet device? It's not designed for a mouse, arguably not even for a keyboard... Ubuntu would rock o
by drivebyacct2 14y ago
Why, why, why? Why do people want Android on a non-mobile/tablet device? It's not designed for a mouse, arguably not even for a keyboard...
Ubuntu would rock on that thing. Okay, maybe not Ubuntu, maybe something a bit better tuned for 1GB of RAM, but still, this would be fun to have for $150.
Also, are those ports empty? ha, Or at least, what is the port that is analogous to the MBA's Thunderbolt port? I don't recognize it.
edit Actually, I'd definitely get down with Chrome OS on this. Is there a usable ARM port of Chrome OS?
- georgemcbay 14y agoAndroid from Honeycomb on is quite nice with a mouse/keyboard combination, particularly if the "mouse" is really a multitouch touchpad. I use my ASUS Transformer in that configuration more than I use it in tablet form, and I find that both the hardward keyboard and the touchpad work perfectly fine. The real downside isn't the OS support, but the app selection. There are still far too few apps built assuming that some percentage of the userbase will be using richer-than-touchscreen-only input methods, but this is beginning to slowly change as more full-featured office apps and IDEs are starting to appear.
- wmf 14y agoI don't think it has anything to do with what people want. Getting Android running on this hardware was easier than getting Ubuntu running, so that's what they did.