The announcement mainly relates to the promotion of this partnership to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs). This tag-team will mean that Moblin will take advantage of HyperSpace’s instant-on OS, which means netbook users can access the web and other applications just one-second after turning on the device.

These other applications include HyperSpace Office, which is Microsoft compatible, Google Picasa and Adobe Photoshop. The dedicated netbook operating system segment is becoming a competitive playing field, what with Jolicloud and Ubuntu Netbook Remix already creating waves, not forgetting the juggernaut that is Google with its Chrome OS coming next year. This competition can only benefit consumers and provide some interesting innovations in the netbook space.

Via Laptop Mag.

This ‘pre-OS’ is a new breed of applications based on Linux that are meant to boot up faster than Windows (or any other full operating system). In other words, they bring you online in less than 30 seconds and offer quick, easy access to the type of applications you’ll want to use.

Presto is said to differ from other solutions by being able to install directly from Windows. It is Prestos user-friendliness that sets it apart from other Linux distros. On installation, Presto has a single dock containing shortcuts to Firefox 3.0, Pidgin 2.4.3, Skype 2.0, the File Manager, and the Xandros’ application store. The ‘Presto App Store’ allows you to install other apps easily (Picasa, AVG for Linux and Last FM). Xandros claims that it will load in 15 seconds. However, Laptop Mag, found that from cold boot to full connectivity was just under 50 seconds.

Some of the more popular pre-OS solutions already on the market are Splashtop and Hyperspace. MSI have also announced an instant-on OS called Winki. Other upcoming pre-OSs that we’ll be keeping an eye on include Jolicloud, gOS Cloud and Moblin. JKKMobile has a video (below) of Presto in action on the Asus Eee PC 900. Despite a few hardware issues, he came away quite impressed with the beta.