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Google Releases Chrome OS Tablet Concept Demo

Posted by Soulskill on from the keeping-up-with-the-jobses dept.

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."

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  1. Too much lockdown! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm not going to buy a device that is so fucking locked down. I'm going to suggest to everyone I know that they not purchase such a locked-down device.

    I don't want any company deciding which applications I can or cannot run on a system that I purchase. I don't care if it's Apple, Google, or some other company.

    Not even Microsoft have been bastardly enough to so blatantly limit the user's freedom like Apple and Google are trying so hard to do.

    1. Re:Too much lockdown! by mcgrew · · Score: 0, Troll

      Looks like MS shills have mod points today. Waste some more of your mod points on this comment too, shills, so informative comments like the one above you modded down won't get buried. You won't hurt my karma any.

      I do understand why you MS stockholders and employees want everyone to forget. Sucks to be you.

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      Free Martian Whores!
  2. Re:iPad buzz? by sakdoctor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well obviously the hardcore fanboys lapped up the apple PR, but most people, including hitler were pretty underwhelmed.

  3. Re:iPad buzz? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    LOL, just because you don't see talk about the iPad on slashNOT doesn't mean it isn't happening. This is the same site that denigrated the original iPod as an also ran. You people are imbeciles when it comes to predicting what technology is good and what technology is popular. For the love of christ, I still see you losers talking about Linux on the desktop. ROTFLMAO.