Android gets ported to Atom platform

Intel has itself confirmed that they have ported the open-source Android operating system designed for mobile devices for the x86-hardware. We may now finally see mobile phones based on x86-infrastructure. We are also pretty sure that Atom, being the most power-frugal Intel chip, is going to be the choice of processor for the smartphones and netbooks.

Note -  we too were able to make our Eee 701 run Android, thanks to Android x86 project

Acer India launches Aspire D250 Android in India for $400

We mentioned last month that Acer would be launching its first Android netbook in the month of November and according to the latest news bits, Acer India has already rolled out Aspire D250 Android version in India for a fairly low price of $400 (Rs 18599). At this price, you get Windows XP and Android OS, both in one machine.

Specifications have undergone no change at all. It still uses Atom N280, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM and GMA 950 chipset. It is better to stick with GMA 950 than having something like GMA 500 under the hood which just did not give us good performance while reviewing the VAIO X.

According to netbook india, Android is yet to take off in India, so it may not be considered as the coolest feature on the netbook.