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Chrome OS Arrives On the iPad — No, Seriously!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

Thinkcloud writes "A user named Hexxeh has posted a video online of the iPad running Google's upcoming Chrome OS. Hexxeh was able to put Chrome OS on an iPad because the open source code for the operating system is available in its Chromium state, but it's not necessarily true that Apple will allow iPads to run other operating systems going forward. That's typically not a level of openness found in the Apple playbook. Nevertheless, it's worth considering what it might mean to have a robust OS like Apple's on the same tablet as one that runs a cutting-edge operating system like Chrome OS. Why wouldn't users love that?"

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  1. Re:Not in Apple's playbook? by FauxPasIII · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You guys should coordinate better next time... accidentally got two apologists reading from the same apologetic in adjacent postings.

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  2. A Robust OS like Apple's??? by Slash.Poop · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Does the thing even print yet?

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  3. Re:Idiotic Summary by Theaetetus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    As I'm sure you well know, you cannot run non-Apple approved apps (unless you're trying to claim that web apps are an acceptable replacement for native iOS apps) without first jailbreaking your phone.

    Go back to my earlier post. Notice how I used an odd phrase, "ad hoc distribution"? That was on purpose. You can most certainly run non-Apple approved apps that aren't web apps without jailbreaking your phone. It also doesn't void your license agreement with Apple.

    The rest of your post is moot in view of the above and therefore invalid.