Asus Plan Netbook Android

Almost 85 percent of all the netbook is running on the Windows XP Home. However, Microsoft will get a new competitor: Asus, the "inventor" Netbook, developed a device based on Google Android.

According to information from the website idc.com, quartal last in 2008, about 3.6 billion have been sold in the netbook scope EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Almost every day, a new product from this class always appear in the market. Along with new products, the manufacturer of the software was not utilized in the netbook market-netbook. For example, Microsoft is still producing hinggi Windows XP (Home) and extend their life cycle, because the operating system has made this a good figure. From market researcher Gartner argued that Windows has big role in the netbook market to 85 percent.

However, Microsoft must now face a new competitor. Asus company will bring a netbook based on the Google Android operating system to market. According to Samson Hu, head of department Asus EeePC, netbook android will be completed in this year 2009. When that will soon be marketed, it is still not have clarity. Such as made by the news agency Bloomberg.

Thus, Google will strike Microsoft in the "core business" is. "Behind revealed Android will power of Google," explained Calvin Huang of the Daiwa Securities Group. "With Google behind them, able to make Android Microsoft away from the market," added Huang. According to the calculation Huang, Android does not need such a large specification hardware. In addition, the basis for Android is Open Source.