http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/ Engadget Comments for Acer to launch first Chrome OS netbook, Android-based Aspire One sales disappoint http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Dec 2nd 2009 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.zjtechlive.com/try-the-new-google-search/
http://www.zjtechlive.com/try-android-2-0-on-your-windows/
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Boy, have you ever been so wrong in your whole life?

Bend over, you gonna get your butt painted red.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Dec 2nd 2009 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Dec 2nd 2009 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Dec 2nd 2009 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/]]>Dec 2nd 2009 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Dec 2nd 2009 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Not an owner of Apple stock, I take it.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/The nice thing about ChromeOS is that you won't have to own a computer to own a "computer," if you take my meaning. I think a lot of people are going to want it, especially if it handles outside devices like a Win/Mac OS. If ChromeOS could manage Web-based drivers, it would be pretty cool...Log into your friends computer, throw your pictures onto your ChromeOS, which has the drivers for all your equipment, and you're good to go. Is that possible?

I just think, based on the way things are today (read the Sprint cooperation with law enforcement article on Ars Technica) people aren't as concerned with privacy issues as perhaps they should be. ]]>Dec 2nd 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Dec 2nd 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/
Wow - this reads like a badly translated product manual from China.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Dec 2nd 2009 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Dec 2nd 2009 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/
I fail to see it succeed If it stays just at linux with a browser.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/You can do that with linux. Most netbooks have usb-ports too.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/They need to come up with some way to communicate with the device either from within its chrome browser (somehow letting javascript out of its sandbox) or via some external app communicating with the device.

Then they might just win me over! :-)

regards/jens]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Ok. Haven't tested chrome OS or even seen a video of it being used. I didn't know it was so limited in functionality.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Chrome is a Linux variant so it runs on ARM. Google will release Chrome for both ARM and x86.

As I heard the Ubuntu people (Canonical) also help Google with creating Chrome, they have plenty of ARM experience. (Ubuntu has an official ARM release)]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/
It's like they made a mobile OS and applied in a desktop computer

see the Chrome's detailed review: http://bit.ly/google-chrome-os-best-or-worst-judge-it

"we'll likely be seeing plenty of Chromium OS netbooks flooding the grey market long before the second half of 2010." -- Still crossing our fingers
]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/A full blown alternative OS with lots of applications that also happened to boot in 5 seconds would be nice, but it's ridiculous to expect people to give up a full operating system for what's essentially a dumb terminal. Why would anybody do that?!]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/
Yeah, I feel ya. Think I'll wait until brain-slot computers before I consider changing to a cloud OS. :)]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/Dec 2nd 2009 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/acer-to-launch-first-chrome-os-netbook-android-based-aspire-one/
1) a convertible tablet design, like their Aspire 1420P tablet
2) dual boot Android and the Linux dist. they provide for their netbooks (Xandros? Linpus?)
3) blessed by Google, so that is has Market, Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, etc.

Then I'd buy it.

In fact, shrink the 1420P to a 10.1" screen (but otherwise the same specs), put Android on it, get the "Google Experience" on it, put Ubuntu or Linux or Xandros on it as the "other OS" (not Windows), and I'll definitely buy it. Just make it available!!

I suspect the main reason for the failure has been that whole "not Google Experience" part. People want Android, but they either want the Google Experience, or something that fully replaces it. From the reviews I read, Acer had neither the blessed "Google Experience", nor anything that fills in that gap.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:43PM