Acer, the world's third biggest PC maker, yesterday said it would begin shipping the world's first mainstream notebook computer using Google's Android operating system in the third quarter of this year.
The move opens a new front in Google's battle with Microsoft by offering an alternative to its Windows XP operating system, which dominates the netbook market with a roughly 80 per cent market share.
Microsoft charges about $20 per computer for the XP, analysts say, while Google does not charge for its Android system, which is based on the open-source Linux software.
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