There were some rumors spreading recently about Google's Android operating system being developed for cheaper netbooks as well, besides phones and internet tablets. This seems rather logical, as we have already heard of very cheap Windows CE-based, laptop-like devices, that are rather internet tablets, but the large display and the full QWERTY keyboard are attractive, and the price-tag of about 99 dollars isn't bad either. It seems that the Symbian Foundation wouldn't like to fall behind on the market of free and open platforms, and following every move of the Open Handset Alliance, they have announced their operating system for Intel Atom, which has no problem dealing with OpenGL contents either. It is not yet known if there will be anyone interested in this, or if a Symbian-based netbook will be manufactured. For example, the Windows CE device we've mentioned uses an ARM CPU, so the system cannot run applications developed for standard Windows operating systems, but it's perfect for browsing and viewing documents.
Translated by Szaszati
