Taiwanese ODM Compal Communications are preparing to develop Android-based netbooks, according to the stylish reports in the Commercial Times.  Compal, who were tipped to verify over manufacturing of the Acer Aspire One, and are believed to be the ODM for the Dell arrange of Inspiron Mini netbooks, are supposedly in negotiations with individual notebook vendors regarding the project.

Details on the netbooks themselves are slim, with neither DigiTimes nor the Chinese-language essay suggesting what specifications Compal hit in mind.  One existence is that the ODM module ingest the somewhat tralatitious Intel Atom platform; Android has already been shown to separate successfully on the Atom N270-based ASUS Eee PC.

Another existence is that Compal could invoke to ARM’s chipset range, selecting either a more base processor or something HD-capable much as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon.  Android-based Snapdragon devices are due to start this year, rank with 1080p hold and high-speed WWAN connectivity.