Acer, one of the big players in the netbook market, will be offering customers the option of the Android operating system (OS) in place of Microsoft Windows on its new netbook.

The Google Android-running netbooks announced by Acer early this week reportedly will ship with Windows installed as well. On Monday, Acer announced that it would ship an Aspire One netbook ...

Just over a week after a Chinese web site posted some hands-on impressions of a pre-release version of Acer’s upcoming netbook loaded with the Google Android operating system, Gizmodo is ...

There isn’t a lack of Android MIDs and smartphones these days, and soon there will be an Android netbook on the market. Acer will release its dual-boot Android, Windows XP Aspire One in time for ...

Microsoft has a competitor to Windows in the netbook market that's not called Linux. It's -- guess who? -- Google, with the Android operating system, which will soon run on some Acer netbooks and ...

The questions surrounding an Android OS netbook will no doubt concern driver support, software compatibility and networking capabilities. By Marie Boran ...