Editing Netbook (section)

===Android===
[[File:Craig Netbook.jpg|thumb|right|A low-cost [[Craig Electronics|Craig]] netbook with [[Android (operating system)|Android]]]]
Google's [[Android (operating system)|Android]] software platform, designed for mobile telephone handsets, has been demonstrated on an ASUS Eee PC and its version of the Linux operating system contains policies for [[mobile internet device]]s including the original Asus Eee PC 701.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://venturebeat.com/2009/01/01/android-netbooks-on-their-way-likely-by-2010/ |title=Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010 |work=SocialBeat |date=January 1, 2009 |first1=Matthäus |last1=Krzykowski |name-list-style=amp |first2=Daniel |last2=Hartmann }}</ref> ASUS has allocated engineers to develop an Android-based netbook.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a4E9sAyqigOU |title=Google Android May Run Asus Netbook, Rival Microsoft (Update1) |work=Bloomberg |date=February 20, 2009 |first=Tim |last=Culpan }}</ref> In May 2009 a contractor of Dell announced it is porting [[Adobe Flash Lite]] to Android for Dell netbooks.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/bsquare-port-adobe-flash-lite-new-google-android-netbook-del |title=Bsquare to Port Adobe Flash Lite on New Google Android Netbook for Del |work=FierceWireless |date=May 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513022550/http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/bsquare-port-adobe-flash-lite-new-google-android-netbook-del |archive-date=May 13, 2009 }}</ref> [[Acer Inc.|Acer]] announced Android netbooks to be available in Q3/2009.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSTP18980620090602 |title=Acer to sell Android netbook PCs in Q3 |work=Reuters |date=June 2, 2009 }}</ref> In July 2009, a new project, Android-x86,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.android-x86.org/ |title=Android-x86 project}}</ref> was created to provide an open source solution for Android on the x86 platform, especially for netbooks.