Asus weighing up Chrome versus Android

Asus chair Jonney Shih has informed ZDNet UK his company has prototype Android and Chrome OS smartbooks and is currently deciding whether to release an ARM-based device to complement its Intel-based Eee PCs. They are still not sure if users would sacrifice Windows compatibility for a lower-cost subnotebook running a Linux-based OS on a non-Intel compatible ARM chipset. In addition, they need to choose between Google's two operating systems, Android and Chrome OS.

Android is targeted towards smartphones while Chrome OS is cloud-centric and based on the Chrome web browser. The former is faster but is suited more for smaller screens while the latter has multi-windowing.