We have another netbook and smartphone manufacturer joining Android Bandwagon. Benq, according to Yahoo Tech, is planning Android Smartphones and Netbooks for 2010.
Currently, Benq sells netbooks with Windows XP and mobile phones running Symbian OS along with mobile internet devices with Linux OS.
While everyone has been trying Android on their netbooks, Acer may win the race to launch first Android based netbook. According to engadget, Acer is going to launch its Android based netbook in Q3 of 2009. The announcement was made by Acer’s global president for IT, Jim Wong. The Android netbooks will run Atom and Acer will continue to offer Microsoft OS along with Android builds.
Can Android compete with Microsoft? It would exciting to see who next will announce Android based netbook? Maybe Oracle? Who knows about buying Sun, they might 
New Android devices news are pouring in. Earlier, Samsung announced its first Android handset, now Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies Co has annouced availability of first netbook Alpha 680 to run Android mobile operating systems within three months.
According to the article in Computerworld , Alpha 680 uses an ARM11 CPU running at 533 MHz, which is also used in Iphone and Iphone Touch devices. The Alpha 680 will have a 7-in. LCD screen at 800 by 480 pixels, 128MB of DDR2 RAM (expandable to 256 MB) and a 1GB solid-state disk (SSD) drive (expandable to 4 GB, though users can also add storage through the SD card or two USB ports). It will also have built-in Wi-Fi, keyboard and touch pad.
The device is is currently in testing, and final prototypes will be ready by June.
Looking forward to the device ……