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Microsoft’s Steve Guggenheimer may think that Android on tablets is still just an experiment, but it looks like NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang would beg to differ. Speaking at Computex, he said that “Windows is too big and it’s too full featured for smartbooks and tablets,” and that Android is instead finally an “operating system to unite behind.” He also admits, however, that Android isn’t quite ready for primetime in its current incarnation when it comes to tablets, but he says that Google knows this, and recognizes that Android “has to evolve, and be enhanced in certain capabilities, in order to be a good tablet operating system.” According to Huang, “we’ll have to wait until the Fall” for that to happen, but he seems confident that it will indeed happen, adding that the “operating systems are coming together” and “the devices are coming together.”

NVIDIA CEO says Android is an OS to ‘unite behind,’ will be better tailored to tablets this Fall originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Canon PowerShot SD4000, the company’s first compact with a back-lit CMOS sensor, achieves an elusive point-and-shoot camera feat: crisp, clean nighttime photography. And it’s not even that expensive. More »

The LG UX10, previewed at Computex 2010, sports a 10.1-inch capacitive touch screen, 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, 1GB RAM and Windows 7 Home Premium operating system.

Sure, the Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition features the same underclocked 768MHz Snapdragon and Android 2.1 as the original Liquid E that launched in February, but, well, this one comes with a flashy Ferrari F1 Red paint job and matching Elite Bluetooth earpiece. Can’t say no to that, can you? You know the rest of the drill: 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen, five megapixel camera with autofocus, geotagging, and adjustable ISO, included 8GB microSD card, and the Acer Sync app that syncs changes across your phone and PC. No word on price or availability, but it certainly looked pretty on the Computex show floor — we’ll let you know if we find out more.

[Thanks, Shreedhan]

Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition revs up Android 2.1 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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