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Anybody wants to take it for a Whirl?

http://www.android-x86.org/

Downloading it now - only one hour left I will see what I can do with it in Virtualbox.

Note it is for the Eee PC platform:

To provide complete solution for Android on Eee PC platforms first and then to provide solutions for common x86 platforms as well.

Wow! Great way to test the system before even buying it! Looks like you can do all you want with this. But there is no control over what your Phone is sending. Someone can register your whereabouts almost every second of the day. Sad but most modern phone systems are like this today so I guess Google is only a little bit worse than the rest of them.
Having said that I like it so far. I had to configure my ethernet on Android and that went just fine. Then I surfed to the most important websites in the world - starting with this one of course - and they look smashing. No complaints. Even the stupid phone games work fine in the VB.
The screen keyboard is beutifully synced with my standard keyboard so I really can give the whole enchilada a spin! Nice!
Now lemme see if I can find that terminal.......
No I can't but that is no surprise. It has got this nice apache SSH thing though making a logon to any server possible.
AHH Found the terminal now. Commencing complete destruction as usual - or maybe I can manage something constructive
Struggling to find a Norwegian keyboard. Interesting to look at the init.rc but not much hacking possible, due to the keyboard and I am hopeless with vi.
Good find there R_Head
Still playing around with it...

Interesting. I burned a livecd and it was snappy, colorful on my desktop. Guess my next phone will have to have a 3 GHz dual-core
Then, I spent a lot of time trying to do a usb boot from a 512M flash card but concluded the reader won't work, anymore.
Finally, I put the iso on a 2G Data Traveler with Unebootin and booted it on my legacy eee-pc 701. There, I was able to connect to the wireless router (obviously, built for this notebook, the atheros wifi chip is supported). I had navigated to the forum in the browser and began to compose a post, but something crashed on the eep. The screen went dark, the status lights were going on and off, and I couldn't wake up the screen with mouse, keyboard or touchpad. Even holding down the power button for a long time did not shut it down. I took out the key but, evidently, resident in memory, android had some sort of hold on the eep
Had to take the battery out to get control back. Don't know what happened but it looks like a nice OS.

I will like to try it on my Panasonic Toughbook CF-29.

I posted this so many times that I will like to have a Linux OS that is capable of using the Touchscreen that comes with the Laptop.

Is quiet irritating, the mouse pad is so jacked up, even on MS that you have to press and stroke it like 5 to 6 times to go from one side of the screen to the other. Sure will blister your fingers. The other way is an optical mouse and work just fine.

Well, compared to 'Blazer' on my Treo 755p, this is a very sophisticated browser; even with a 'remember password' feature!
I wanted to try again and it seems I ran into the Android 'screen off' power saving function the first time. If I punch the eep power button a couple of times, the screen wakes up and I can disable screen blanking in one of the menus. Takes some getting used to, what with the interaction between the cellphone OS, the eep keyboard, and a wireless mouse (I hate touchpads).
~Posted from EEEPC 701 running Android, ftw

Oh crap, you have to log in to view content and I do not feel making an account.

Now I am horrible at doing columns. Boss, would you mind for me please? Thanks.

Bryan Richard at Linux Magazine wrote:

If you’re the proud new owner of an Android-based smartphone or tablet you might be digging through the Market wondering what you should be installing. So I thought we’d take this chance to tap the collective wisdom of the Linux Mag audience and see what everyone is using on their phones and tablets. Below are my six go-to apps running on my Motorola Droid, share yours in the comments. 1. GMail + Priority Inbox Priority Inbox is the best thing to happen to email since GMail. 2. Pandora In the past couple of years I’ve fully embraced the music rental model. Having sold or given away around 200 CDs earlier this year, I don’t actually “own” any music (physical or digital). Despite this there’s always music playing in our house. Pandora is the go-to app but, depending on the mood, StreamFurious, LastFM, Slacker or Rhapsody will be running or one or more devices around here. 3. Pulse News Reader Lives up to the hype. The only RSS reader I’m interesting in looking at on this small of a screen. 4. SBMX (Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile) I can’t really stress how good this app is; just a wonderfully intuitive drawing platform. This app alone turned my phone into something that I enjoy using rather than a convenient jukebox, alarm clock or handy email client. Ridiculously underpriced at $2.99, the free version has plenty of features to get you hooked.

5. CardioTrainer While the UI leaves a lot to be desired (see RunStar for comparison), CardioTrainer packs a number of slick features into a workout app that the competitors haven’t implemented yet: treadmill support, Google Health integration, step counter, distance travelled (map display) and audio pace/distance notifications (really, really nice). CardioTrainer also supports tracking for a number of other workouts but I’ve only really used it for tracking runs. 6. FBReader In stark contrast to my stance on music ownership, I’m a dyed-in-the-wool dead tree man when it comes to my books. But as a option of last resort I will turn to FBReader if I’m stuck somewhere without a trusty paperback in tow. I find the user experience and customization to be a bit better than the Kindle’s app (Google Books doesn’t even really merit a mention). And with the deep selection of public domain material at http://www.feedbooks.com/, I’ll not be running out of material to satisfy my cravings for either the classics or early-to-mid-20th century pulps any time soon. Special Mention: Launcher Pro Replacement for Android’s stock home launcher. An app, but more of a system-wide tool. Still in beta and can be a bit of a memory hog but tremendously better than the default option. That’s my list after six months with the Droid. It’s quite boring I know: no games, no social media. What are your go-to apps?