Android-based Smartbook with Snapdragon Chipset? Now, That’s Interesting!

Video courtesy of Slashgear

So, if Google’s Chrome OS announcement disappointed me, Slashgear’s report about the plain looking…

Quanta Android Smartbook hands-on plus Qualcomm tablet prototype [Video]

…is very interesting to me. This notebook/netbook/smartbook looks like any of the hundreds of others on the market. But, it runs Google’s Android operating system like the Droid, G1, and other smartphones currently on the market. Android looks like a capable lightweight quick booting OS. And, I think it will be a good fit as a quick-boot netbook for people on the go. It can do everything a Chrome OS device could do (access the web) as well as run Android apps. Sounds good to me!

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