"Every Chromebook is instant turn on. Every time you boot up,
HTC Hero, you're up and running within eight seconds,
Kodak M530," Barra said.
"Attributes that make phones and tablets great...we're bringing this to notebooks," he said.
Both Acer and Samsung will release Chromebooks June 15 running the Chrome OS on top of Intel's latest dual-core Atom N570 processor. And the N570 is a step up from the single-core Atom that powered the prototype CR-48 Chromebook,
Canon XH A1, distributed to journalists, among others, in December.
Google is also employing security features such as secure tabbed browsing (called "sandboxing"),
Canon Vixia HG21, user data encryption, and verified boot.
Those attributes include Cloud-based apps, extreme portability, built-in 3G connectivity,
Nokia 5230 Nuron, instant-on, and all-day battery life--all hallmarks of tablets like
Apple's iPad and Motorola's Xoom.
Google has taken a big step toward redefining the laptop, making it purely Web-centric,
Canon SD1300 IS Pink, untethered to the Windows past.
The similarly-sized Netbook,
Verizon Wireless XV6900, on the other hand, has been,
Panasonic HDC-SD1, since its debut in 2007,
Sony CineAlta HDW-F900R, essentially a conventional Windows laptop, just smaller. Google's focus on the seemingly trivial feature of instant Web connection is a key difference between traditional laptops and so-called post-PC devices, like the smartphone and tablet.
Pricing starts at $349 (Acer)
Web-centric Chrome OS,
Sony HDR-CX7, automatically updated, maintained by Google
About 3 pounds or less
Dual-core Atom 1.66GHz N570 processor
16GB solid-state drive (mSATA)
HDMI port
11-inch and 12-inch class displays
All-day battery life (Samsung and Acer specify about 8 hours)
Instant-on
Instant Web connectivity
3G connectivity, pay as you go
Cloud-based apps,
Canon XF300, but key applications local like Gmail and Google Docs
In this respect,
Sony HDR-XR520V, Google may succeed where Qualcomm's "smartbook" failed. That laptop actually aspired to many of the same things but never became a viable commercial product.
Chromebook features:
Amazon is already listing Chromebooks here.
But the Chromebook's novelty can potentially be a weakness. Particularly for businesses and educators still tied to Windows. Google is trying to address that with Web-based management features. "Seamless updates directly from Google keep the operating system and software fresh,
T-Mobile Shadow, eliminating the need to manually patch systems," Google states on its Chromebook page. "And since only minimal data is stored on the device,
Sony HVR-S270U, you don't need to do tedious backups or migrate data when changing hardware," according to Google.
Chromebooks are, in a way,
Canon HG10,
tablets with keyboards, as Hugo Barra, director Android Product Management at Google, said today at Google's I/O developers conference,
Sony HDR-HC7, streamed here. That's a key point of departure from the traditional small Windows laptops, aka, Netbooks.
Acer's Chromebook starts at $349 and 2.95 pounds. It runs Google's Chrome OS on top of an Intel dual-core N570 Atom processor.
(Credit:
Acer)
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