Tag Archives: GoogleBook

Schmidt of Google says Chrome netbooks shouldn’t be more than $400

In a recent event, Google CEO Eric Schmidt revealed that he estimates that netbooks running the company’s Chrome OS should fall in the $300-$400 price range. We all know that the operating system itself isn’t for sale and is based on the open source Linux. Neither will access to apps be on a paid basis [...]

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Chrome netbooks will have a higher tag price than Windows counterparts?

Google seems to have very, very high hopes for their upcoming GoogleBook netbooks. The company’s flagship portable computer will use high resolution displays, as well as some sort of SSD drive and integrated 3G. Further reports say that the netbook will possibly sport a high-end GPU, accelerometers and other sensors. I’m guessing they’re going with [...]

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Google now in the tablet business too?

It’s no secret that Google is working on a netbook but it looks like they are working on a tablet prototype as well. The search engine has partnered with OEM phone maker HTC to produce “several working models of a touch tablet.” It ties in to a press gathering Google announced about an Android-based device [...]

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GoogleBook Gets More Real With New Spec Leak

We have another round of spec leaks here but this time it’s for the ever-mysterious Google netbook. Here’s the specs I grabbed: 10.1″ 1280×720 HD-ready multitouch screen NVIDIA Tegra ARM-based processor Storage: 64GB SSD 2GB RAM WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, Ethernet, GPS (optional) USB, webcam, 3.5mm audio jack, multi-card reader 4 or 6 cell battery Google [...]

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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 [...]

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