Acer plans to incorporate Android in the Aspire One. This will give Acer a significant marketing edge, whereas users will get more choice in the form of Google's mobile phone operating system on their netbooks apart from Microsoft's operating system. They may select their preferred option of operating system.
Acer feels that the Android operating system will significantly contribute to the worldwide netbook market growth. At the recent Computex trade show in Taiwan, the company stated it planned to ship most versions of its new Aspire One netbook with a version of Linux-based Android operating system, employed on mobile phones like the G-1. Shipping both Android and Windows on a majority of Aspire One netbooks will cut down the cost of having separate stock-keeping units for Windows and Linux.
"The Android operating system will allow Acer netbook users faster Internet connectivity, enhancing efficiency on-the-go," claimed the company. It remains to be seen how many users of Aspire One actually employ Android because, in Q3, the company will presumably begin shipping netbooks running Windows 7.
Presumably, even the Starter version (that no longer has the potential limit of only being able to run 3 apps at once) looks markedly better than Android. But it still might give Acer a selling point against other rival netbooks that don't incorporate something similar.
Android is open source so suppliers can customize it. One of the main reasons Linux failed on netbooks was that the top suppliers offered their own versions instead of opting to unite behind a common platform. It now remains to be seen whether the netbook market will have different versions of Android.
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