http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/]]>Feb 13th 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 13th 2010 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Why replace a netbook with a smartbook?!]]>Feb 13th 2010 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 13th 2010 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 13th 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://bit.ly/google-chrome-netbook-rumor-overview]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 13th 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/I hope it'll hackintosh too!]]>Feb 13th 2010 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
This is likely ARM-based... so no, you won't.]]>Feb 13th 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Shift + Delete this thing out of existence then.]]>Feb 13th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 13th 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Except the Android OS would use mouse gestures unless heavy coding went into it to put in basic desktop os features

But yes Android would be a better OS solution indeed]]>Feb 13th 2010 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 13th 2010 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Look at the Compaq Airlife 100, pretty much the same as this but running Android. But I agree with Drybones5, unless Android is tweaked (and its apps tweaked) for keyboard/touchpad interface, it will just feel akward. Google has said they believe more in HTML5 web apps than native apps. Google OS is a reflection to that commitment. Personally I think Android is great on the phone/tablet with its touch based interface and Chrome OS is great for a netbook where you have a keyboard/touchpad interface. Unless you want to do gaming, what can you do in a native app that you can't do in a web app?
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35367158/ns/technology_and_science-security/
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Why when android is better and has better touch with apps and less closed than Chrome OS]]>Feb 13th 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
This would make a lot more sense on a 5-7" slate, as once you up the size people should expect closer to a full computer experience. ]]>Feb 13th 2010 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Because companies have no idea what they're doing. They leave out features, they put in unnecessary ones

The snapdragon is nice because its cheap
But that won't matter to the consumer if this thing costs as much as a netbook with a powerful cpu and running Ubuntu]]>Feb 13th 2010 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Because a single core Atom processor is not much faster (if not equal) in speed to current and next gen ARM core processors. Since OSes like Chrome are stripped down to a single purpose (web browsing), and there is no overhead for things like antivirus and all the other system services in Windows or a full Linux distro, these ARM chips are more that suitable. Especially those paired with hardware h.264 processors (ION, Snapdragon, etc...), . Plus they get much better battery life and they cost far less (especially if you get an Atom machine with hardware h.264 acceleration).

If you want to run a full blown OS on a netbook, this is obviously not for you. But since I have a real PC in addition to a netbook, this would fit me fine. I just need access to my various web apps, and would like a real keyboard for long emails and docs. If I could get this for around $200 and get 8-10hrs battery life, I'd be more than happy. Plus, I have plenty of family and friends who only use their computer casually for the web, something like this would be perfect for them. Personally, I don't understand those who use a tiny, underpowered netbook to run a full OS and apps. If you have real work to do, a real low-end laptop would only cost a little more and provide you with more speed and more screen real estate.

BTW: Who said it was an full blown SSD? Its far more likely just some flash memory for storing the OS image, user data and movies/music. ]]>Feb 13th 2010 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Sorry, not ION, I meant Tegra]]>Feb 13th 2010 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 13th 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
I'm sure there will be parts of it that are local. Things like codecs, and basic OS functionality so that you can use it when you are away from an access point.

I can't see Google making a computer that has to be connected to the net 100% of the time its in use.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Snapdragon is no slouch... especially the 1.5 ghz dual core version... It would play back h264 better than most netbooks out there... plus it's got a much better battery life than atom.]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 13th 2010 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
So why not just spam rumor articles? ]]>Feb 13th 2010 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/It's very minimal, and I guess that's a good thing, but I see it as more of a competition to the iPad.]]>Feb 13th 2010 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
If this sells cheaper than regular pinetrail netbooks that have to include the price of W7, then I could see the benefit. If it has decently fast flash, it'd probably win in a bootup race too. Still kinda limiting, even for little simple things like grabbing something from a network share or printing.]]>Feb 13th 2010 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
With that being said, from what I've used of Chrome OS (a lot), there's no reason for anything bigger than a 4GB SSD, since there's nothing stored locally and the file system is read-only by default. What is the other 60GB going to be used for, a huge swap partition?]]>Feb 13th 2010 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Beats hauling around an external drive to go with it. ]]>Feb 13th 2010 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
I do that stuff on my Zune. I'm not sure which side you're taking, so I don't know what response you're looking for, but as much as I have seen from Chrome OS, it doesn't have (by default) hooks into the hard drive, or the ability to move files from a USB drive to the hard drive. Maybe that's changed in a newer version, or will change in the future, I don't know where the project is heading. On the other hand, Chrome OS is not built for being a media machine, that's what the iPad is built for. Chrome OS is the exact opposite of the iPad, one is a app-driven media machine, the other is a web-based internet terminal. Both of them have places in the consumer world, but you can't use something like that for things it wasn't meant to do.]]>Feb 14th 2010 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Google have already said Chrome will have a media player to play local files.]]>Feb 14th 2010 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 13th 2010 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
Agreed. 3G makes it expensive than it needs to be, plus I'm not looking forward to buying this directly from any carriers. So please, non-3G version please.]]>Feb 13th 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 13th 2010 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
There was no netbook hype machine, just a really high demand for the utility and pricepoint that device offered. Everyone then had to make their own netbooks or completely miss out on that huge growing segment.

Tech prices, especially w/ computers, has been on a decline for years though, no worries:

http://funniez.net/images/stories/old-computers-ads/old-computer-ads-06.jpg
^ adjust that for inflation.... O_O]]>Feb 14th 2010 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 14th 2010 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 14th 2010 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 14th 2010 4:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Feb 14th 2010 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/Well, my guess is the end of Q4 2010 then? :P

Dunno, to me, if the form factor is like a laptop (screen, keyboard, classic laptop design), then I rather have a full OS instead of a browser only OS. Also, the price better be cheap, less than $300. If not, it will follow those linux netbooks in terms of sales as people would rather just spend a bit more and get a netbook with Windows.]]>Feb 14th 2010 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/samsung-doing-a-10-inch-chrome-os-netbook-later-this-year/
I just...I don't see the point. Maybe if we were talking smaller, lighter and longer-lasting than the current crop of netbooks then I could see the reasoning behind limiting yourself to only a browser, but when Samsung's own N210 (as mentioned above) can push past 11 hours while running Windows I'm confused as to why anyone would buy such a limited device. Sure, there's going to be a price differential (and perhaps the Snapdragon will aid this) but unless it's going to be >25%, I don't see a big market.

But then, what do I know?]]>Feb 14th 2010 7:16AM