[snowsislander]

What I'm trying to get a feel for is where Android fits into the picture. Is it, itself, another flavor of Linux, or Unix (as is the Apple OS), or is it "new from the bottom up".

The Wikipedia article seems to have a good summary of this Linux derivative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system).

[Wonder Warthog]

"The Wikipedia article seems to have a good summary of this Linux derivative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)."

Thanks. Looks like an excellent reference. I kind of suspected that there was a strong Linux connection somewhere.

I've been thinking of getting one of the Acer units just to begin to familiarize myself with Linux. But for purposes of our scientific instrument work, the Windows XP versions work handily.