Google Netbook Getting Prepped

Now that  Chrome OS has officially been unveiled, Google is getting aboard the netbook train as well. It’s been their plan to talk to manufacturers like HP, Asus and Qualcomm and discuss how to integrate the new operating system in their future netbooks.

Well it seems Google is zooming in on a single manufacturer instead to build the new netbook directly for them. They are planning to sell it under the Google brand as opposed to bundling the OS with another firm’s devices. Spec-wise, the only thing for sure known is that it will be mobile enabled with the possibility of a carrier subsidy thrown in. You’ll have to wait on this one though, since the slated release is going to be in the holiday season of 2010.

Google is plunging right into the hardware game with this new netbook and the Nexus One smartphone. Personally, I have no doubt they’ll become a major player in the netbook game in no time with all the great apps they make that can be bundled into these devices at the low, low price of free. As we say here locally about netbooks: the more competition, the better it is for us the consumer!

via TechCrunch