Gadget Carnival

Jim Wong, President of IT Products at Acer, was speaking at the Computex Trade Show when he said that an Acer Aspire One netbook with Android operating system would make an appearance during the third quarter of 2009. Wong reckons that, primarily, the “incredibly fast wireless connection to the Internet” that Android provides has been the motivation for getting the product out so quickly.

“Netbooks are designed to be compact in size and easy to connect to the Internet wherever you go,” said Jim Wong. “The Android operating system offers incredibly fast wireless connection to the Internet; for this reason, Acer has decided to develop Android netbooks for added convenience to our customers.”

Android is a free, open source, and fully customizable mobile platform. Its full stack offering includes an operating system, middleware, and key mobile applications. Third-party developers can customize and integrate Android applications, bringing true add-on value to benefit the end-users.