MIPS Technologies has announced to design Android-based set-top boxes and netbooks at the CES in Las Vegas this week. A prototype Android IPTV (Internet protocol TV) set-top box will also be shown by MIPS at the show.
The set-top box will have MIPS-Based STB that will include video-on-demand, ThinkFree Office software, web browser and remote control keyboard and 1080p HD quality video. Although Google designed the Linux-based Android OS as a mobile stack, after the search giant open-sourced the platform …

With the sales of netbooks expected to double (to 20 million units worldwide) in 2009, and Mac enthusiasts already shoehorning OS X onto existing netbooks, it stands to reason that Apple is paying attention. Apple is working with Taiwanese display manufacturer Wintek Corp. and the world’s largest notebook maker Quanta to assemble the new machines.