Quite the day for event announcements today! After announcements by LG and Motorola earlier today, Google and Intel have announced that they will host a media event in San Francisco on May 6, 2014. The focus will be on Chrome OS. Both Google’s Caesar Sengupta, Google vice president of product management for Chrome OS, and Navin Shenoy, Intel vice president […]
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Samsung Series 5 Chromebook specifications
More detailed specifications for the upcoming Samsung Series 5 Chromebook (announced yesterday at Google I/O) are now available. Samsung Series 5 Chromebook specifications: Processor: 1.66GHz dual-core Intel Atom N570 Operating system: Google Chrome OS Cellular connectivity: Optional world-mode 3G Other connectivity: dual-band Wi-Fi Display: 12.1-inch WXGA (300-nit brightness) Input: Fullsize Chrome keyboard and oversize trackpad Storage: 16GB SSD / Google […]
Google I/O 2011: Chromebooks from Acer and Samsung launching June 15th
Google today announced the first commercial devices (following the Cr-48 pilot program) to be powered by its Chrome OS. Dubbed Chromebooks, they will be available from Acer and Samsung starting on June 15th. These are not typical notebooks. With a Chromebook you won’t wait minutes for your computer to boot and browser to start. You’ll be reading your email in […]
First official Chrome OS netbook name and specifications revealed?
The first official Chrome OS netbook now has a name or at least a codename. A Chrome OS bug report suggests that the device is made by Samsung and is known as “Alex.” The name was used to dig up some Google Documents (no longer available) that appear to reveal some of the specifications of the device. The Samsung Alex […]