Looks like we’re getting a first look at what Google’s Chrome OS based tablet may look like. Mocked up images and an in-action video created by Glen Murphy, Google Chrome’s designer, have made their way onto Google’s official Chromium site.
The rumoured HTC + Google Chrome OS tablet might have to wait, based on HTC’s sales and marketing director claiming that the company will kill that off and focus on Android smartphones instead.
Google’s Chrome OS netbook’s rumoured specs are out, and they’re looking pretttty, pretttty, prettttty good.
Google has an ad banner in their search home page for their Chrome browser. Can it eventually change the course of the browser wars? And what can happen if it does?
Google’s already said you’ll need to buy a Chrome OS machine if you want it officially, but if TechCrunch’s sources are right, they could be launching Google-branded hardware for the platform, much like they’re doing with the Nexus One.
Chrome OS dev code only just went public, but Phoronix has already thrown it on a Samsung NC10 netbook to test its performance and battery-life against Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, Moblin 2.1, Fedora 12 and openSUSE 11.2. Interesting results ahead.
“Android and Chrome will likely converge over time,” says Google’s Sergey Brin, echoing the cryptic sentiment first mentioned by a reluctant Eric Schmidt back in July. Today, it’s exactly as confusing as it was four months ago.
Forget Chrome OS. The two things you actually need to know from today’s Google event? Sergey Brin wears Vibram Five Finger shoes. And carries a Motorola Droid, not a super secret phone we’ve never seen before. See?
Wow, that was fast. Google Chrome OS was only unveiled today, and it’s already compiled as a VMWare image ready for download via torrents and gdgt. Techcrunch also has a tutorial for setting it up.
