Acer Aspire One D260

[Buzz]

Dual boots both Windows 7 and Android 2.1

I'm not a massive Netbook fan, but for people who are, it sounds alright.

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• 1.66 Intel Atom CPU
• 10.1" Display
• 1GB RAM (2GB max)
• 160GB HDD (250GB for $499)
• 8 hours battery life
  

[bunnybash]

This looks promising if only for the fact that Android will be made available to us to install on our own netbook

[Lilithia]

What does this mean for me if I purchased the netbook but do not have an Android handset? I have been shopping around for a netbook & have thought that this Aspire One looked quite nice.

[bunnybash]

It just means that the netbook itself boots into either windows or Android, which means you choose which os you are going to use each time you turn it on. It has nothing to do with what phone you have.

[filthyspringbok]

Picked one of these up a couple of weeks back. It's a rock solid little netbook but the Android side of it is utterly pointless, no Market, no Google Apps (Gmail etc) and no way to get either on there.

I'm using it as a demo/testing machine for work and the dual core atom is pretty snappy. For the last week and a half it's been put in to service by my GF while she waits for her building to reopen after the floods. As far as netbooks go, it's a great buy just not for the Android bit.

[skooter]

Have you tried the xda gapps?

[filthyspringbok]

Nah, I didn't but from what I've read it probably wouldn't work. Even if it did work, without Market access I didn't see much point using the Android side, so I haven't booted into it.