Chrome OS Netbooks coming later this year

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google told CNN that the first Chrome OS devices will be coming later this year. These devices will be powered by either ARM or Intel processors. He also mentioned that the devices will have keyboard and there would be no local storage. Everything will be stored on cloud.

“People who believe in cloud computing, believe in the benefits of Web computing and who are Chrome users will be the target market,” he said. “It’s probably a large market.”

Chromium OS Flow Reviewed

Chrome OS is web-browser that is built on the top of a Linux kernel. Although Google will be officially releasing at the end of this year (2010), the developers have the freedom to create OS builds based on the publically available Chromium source code.

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Chrome OS to feature Orientation-detection

Google is going to include orientation-detection feature in the upcoming release of Chrome OS allowing the developer to detect the orientation using the device’s accelerometer and accordingly rotate the screen (interface) for the user. 

It is obvious that Google will also need to make some modification in the Chrome browser to incorporate this new feature since it is not implemented in the current versions. Infact, none of the web-browsers, including the powerful Firefox and Safari posses this capability.

No Google-branded Chrome OS netbook in the works

Google makes awesome web-apps and is most well known for its amazing search engine, Google. However, when asked if the company is working on any netbook running Chromium OS, the answer was “we would not need to” because Google believes that the PC industry is different from the phone industry.

So, the Google is going to try and focus on what it does the best – Software. But, never say ‘never’ as Google may change their mind in future and surprise everybody with Google Tablet or Google Chromium Netbook

Dell, HP to join Chrome OS party

Acer is working its fingers to the bone to deliver best Chromium experience to the user. Now according to the latest reports, Dell together with HP also want to join the party, at least that is what the files found on the Chrome OS website indicates. It is also clear that these Chrome devices will NOT be ARM-powered as all the file names carry “overlay-x86” word that implies that these slates will be powered by an x86-processor.

Chromium OS to debut in fall

Well, the wait almost over for the Chromium OS as the operating system from Google will be released for free coming autumn. Currently, Google is working diligently, literally day-and-night with the OEMs for a hardware launch as well. A lot of us, eager-beavers actually see the Chrome OS as Google’s answer to the Apple iPad. Netbook giant, Asus has already shown its love for the Chrome OS and there are chances of Chrome OS tablet in the works as well.

Google is expecting a lot from their OS, expecting it to reach a million users on the first day itself. That is bold claim, if you ask us. No worries, fall is right around the corner. We will see.

Verizon Google Tablet?

We need not reiterate the same over and over again, but pardon us, if we repeat it again – iPad is a success and you know it, we know and the whole world knows it. They have sold a freaking 1 million of these nasty units already! Now, Verizon has a dream – a dream to beat those figures and that is why they are so engrossed in developing an iPad killer, thanks to Google.

There are not much details about this upcoming tablet, but chances are that it would use Android OS. However, as Google never seizes to amaze us, they may decide to make this tablet run their Chromium OS.

Cedar Trail compatible Chrome OS

The 2011-Atom processor, codenamed “Cedar Trail” will of course support x86-Windows operating systems, but will also fully support the Chrome OS. This means that the manufactures and vendors won’t have to go for non-x86 hardware and churning-out Chromium netbooks would be easy-as-a-pie.

Chrome Flow now available

Hexxeh has released a new, updated build of the Chromium OS. This new build brings NVidia ION acceleration and battery life improvements. The menu is also customizable now. However, this build only works when installed on a physical drive and does NOT works in VMware.

Samsung prepping Chromium netbook

Samsung’s Australian head has confirmed that Samsung is making a netbook based on Chrome OS that will be similar to Samsung N210 netbook. This rumored netbook is expected to sport the new Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 1.5GHz processor. Other confirmed specifications include 10.1-inch display, 2GB RAM, 64GB SSD for storage, built-in 3G and 12-hour of runtime.