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Google Releases Chrome OS Tablet Concept Demo
MojoKid writes "With all of the iPad buzz stirring up the tech world over the past couple of weeks, Chrome OS has almost been forgotten. Though Google has yet to officially release the netbook-centric operating system to the public, the company continues to keep details flowing about their forthcoming lightweight operating system. In their own response to all the recent tablet fanfare, Google decided to release some teaser shots and a demo video of the Chrome OS running on a concept tablet device. The Chromium team suggests that a screen of 5" to 10" is optimal for enjoying Chrome OS and of course tablets, netbooks and MIDs all fit that size class rather well. Couple a streamlined Google-based OS with NVIDIA's Tegra 2 processor in a design like this and the iPad could have serious competition."
You can suggest that a 10" screen is optimal all you want, a tablet that is 8.5x11 inches is optimal.
.. top that, Apple!
Lenovo already has.
the iPad could have serious competition
Once Apple has figured out to whom this is being marketing.
The whole Apple-Yahoo-MS-Google circle jerk posturing is delirious. If next week Steve Jobs called a press conference and sliced his dick off with a silver scalpel in a room full of stunned reporters, I have no doubt that -- not to be outdone -- Sergey Brin would cut off his with a chainsaw on nation-wide TV seven days later.
And no one in the tech punditry -- all happy just to have jobs and something to write about besides the latest PC graphics card -- would question *WHY* these idiots are emasculating themselves, they'd just write tedious "thought" pieces contrasting the metaphors of Job's elegant, shiny castration versus Brin's use of loud horsepower.
How could something no one wants to buy have competition?
I'm shocked that the ChromeOS shown in the animation has such rich multitasking. They're really aiming high with this one.
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"My wife just sent me an e-mail today saying everybody is asking her about the iPad"
Maybe her coworkers were just out of tampons
no, that was a 10" screen, they just had a 2' tall person demonstrating it.
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I've been thinking about this tablet format, and I think it's got a few limitations.
For a start, you've got to hold it up or prop it against something while you use it. So, how's this for an idea... give it a hinged lid that can be used to protect the screen and as a stand when it's open. Better yet - if you've got the hinged bit at the front, why not put a physical keyboard in there to save screen space and for easier typing.
Wonder if anyone's come up with any products like that?
Sigs are so 1990s. No way would I be seen dead with one.
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Did anyone else notice in the demo video that the hands on the person were freakishly small? I think Google is trying to tell us something:
ChromeOS is not for manhands.
That's right folks. Forget your hopes and dreams of manhandling the ChromeOS, this OS isn't for you. It's designed and built for those with small hands. Midgets, small children, and perhaps rodents will be able to use it. But not manhands.
Draw your own conclusions. I think that googlers are looking for people who have small hands, like women. Then the googlers will have a source of information on available women with which they can actually take on a date. It's quite an ingenious plan.
Because they want to control what goes onto there hardware to ensure it meets their standards.
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