ASUS has apparently decided to ditch Windows 7 Embedded on their Eee Pad EP101TC and replace it with Android. The 12.2mm thick touchscreen slate was launched at Computex earlier this year, with a 10-inch display and 675g chassis; according to NetbookNews, ASUS’ original plan to use Microsoft’s cut-down embedded version of Windows 7 has been dumped in favor of Google’s open-source OS.
The actual version of the Android OS used is unclear. ASUS are said to be waiting for Android 3.0 Gingerbread to arrive before announcing their next crop of devices at CES 2011 in January next year, and NetbookNews.de claim the company is using 2.2 Froyo for their prototype but will likely ship with 3.0. 3G versions are also tipped.
How did this do in comparison to the Sylvania netbook , that was released around the same time.
I know they were originally going to release the ASUS with a windows CE operating system as well. Now that I look at the Sylvania though, I’m glad they didn’t. The performance would of been much worse.
Linked the wrong netbook there, here’s the Sylvania netbook I was talking about.
That’s the one that runs Windows CE on it, which is what ASUS originally planned for.