[webschooner]

I have the first mobile phone with the Android OS, the G1, and the OS is very good, very user friendly, and very stable -- never crashes or locks up on me. I like the OS a lot. If you are interested in one person's personal experience with the OS on the new G1, visit my profile page.

There will be a number of cell phone manufacturers and carriers hitting the market with phones with the open source Android OS in 2009.

I think it is likely when Google built the Android OS, their plan has been all along to start with mobile phones, and with success there, build the system for netbooks, and ultimately laptops and PC's.

[webschooner]

tech ping

[Wonder Warthog]

Don't most netbooks already come running a flavor of Linux (those that aren't loaded with Windows XP)??

How is Android superior to that??

We just bought three of the Acer Aspire netbooks (1GB RAM, 120GB hard drive), and they are really impressive. We run Labview on them to control dedicated fluidic instruments.

[VanDeKoik]

Honestly both Microsoft and Apple should be very afraid of Android. Not because it’s from Google, but because all it will take is some company like HP or Dell, slicking up the interface,optimizing the OS for their hardware, and producing their own killer apps, to become essentially their own Apple/MS competitor overnight.

[dennisw]

Google should be pushing Android on these cute little Eee PC

I played with one at Best Buy that had Linux and it seemed very good

[LuxAerterna]

I got my daughter a Dell mini-laptop/netbook (9" screen) for Christmas that runs Ubuntu Linux and so far have been quite pleased by the performance. My only concern is finding anti-malware software that runs on Linux.

Many of these netbooks run on a Intel Atom processor which simply cannot handle the load generated by bloated Vista. I also think that a lot of users don't want XP either because the purchase of this operating system increases the cost of these relatively inexpensive computers by 25% or more. The proliferation of netbooks has created a real opening, at least for the team being, for non-Microsoft operating systems. My guess is that Microsoft is not taking this development lying down and will eventually release a leaned down and inexpensive version of Vista or Windows 7 to compete in this space.

[Astronaut]

Anyone interested in a really good open source OS should try OpenSolaris http://www.opensolaris.com. Its the open source version of Solaris 10 from Sun Microsystems. I’m running it on a ThinkPad and its very stable, has a much better looking GUI than any Linux I’ve seen, and is very easy to learn. There is a ton of support on the web from Sun. They stand behind OpenSolaris.

[martin_fierro]

Hmmmm.

[hoosierham]

Radio Shack had these mini pcs for $99 pre Christmas IF you would commit to a 2 year $60 monthly wireless subscription.Post Christmas,it's $199 .

Personally I prefer a larger screen and keyboard.

I have a co-worker who was given a little ASUS but prefers to use an older Thinkpad for its bigger screen.

If someone ever makes a device that fits in regular pockets but opens up easily to a comfortable screen and keyboard ,then look out!

[Excellence]

I really want one of these things, but hesitate to get the first generation. I’m wondering if I could use something like Vonage through it, then I would just give up my cell phone. Does the eee machine have a card slot to accomodate a Verizon wireless pc card?

[ShadowAce]

[ShadowAce]

[Aquinasfan]

I just want to know why the internet is so sloooooooow on my computer, even with broadband.