Android is, as many of you no-doubt already know, an operating system designed to be run on mobile phones. Originally it was developed by Google, but now development is being handled by the Open Handset Alliance - a consortium of 48 software, hardware and telecom companies. Currently I know of  that at least some of the HTC phones are using Android as their operating system.

Even though Android has been out for a few years now, you have only been able to run it in an emulator of sorts, unless you own one of those smartphones. However, now for the first time, you can run it directly on your computer!

I have tried it out on my laptop, and now I’m going to give you a quick tour of Live Android and see if it’s worth using on your netbook.

Read the rest of this article »