Waiting for the Apple Tablet? add Google Tablet to the list!

January 3rd, 2010

Lets consider this official that 2010 is the year of tablets. The Crunchpad in its new form ‘Joo’Joo‘ has already been announced and the talk about an Apple Tablet never dies. All the chatter and constant rumors of big reputed companies working secretly on tablet devices makes me wonder if this would do to the portable computing scene what netbooks did?

While all hopes of redefining the tablet experience lies on Apple, we now hear that Google is rumored to be working on a tablet computer along with HTC since over a year. While the Google Chrome OS is a reality and a tablet booting straight to a browser is real aswell (the CrunchPad / JooJoo); it makes this rumor sound very real that Google might be working on its own Tablet.

So may it be the iSlate or a Chrome OS powered Google Tablet, the food for thought is how will this fit into our routine lives trying to survive between a desktop/notebook and a smartphone. I don’t know many people who own both – a netbook and a notebook; for the same reason having a super smartphone and a tablet together would mean overlapping functionalities.

Via Gadgetvenue

Categories: Tech Industry News, rumor | Tags: apple tablet, chrome, chrome os, chrome os tablet, crome, crome os tablet, google crome, google tablet, tablet | 11 Comments

Dell honours geeks, gives Chrome OS to play with

November 28th, 2009

Dell is cashing in on the hype around Google’s Chrome OS which promises to change the way we look at netbooks.  While there is still time for the official version of Chrome OS (expected in 2H 2010), Dell has made available a compatible version for its Mini 10v netbook users.

The 10v compatible version is available for download here (instructions here). Though no virtual OS installation/support is available Chrome OS, you can load the 8GB image file on a USB to get this working.  The users must be cautious though as this OS has gone through minimal testing and might bring in some issues. The WiFi connectivity is one of the features which can be troublesome.

While Acer decided to go with Android, Dell after playing with Ubuntu and Android is finally putting some weight behind the Chrome OS.

Categories: Google, Tech Industry News, netbook | Tags: chrome, chrome os, crome os, dell chrome, dell mini, google crome, mini 10, netbook | 2 Comments