Seems big pimp Microsoft is telling it's whore's what's what.

"Rayfield said there wouldn't be much in it if one considered the cost of putting together one's own application stack and the support needed for Linux."

You won't fool developers with that statement, Rayfield. Unless, of course, these developers look to you for their information. Take your STF (sexually transmited FUD) else where.

It's my understanding that:

1. Android 2.0 (Oct?) will resolve the screen resolution issue.

2. Android already supports OpenGL hardware acceleration.

If so, it seems that Tegra smartbooks running Android could theoretically ship this year.

Since Android supports OTA updates, Android could be deployed early on and, as further Tegra optimizations are made, they could be pushed out to active users.

Just after I said Sylvie's grammar is about perfect, I stumbled across this article... damn :(

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/42965/135/ Is bit on XDR Memory of next Gen, starting out in PS3 & now expanding to higher frequencies. with about 50 Gb/s Total throughput & over 10 Gb/s actual potential rating, above. Its Got Mikes Seal of Aproval.

Next: Android from same soccer:
slogans - Make it Mine, Stay Close, and Discover the Unexpected - which amount to ways of designing the interface of the Hero to suit the way you want your phone to look.

The Hero phone has a 3.2-inch HVGA display and comes with GPS, a digital compass, a gravity sensor, a 3.5 millimeter stereo headset jack, a five megapixel autofocus camera and MicroSD memory.

The Hero has a Teflon coating, an anti-fingerprint screen and a bevel edged design.

Not as Big as Slyvs' Android, Yet Out Next Week In BritAIn, thats in Europe.
AHSO, MAGIC BUTTON SWIPED GOT YE BUTTONS:

■Fully Differential Memory Architecture (FDMA) – Enhances signal integrity and increases performance through point-to-point differential signaling of clock, data, and command/address (C/A).
■FlexLink C/A – Reduces pin count and increases scalability.
■Enhanced FlexPhase – Enables high memory signaling rates, simplifies routing and board design.
■Micro-threading of the DRAM core – Increases data transfer efficiency and reduces power consumption.
■16X Data Rate – Facilitates high data rates by utilizing a relatively low-speed system clock.

DID THEY MENTION XIO CONTROLLER IS 3.5x BETTER THAN gddr5 or 2X faster.

So now when I want to run xxx Linux app on my Tegra device I just download the source code and make all... oh wait, no, now I'm limited to the craptacular CE apps.

What a bunch of morons. Nobody gives a flying hoot what OS is underneath an android device as long as the OS works. Netbooks are a completely different beast. Look at TomTom, that runs Linux, think anybody cares?

I wonder if this has something to do with the fact that Microsoft has selected Tegra for their next media player (ZuneHD?). I'm sure if not this little fact Linux would have been in many more headlines as I'm sure more sane nvidia engineers would have never thought of CE as a good OS for mobile devices.

I with nVidia with Tegra would have paired with Nokia (instead of Intel) to create a rocking combination for their Nokia Maemo 5 + hardware accelerated Qt platform.

CE will fail on smartbooks since there will be few to none applications for average Joe.
The most capable OS for the job seems to be plain Linux. Somehow this option is not even discussed.