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Celeron powered Samsung Series 5 Chromium Netbook

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:53:41 +0000

While a slew of laptop companies released Celeron powered Windows notebooks last year, none released a Celeron powered Chromium netbook – until now. Samsung has released an Intel Celeron based Series 5 Chromebook. This new budget processor powered netbook replaces the Atom N570 dual core chip that was used in the previous model.

Low powered Celeron processors typically have TDP of around 17 watts, which is almost triple of Atom CPUs. However, I am sure that Samsung must have done a lot of customizations to make sure battery life runtimes are not affected much. Other than the change in processor, it now features a new matte lid instead of glossy one as found in the old model.

There are no other changes. It still has the 12.1 inch display, 16GB flash storage, 802.11n Wi-Fi, optional 3G and would sell for 400 dollars for the Wi-Fi only version and 450 dollars for the 3G verison. Expect it to become available in Q2 2012.

Samsung XE500C21-A04US

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:57:51 +0000

Samsung has released a new Series 5 Chromium netbook just in time for Christmas. This new model, XE500C21-A04US, features a 12.1 inch display and come with 2x USB 2.0 ports, SD card slot – all packed in a frame that is mere 0.79 inches thick.

This Samsung chromebook uses Superbright technology that is 36 percent more brighter than an ‘ordinary’ LCD display. Information about its processor is not available, but we do know that it has a dual core processor by Intel.

The body has been given matte finish so that it does not catches fingerprints very easily. The keyboard has been stretched to its very edges to ensure super comfortable typing experience. Battery life is said to be around 6 hours. It is only available in Piano Black finish and will cost you 350 dollars.

It is surprising that Samsung did not go for the Cedartrail M processors. May they want to improve user experience?

HP Mini 2101

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:40:32 +0000

HP Mini 2101 is the HP’s latest pine trail netbook powered by Intel Atom N450 processor that runs at 1.66GHz clock speed. Featuring a nice 10.1-inch display, it sports a distinctive chiclet keyboard that allows you to type with ease. The Mini 2101 comes equipped with a gig of RAM and can be configured with upto 320GB of hard disk drive.

Priced at $399, it runs the latest Windows 7 Starter operating system.

source: testfreaks

Lenovo Skylight Smartbook is looking sweet!

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:51:15 +0000

There are some pictures out of the upcoming Lenovo smartbook called the Skylight and we can say, at least from the pictures, that this curvaceous Smartbook is surely going to turn some heads.

This Smartbook uses the very powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon processor that runs at 1GHz clock speed which makes it even more powerful than the one being used in the iPhone 3Gs and Palm Pre. There is a big bright 10.6-inch display and comes with both WiFi and 3G (operable on AT&T network).

The only thing that worries me is its price – $499. Weird Lenovo’s price strategy

source: gadget mix

HTC Chrome Tablet to be unleashed at CES 2010

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:38:31 +0000

HTC will be unveiling a tablet running Chromium OS at the CES 2010. This Chrome Tablet from HTC will run on mighty Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor.

So, what is so special about this Snapdragon processor? 1GHz clock speed. Need I saw more?

There are no leaked images of it, as of yet.

source: pmptoday

Chrome OS to be targeted by hackers in 2010?

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:56:54 +0000

Chrome OS could become a hackers’ victim before its final version is released to the public in 2010. This is what the director of threat management, Masiello, at McAfee thinks.

Masiello further said that since the Chromium is the new kid on the block, it will be one of the primary targets. This has happened to Windows Vista and Windows 7 before they were even released.

Since, Chromium OS heavily relies on the HTML5, which is yet to be fully tested. This has also lured the hackers in breaking the technology that is yet to be proven.

That said, we all know it that Google is not some random company that will let the hackers get so easily into the OS. It is the GOOGLE where security is of top-most concern. I am sure that the battle between Google and Hackers is surely going to be interesting because Google is not Microsoft, or dare shall I say, Apple

source: itproportal

Google Chrome netbook specifications leaked!

admin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:01:57 +0000

Tech specifications of the rumored Google Chrome netbook are already out and they are surely looking good, atleast on the paper.

The Google netbook will sport a 10.1-inch display capable of identifying multi-touch gestures. Powered by Nvidia’s Tegra processor that is based on ARM infrastructure, it will use much less energy than the Intel Atom processor.

This netbook will have 64GB of SSD goodness for storage and 2GB RAM. It is axiomatic it will come with WiFi, Bluetooth, LAN, USB ports and webcam.

It will be launched during the holiday season next year (2010). Price? Under $300! Happy now?

source: ibtimes

Google Chromium OS goes native code

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:25:04 +0000

Next year, when the Google Chrome OS will finally surface on the netbooks, it will execute native code on behalf of myriad of Google Apps like Gmail, Google Docs and Spreadsheets.

To make sure that everything runs at blistering speed, Google won’t be using any of the third party plugins for this. This means that java, Flash and Silverlight are out of equation.

According to Google, the core reason this is being done is in order to get the much required performance boost. Native Client Project is the one that is handling the native code inside Chrome’s web browser. However, it currently works only in x86 machines.

It will be interesting to see how they are able to get it ported to ARM processor as Chrome OS is meant to be run on not only x86 processors, but also on ARM processors that will be used in Smartbooks. Good news is that Google is already making a version that will be compatible with the ARM infrastructure.

Google’s new programming language called Go will also be made compatible with this native client.

source: theregister

Acer to be the first one with Chrome OS netbook

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:40:05 +0000

Acer has promised the world that it is going to be the first one among the PC manufactures to come up with a netbook running Chromium OS.

The Acer Chrome netbook is slotted to be launched in the second half, 2010. This is a great news as the Acer’s Android based Aspire D250 is not exactly selling like hot-cakes.

source: hardwarecentral

Major Change: Chrome OS now to use browser login instead of Machine login

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:02:48 +0000

In the upcoming builds of Google Chrome OS, you will be able asked to enter your username and password just when you will start running the web browser. According to the Techcrunch, the major benefit it will bring will be the synched bookmarks and settings whenever you login to any Chrome based machine.

It is also expected to use Google friend connect as one’s login.