@(Unverified) I agree. The form factors are similar. I suspect it will all come down to the software. Although the Courier's still vaporish, its software looks much much more refined and useful.

Maybe Entourage should use the Courier SW. ?

@fanboy Yeah have fun pressing a resistive screen with ski gloves on. :-/

@pcwolff Cool! Thanks for the info!

@(Unverified) ... and WinRemote for the iPhone ($1.99) has been around since before Android was a glint in Google's eye. Problem is, it doesn't do IR. So, uh, there you go.

I actually like the previous post's sedan grille better. This one looks like a fake chrome panel you'd find on a hotwheels car. I actually like the 3-bars motif better than most other grille treatments lately, and I'd be disappointed if Ford dropped that for new models. It's quite distinctive.

@magallanes If that's the case, your ">"s are backwards. :)

So, what does this unit offer that no one else does? Because for $229, they better be offering SOMETHING.

As I'm getting more and more versed with Google products (Gmail, Calendar, Groups, etc etc etc) and how they're integrated, I'm starting to get teed off at Outlook for being so limited and unconnected.

If Google set up a way to synch with iPhone and Exchange, I would drop it like a hot potato. Outlook, I mean.

I wonder how many apps we use locally could be replaced with simplified, low-overhead versions. I don't use every single feature of Photoshop or AfterEffects or 3DSMax. If there were compatible "light" versions that would run from the cloud and a local cache, I'd consider the leap from Windows.

@godoftech A majority of the computer market? Are you talking about "as represented on Engadget", or reality? Because if you're assuming the majority of computer users are like you, you need to get a little more perspective.

For out of my entire household (4 daily computer users), I'm the only one that's dependent on local apps. Right now, for financial reasons, we're sharing two computers among the 4 of us. If those were Chrome OS machines, maybe we'd all be able to have our own. So, doing the math, that's three Chrome PCs and one Windows PC for my household. There's definitely a market there.

As for those who are saying that this OS is TOO simple, try tracking your actual computer use every day. For me, in order of actual use, it's Browser, Outlook, Sketchbook Pro, Photoshop, and iTunes. Those could all be replaced by well-written cloud-based apps (with the possible exception of Photoshop, but that's Adobe's fault for its massive footprint -- I would use Paint.Net, which is TINY, if I could be confident of compatibility with co-workers).

"No friction"? Wow. Um. Just, wow. Hopefully that's the translation's error, and not an actual assertion.

Unless it's using magnetic bearings? That would be pretty hot.