News - Dell teases 7in tablet

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Company CEO pulls out new device, but details are thin on the ground.

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[mikerr]

The problem is that Google won't allow Android Marketplace on devices which don't have a phone in them - their idea was probably to keep that userspace for GoogleOS and/or their own tablet.

This is killing android tablets for now IMO

[baius]

Is it possible to put a Windows/Linux OS on these?

[Funkstar]

No.

Android doesn't run on x86 hardware and Windows doesn't run on the Marvell/Qualcom/ARM/Samsung hardware used for mobile phones or mobile phone derived tablets.

[aidanjt]

Android doesn't run on x86 hardware...

Hmmm?

[Funkstar]

Standard Android doesn't though. Yes it's open source so a a built could be made available for any platform they want to port it to, but the Google builds are not for x86.

[aidanjt]

Google doesn't do any of the builds, the device manufacturer builds and customises android for each device. I think it would be fair to say that Google actively supports, tests, and optimises for ARM, but it is generic enough that it will run anywhere Linux supports, should any device manufacturer care to use non-ARM hardware.