14 DAY TRIAL // Despite previous reports, it appears that Acer is on track for releasing its first Android-running Atom-based netbook system, scheduled to arrive in the third quarter of this year. The company has recently put a stop to claims that it has reconsidered its decision to provide customers with a netbook flavor of Google's Android platform and has confirmed that said netbook PC is on its way. In addition, according to Acer, the world's third largest vendor of portable PCs, the new netbook won't be running Windows XP as a primary or secondary operating system, meaning that Android will be the only OS users will get.
News of Acer taking an interest in the Android operating system for one of its upcoming netbooks surfaced earlier this year, during the Computex show in Taiwan, where the company showcased an Aspire One netbook running on the much-hyped mobile operating system. Back then, it said that it planned to unveil Android-running netbooks, an announcement that was made a day after it unveiled that it planned on launching Android-based smartphones in the fourth quarter of this year.
According to a recent news-article on PC World, citing a company representative, Acer has confirmed that it's still on track for releasing its previously-announced Android-based netbook in the third quarter of this year. The news comes after rumors of the company having abandoned the project surfaced the Internet earlier this month. According to the news article, the company remains committed to its promise to provide users with an Android alternative to the vast Windows XP-based netbook offering.
The world's third largest laptop vendor and one of the pioneers in the netbook industry, has become interested in Google's mobile OS, after seeing the impressive popularity that Android has benefited from, as well as the development effort that has been put into the project.