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What Announcements Will We See for Chrome OS at Google I/O?
Posted on 10. May, 2011 by Daniel Cawrey. 
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Google has said that Chrome OS will be commercially launched “mid-year” 2011. That seems to be right around the corner, and now is a great time for the company to update where Chrome is going with Google I/O. Over the past few weeks we have been hearing some things that might be coming at the keynotes and here is a list of them.
Subscription-Based Model
It’s possible that Google will provide Chrome OS notebooks without an upfront payment in order to get the hardware into people’s hands. This may reduce the anxiety that may come with buying a new operating system. The concept of simplicity may lend well to this idea of only requiring monthly payments for people who already use one of Google’s services such as Gmail. It’s unknown how the wireless carriers would be involved with this one so stay tuned to see what the details might be regarding this.
A Samsung Device
After the I/O keynotes, Samsung will be holding its own press conference with folks from its PC division. That means we’ll probably be getting a first glimpse at their first Chrome OS device. Acer is said to also be launching with Chrome OS hardware, but we haven’t heard any details more details other than the ZGB codename reports in Chromium. What we do know is that the Samsung machine will have a1280X800 screen and an Intel Atom processor.
Chrome OS Devices Will Mass Ship in Second Half 2011, Be at Computex?
Posted on 30. Mar, 2011 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
Four companies are expected to start selling Chrome OS notebooks in large quantities during the second half of 2011. The devices are expected to have between 10-12″ screen sizes, Intel Atom or NVIDIA Tegra 2 processors and one or more may have dual operating system support, according to the Taiwan-based Digitimes.
The companies include Samsung and Acer, which have already be identified by Google as initial hardware partners, as well as Asustek and Sony. The report also says that while both Dell and HP are testing Chrome OS internally, they have not yet made a decision whether or not they will produce them this year.
What’s promising to hear is that both Acer and Asus models are expected to have a retail price under $300. I wrote a few weeks ago that I thought this would be an ideal range to sell these devices, as many early adopters and regular users of Google services would be willing to give a Chrome OS laptop a try for that price. Digitimes also identifies the Sony device to specifically come with a Tegra 2 ARM processor and an 11.6″ screen.
It’s also entirely possible that one or more devices will be shown at Computex, being held May31-June 2 in Taipei, Taiwan. This is probably highly dependent on what Google announces regarding Chrome during the I/O conference in the first part of May.
I’d say that this is exciting news, but as always it’s best to take Digitimes’ reports with a grain of salt. They aren’t always right with their information, but that might not be because their sources are wrong, just that things can often change, especially since Google is working closely with its hardware partners to make a Chrome OS launch successful.
via Digitimes
thechromesource Daily: Links for 3/28/11
Posted on 28. Mar, 2011 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
What should the newly updated Chrome logo have looked like? An artist offers his own rendition.
ARMDevices speculates on the Chrome OS hardware Sony and Samsung might come out with this year.
The Beta Channel of Chrome browser has been updated with a whole bunch of fixes.
Java founder James Gosling has joined Google; he left Sun last April.
Google’s APIs are at the top of a listing of the ones with the most amount of uptime.
thechromesource Daily: Links for 12/7/10
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 1 Comments
The first consumer versions of Chrome OS in 2011 will arrive from Samsung and Acer.
LifeHacker has the best Chrome webapps that aren’t worthy of just bookmarking.
Mashable says that the New York Times webapp remodels what we should think of an online newspaper.
A new compilation structure for the JavaScript V8 engine called Crankshaft was released today in early builds of Chrome.
PCWorld says Chrome OS is not a Windows killer, at least not yet.
