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Google Unveils Beta Chrome OS Notebook

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wait-this-is-new-now dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Google has unveiled a beta version of its Chrome OS notebook, dubbed CR48. The device will have a 12.1-inch screen and full-size keyboard, as well as an oversized, clickable touchpad. It will also include world-mode 3G and 802.11 dual-band Wi-Fi. Google promised eight hours of active use and eight days of standby, as well as a webcam.Those hoping to get their hands on a Chrome OS device, however, will either have to wait until mid-2011 or obtain one through one of several Google-backed giveaway options. Google plans to release two, Intel-based Chrome OS notebooks from Acer and Samsung in mid-2011, with Verizon Wireless providing cellular connectivity which comes with 100MB of free data per month for the first two years. According to Sundar Pichai, Google's vice president of product management, CR48 is not and will not be for sale. All Chrome OS devices will be launched and priced by their partners, who will hold their own launch events in the future with more details."

3 of 140 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Will it be as hard to update as Android? by grantek · · Score: 3, Informative

    TFA says there'll be a "jail-breaking mode", so Google have obviously realised they've been hurt by the closed Android platforms

  2. Re:Wait, that's not right... by harrkev · · Score: 5, Informative

    Isotopes of Chromium
    48 is an unstable isotope of Chromium with a half-life of less than a day.

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    "-1 Troll" is the apparently the same as "-1 I disagree with you."
  3. Re:Google's on a roll today huh? by bhartman34 · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can already turn the instant preview off. It's under the search settings.