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No new netbooks from Asustek, Acer in 2H09; Acer pushes back Android netbook
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| Asustek Computer and Acer will not offer any new netbooks in the second half
| of 2009, as Intel plans to push the launch of its entry-level products
| including the Pine Trail-M platform to the first quarter of 2010, according
| to industry sources.
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http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090728PD206.html
Report: Acer Android Netbook pushed back
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| But if the Digitimes report is accurate, it means something has shifted at
| Acer HQ. At Computex in early June, company executives were very excited
| about the possibilities of Android on Netbooks, even saying that the majority
| of Acer Netbooks will come with Android as an alternative operating system to
| Microsoft's Windows.
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| "Netbooks are designed to be compact in size and easy to connect to the
| Internet wherever you go," Jim Wong, Acer's president of IT products, said at
| the time. "The Android operating system offers incredibly fast wireless
| connection to the Internet; for this reason, Acer has decided to develop
| Android Netbooks for added convenience to our customers."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10297268-1.html
Recent:
MS steps on a Snapdragon
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| That brings us back to the Asus and what was billed as the best
| netbook/smartbook of the show. You have a company that kicked off the netbook
| craze two years ago with the Eee, an OS that is not only MS free, but Linux
| based as well, and a chipmaker that actually delivers product. The buzz was
| growing at Computex, and that would create a PR disaster for MS.
|
| So it went away. No really, it went *POOF* in the middle of the show. No
| explanation, no excuses, just that it was there one day, and gone the next.
| PR disaster averted for Redmond, phew.
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http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/06/12/ms-steps-snapdragon/
Press-release of 21.07.2009
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| On 15th July 2009, the Commission of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS
| Russia) began proceedings in a case against «Асеr Inc.», «ASUSTeK Computer
| Inc.», «Toshiba Corporation», «Hewlett-Packard Company», « Samsung
| Electronics Co., Ltd.» and «Dell Inc.» for the elements of violating the
| antimonopoly legislation. In accordance with the Determination of 20th July
| 2009, the FAS Russia's Commission, investigating the case, suspended the case
| until receiving additional evidence. The case will continue on 10th September
| 2009.
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http://www.fas.gov.ru/english/news/n_25502.shtml
- From Russia with Linux
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| Be sure Microsoft will put up a fight, because it will:
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| 1. Make clear to the customer what he pays for and how much he pays for
| it;
| 2. Make it virtually impossible to impose its terms to hardware
| manufacturers;
| 3. Give customers a real alternative, backed by a major company;
| 4. Expose the vulnerability of its business model in the 21st century to
| the shareholders in a way that cannot be misunderstood;
| 5. Create a dangerous precedent - if here, why not in the US?
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http://thebeezspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/07/from-russia-with-linux.html
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