Dual-boot PCs and tablets could potentially give users the best of both worlds with Android and Windows OSes. But they won't catch on as there is little use for such systems, analysts said.

To me, machines that boot Android and Windows are unnecessary given the small market and the existing BlueStacks solution.

Indian phone maker Karbonn is also planning its own dual-booting Android and Windows Phone handset, due to be released in the coming months.

Dual-boot systems running Windows and Linux are already being used, and Asus sells the Transformer AiO P1801, an 18.4-inch portable all-in-one that can switch between Windows and Android.

The AYN Odin is a handheld game console with a 6 inch display, built-in game controllers, and an ARM-based processor. It ships with Android software, but we’ve already seen that it’s possible ...

Microsoft should have every reason to want dual-booting devices because it would allow them to have at least some presence in the same area as Android devices.

In a very uncharacteristic move, Microsoft will allow Indian smartphone maker Karbonn Mobile to make a series of dual-boot smartphones, running both Android and Windows Phone. Although dual-boot ...

PC makers are increasingly pushing devices that dual-boot Android and Windows, and it appears that phone manufacturers will follow a similar path in the coming months.

Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Tab could dual boot both Android and Microsoft's ailing Windows RT operating system, according to a report.

Is there anyone out there — phone user, developer, OEM — that sees something I’m missing? Is there some reason this dual-boot Android-Windows Phone OS idea makes sense on any level? I’m ...

In what will surely provide a boost to Google’s Android platform outside the smartphone arena, computer maker Acer reportedly announced on Wednesday that all of its upcoming dual-core netbooks ...