Toshiba AC100 can run Android apps, not perfected

By Edwin Kee on 09/26/2010 22:28 PDT

The Toshiba AC100 might be powered by Google Android 2.1, but that doesn’t mean all is fine and dandy. After all, Google has yet to offer official support for notebooks, resulting in Toshiba working on custom software for Android to function with a touchpad (as an example). Toshiba has also included Opera as the default browser of choice instead of the standard Webkit-based browser that comes along with most, if not all Android devices. You won’t find the official Gmail app, Google Calendar, and Google Android Market pre-loaded in the AC100 though, and initial testing with some third party apps have ended up with a mixed bag of results. Docs to Go works fine, but for those who get their news off a RSS feed will find that the NewsRob news reader app functions albeit looking weird in 1,024 x 600 resolution.

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Android Android is mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license.

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