@MrFX: It seems that the VMLite VBox-Image contains some issues preventing serveral things. I have two suggestions.
a) Try to download a new image form http://www.vmlite.com
b) Try the .iso builds I’ve mentioned here
The iso builds mentioned in b) needs a WiFi connection – maybe it will be a bit difficult to manage that (I failed at least and wasn’t able to bring eth0 up). Therefore I’m using now to approaches:
i) I use some of my netbooks to run Ice Cream Sandwich native (either as a life system from a USB stick – or as an installed version from a SD card)
ii) run it in Virtualbox/VMware workstation using the VMLite image – in this environment I’m using adb to install .apk files for test purposes
But ii) isn’t the right approach for someone that intends to “use” Android as a guest on a native Windows or Mac OS X machine. Maybe VMLite will manage it in a few days to create a VBox image that includes android market. Have a closer look at this thread.
HTH
Günter Born