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Originally Posted by conan50
Working from memory, most Google apps are not available on the Kindle Fire, Google Music, Youtube, Play Books, Play Videos, Chrome browser
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I don't know about the app, but Youtube videos work fine. Youtube is my kid's number one use of their Fires. Chrome runs fine, it just needs to be side-loaded. The other Google stuff would indeed require more hoops to jump through --too much for me to mess with, but remember, Amazon has their fairly popular ecosystem as well. People with libraries of music and movies on Amazon probably care little for Google music and video. That's kind of Amazon's point with it.
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Originally Posted by conan50
you would be surprised at how useful Android is on a larger screen with a keyboard and touchpad.
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No I wouldn't.
But I'd be surprised if a device with a larger screen, keyboard and touchpad was considered a "tablet" which is what was under discussion, since that form factor is a key differentiator.
And really, what about it being "Android" per se made the netbook any more useful than the OS that came on it, be it Windows or Linux? I'd think that with out a touch screen, and with more screen real estate, running Android would be more of a novelty rather than particularly more useful than a "real" computer OS, as we're calling it. Personally, I think Angry Birds sucks without a touch screen. Fruit Ninja is even worse.
I agree that we are going to see a convergence of device types, but I don't know that their killer OS will be Android in any form or flavor. In fact, if forced to go one way or the other, I'd bet against it. I'd predict there will be something totally new evolving out lessons learned in Linux, Android, and iOS.
By the way, I never got hooked on netbooks. Too many physical compromises and too under-powered.
When I did get my hands on a friend's netbook once, I took off Windows and put on a light Linux distro (Easy Peasy). Made it more bearable to use.
Tablets have overwhelmed the consumer market segment that the netbook was hoping to conquer, and rightfully so, I think.