Acer is readying the Acer Aspire One D260, a dual-boot netbook running Windows 7 and Android on an Intel Atom N450 or new DDR3-ready N455, with a claimed eight hours of battery life. Acer also formally introduced its high-end Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition, a smartphone that runs Android 2.1 on a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, offers a 3.5-inch screen, and — of course — is colored Ferrari F1 red.

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Kontron is sampling a 6U CompactPCI processor board based on the Intel Core i7 processor. The CP6002 boards come in three versions, including one ruggedized model, and offer up to 8GB of soldered DDR3 RAM, six RAID-enabled SATA interfaces, one or two XMC/PMC slots, one or two gigabit Ethernet ports, and six USB 2.0 ports.

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Axiomtek announced a PICMG 1.3 single board computer (SBC) supporting the Intel Core i7, Core i5, Core i3, and Celeron processors. The SHB111 has four PCI slots, four PCIe slots, one PCIe x16 slot, plus dual gigabit Ethernet, six SATA, and 14 USB 2.0 ports.

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Avalue is readying a rugged, fanless, embedded computer for vehicles, industrial machines, and military equipment, equipped with a dual-core Intel Atom D510 processor. The ERS-PNV series offers dual gigabit Ethernet ports, five USB 2.0 ports, three serial ports, plus both CompactFlash and SATA storage, says the company.

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Wind River has released a new version of its test automation framework for embedded device software testing, and also released survey results on embedded development challenges. Wind River Test Management 3.3 is said to improve multicore support, expand run-time test coverage, add a hybrid test type, and debut a new component-based test model.

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HP announced four new web-enabled printers, as well as a new ePrint cloud service with storage, print scheduling, printing management, and remote access from any email-enabled device. The HP Photosmart e-All-in-One printers are offered in four models ranging from $100 to $300, says HP.

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[Updated: June 10] — A Taiwanese startup called Bonux is readying an ARM11-based Android Internet radio with a 4.3-inch touchscreen called the Bonux iMusic Player. Meanwhile, the company is also prepping an AndroidTV Player set-top box based on a similar processor that offers a quick switch between TV and Android sessions.

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At Computex last week, Logitech demonstrated its Android Harmony Link app for remote control of Google TV, says Phandroid. Meanwhile, Chinese consumer electronics giant TCL demonstrated an Android-powered alternative to Google TV, and Expert Reviews offers its praise for People of Lava's Android-powered Scandinavia TV.

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Linux's share of the desktop market grew to 1.13 percent, says Net Applications, making Linux the only OS to improve its position in May. Meanwhile, Linux server share dropped to 20.8 percent, but revenue share grew to 16.8 percent, says IDC, and UC Berkeley's Top500 survey shows Linux running on 91 percent of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers.

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Texas Instruments announced two new 45nm-fabricated processors including 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 cores and performance of up to 2000 Dhrystone MIPS. The AM3703 and Open GL graphics-accelerated AM3715 are descendants of TI's OMAP35x line, while an enhanced version of the AM3715 will be part of the BeagleBoard-xM development board that was also announced today.

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Motorola announced a Europe-destined version of its Motoroi phone called the Milestone XT720, offering Android 2.1, 720p video capture, HDMI, and an eight-megapixel camera with xenon flash. Meanwhile, Motorola is also prepping a somewhat similar “Droid Xtreme” successor to its original Droid for Verizon in the U.S., reports claim.

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Acrosser announced two compact network appliances, each with six gigabit Ethernet ports and Mini PCI expansion slots. The fan-cooled AR-N5205A offers 1.0GHz or 1.5GHz Celeron M processors, whereas the fanless AR-N5205FL adds a low-end 600MHz version and a high-end 1.8GHz Pentium M, the company says.

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At Computex, Shenzhen-based Joyplus announced four tablets that run Android, only two of which use the same CPU. The five-inch Joyplus M508 and seven-inch 5701 both tap the 624MHz Marvell PXA303, while the seven-inch M702 runs on a 600MHz WonderMedia Prizm MW8505, and the seven-inch M703 uses a 600MHz ARM926 CPU paired with a 600MHz DSP, says Joyplus.

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Advantech announced a box computer intended for installation in trucks, buses, and taxis. The Trek-550 includes a 1.1GHz or 1.3GHz Atom CPU, a GPS receiver with dead reckoning option, a cellular modem, a CAN port and multiple serial ports, plus support for two displays with independent audio, the company says.

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Linux-based mobile operating systems, led by Android, will own 33 percent of the global smartphone market by 2015, growing faster than the smartphone market at large, says ABI Research. In addition to examining Android's fast rise, the report looks at WebOS, MeeGo, Bada, LiMo, and ALP versions of mobile Linux.

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