The Asus Android netbook we were told had been left to rot inside Asus’s Taiwanese R&D labs is back on track for a commercial release next year. Want to get an ultra portable with Google’s first mobile OS onboard? Read on for details of how, and when.
Asus CEO Jerry Shen seems to have had a Damascus road conversion on the merits of an Asus Android netbook, like the one we saw on display early on in the Summer. After shelving the critter in August because the market was unclear, he’s now told investors that the Asus Android netbook/smart-book will be out in Q1 2010, and declared it could prove to be the computer cobbler’s secret weapon next year.
Android Eee PC stuck in stasis
It gets better though: Shen said this Asus Android netbook would cost just $180 (£110). Yes, you read that right. £110 for a full-blown netbook. Consider that original Eee PCs were still selling for more a year ago, and the Asus Android netbook sounds like a bargain basement route to mobile computing.
The jury is still out on Android on netbooks, as Google’s yet to fully demonstrate the Android OS, but the Eee PC implementation we saw at Computex was seriously impressive. It ran on a low power processor so didn’t need a fan, and offered hours on end of battery life, so if Shen can somehow make that tech come together with that price point, we’re in. Expect more at CES in January.
Out TBC | £TBC | Asus (Via CrunchGear)
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