Netbooks that run or will be able to run Chome/Chromium OS

Google has put a list of netbooks that support the current builds of Chrome OS. These netbooks include

• ASUS EEE 901 (wifi card needs to be replaced)
• ASUS EEE 1005HA
• SONY VAIO W
• ASUS EEE 700/701/702
• Lenovo S12
• Packard Bell Dot S/R netbooks
• Packard Bell Dot s
• Acer Aspire 531H
• Asus eee 900
• Asus eee 1008HA
• Gateway LT20
• Acer Aspire D250
• Toshiba NB200
• ASUS EEE 1000
• Dell Mini 10V
• HP Mini 5101
• Lenovo S10

Google Chrome Operating System coming this week!

Google Chrome will be able to download since next week, atleast this what TechCrunch has heard from a ‘reliable’ source. The main problem is going to be with the drivers. Google has left it on the manufactures to develop the drivers for their netbooks/smartbooks themselves. With ASUS postponing release of their Chrome OS netbooks and Acer now with Android OS with the release of their first Android netbooks based on the D250 model, this leaves us to count on HP, DELL and MSI.

We do not see SONY adopting Google Chrome OS as they already have their instant-on OS that comes on the VAIO P. Also, SONY has always been a bit reluctant in releasing a notebook that runs non-Windows OS

Nvidia Tegra 2 chip to be launched in 2010

Since Zune HD drive, Tegra attained popularity very fast, and according to fudzilla, some high ranking industry sources has confirmed that after its so much demand and popularity the company has decided to launch a new chip in 2010. The Tegra 2 will be equipped ARM 9 which is a dual core ARM CPU. Smartbook market is the main focus of Tegra 2.

More wait more ASUS Smartbook now in Q2 2010 instead of Q1

According to ASUS market specialist, Judy Wu, company’s first smartbook which was planned to be launched in Q1 2010 with a price tag of $180, will now be launched in Q2 2010. No reason was given for this delay.

Interestingly, they are now considering Google Chrome as OS too (along with Android OS)

Combo of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0 Module For Smartbooks rolled out by Atheros

Combo of 11n Wi-Fi with Bluetooth 3.0, the AR6133 module has been announced by Atheros. This integration of bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules would help the OEMs and manufactures to offer smartbooks for much cheaper price than netbooks.

“Combination solutions are growing in popularity among mobile gaming and portable CE, fueled by new entertainment and productivity use cases,” said Amir Faintuch, vice president and general manager of Atheros’ mobile business unit. “With the new AR6133, our customers can easily design a complete turnkey mobile 11n and Bluetooth combination solution into next-generation mobile consumer products, enabling consumers to enjoy the benefits of portable, seamless connectivity.”

Santa Claus to bring Chrome OS Netbooks!

There is a latest hearsay that, netbooks with Google’s Chrome OS by Lenovo and Acer are in pipeline which will be released by Christmas. Infact in the past several rumors were surfaced one of them reported by Google that Chrome OS netbooks to be out in the end of this year by HP, Lenovo and Acer.

Acer and Lenovo to launch Google Chome netbooks

Chrome Netbooks coming at the end of year 2009

Chrome Netbook coming from China – Fullong Mini – made by Lemote

Now, who would have ever thought that the first Chrome netbook will be from a local Chinese company. The name of the company is Lemote that is partially funded by Chinese government.

They are planning to unveil two Android netbooks, named Fullong Mini and Yellong notebook. Both are powered by a Loongson processor, which is also designed in China.

Netbooks with Chrome OS netbooks to come later this month

First netbooks to run Google’s Chrome operating system, to come by the end of this year, and this was said by Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt back in July. According to Shanzai, we would see the first Chrome netbooks within coming few weeks. Also there is much gossip going around that Acer and HP will be [...]

Google Chrome OS Netbooks to arrive in Mid-October

Google Chrome OS has been one of the mostly discussed tech-topics from the past couple of months. Plethora of manufactures are working on netbooks that will run Google Chrome OS.

The latest buzz about the Chrome OS netbooks is that they will make their appearance into the netbook scene in mid-October. It would certainly very interesting to see Chrome OS netbooks coming during Windows 7′s launch (Oct 22)

ARM to overtake Intel in Netbooks and Smartbooks? – We DISAGREE!

Currently, there is no doubt that Intel is the uncrowned king in the netbook market, but according to the market analysts, ARM will surpass Intel by the year 2012. According to this analyst, Intel-powered netbooks have started to become very expensive and cost more than $200 and offer just 3.5 hours of battery life. On the other hand, ARM-powered netbooks will cost less than $200 and will also last much longer: 8 hours.

Our take on this:

The comparison is baseless. People want Windows OS on their netbooks. They want to use their desktop apps on their netbooks for which they require Windows OS. Unfortunately, since Microsoft has already confirmed that it has no plans on bringing their desktop OS to the ARM-architecture, you are left with nothing but Linux or Google’s Chrome OS.

We believe that smartbooks can never surpass netbooks in terms of sales even if they are offered for less than $100. Clearly, they offer little advantage over the current slew of smartphones which do much more than emailing and web-browsing alone. Also, in their comparison, they said netbooks have 3.5 hours of battery life. Wrong as most of the netbooks these days come with 6-cell batteries which offer more than 5-6 hours of run-time with active Wifi usage. Looks like these analysts have been taking in account the netbooks that were released last year.