Earlier reports have indicated that Google and its partners are preparing to launch?Android-powered notebooks that could debut later this year. Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities notes that Samsung is just one of many companies that will launch such a product within the coming months, 9to5Google reported. The analyst warns that these ?AndroidBooks? won?t be announced at Google?s upcoming I/O Developers Conference due to the delayed launch of Android 5.0, however, which is meant to help further bridge the gap between computers and smartphones.
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Kuo said that Samsung will, nevertheless, launch an Android-powered notebook in the next three to four months to get a jump on the competition. Initial shipments of the computer will reportedly be limited because ?the current Android OS isn?t well supported for laptops.?
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In addition to upcoming AndroidBooks, the analyst believes that Google is readying an Apple TV competitor, although he doesn?t expect the device to debut at I/O due to a recent change from a Texas Instruments processor to an NVIDIA Tegra chip. Kuo also said that a Google smart watch, which will compliment the company?s Google Glass device, will enter mass production sometime next year.
Google?s I/O Developers Conference is scheduled to take place between May 15th and May 17th in San Francisco.
This article was originally published on BGR.com
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-reportedly-launch-android-notebook-coming-months-154507413.html
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