Don’t want to wait until June 15th to get your hands on a Chromebook from Acer or Samsung? No problem. Starting next week you can pick up a laptop running Chromium OS from Australian consumer electronics company Kogan. The laptop has an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a 1.3 GHz Intel Celeron SU2300 […]
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Samsung Series 5 Chromebooks launches two weeks early for limited customers
The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook doesn’t officially go on sale until June 15th, but Google is apparently sending out emails to some of the people who signed up for the Cr-48 Chrome OS laptop pilot program letting them know they can purchase a Series 5 today. Google’s partnered with Gilt, an invite-only luxury shopping site, […]
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Google appears to be shipping Cr-48 Chrome OS laptops again
The first laptops running Google Chrome OS are scheduled to hit retail stores next month, but you may not have to wait until June to get your hands on a Chromebook. It appears that Google has resumed shipping free Cr-48 laptops to users who signed up to beta test the platform last year. The Cr-48 […]
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Acer, Asus, Lenovo to launch Chrome OS, Android 3.1 devices with Intel chips?
We’re starting to see Windows 7 tablet and notebook designs featuring Intel’s 1.5 GHz Atom Z670 Oak Trail chip, but according to DigiTimes we could start seeing Oak Trail tablets running Google Android 3.1 soon. We could also see next-generation Chromebooks later this year using Intel’s upcoming Cedar Trail platform. The Intel Atom Z670 is […]
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Samsung releases 3 minute Series 5 Chromebook video
The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook goes on sale June 15th, and Samsung is already starting to promote the laptop. The company has posted a 3 minute video highlighting the Chrome OS laptop’s features. The video shows how quickly the laptop resumes from sleep (just a few seconds), how quickly you can get online (pretty much […]
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Samsung Chromebook gets a once-over… a few times
Samsung held an event last night to show off the Series 5 Chromebook, one of the first laptops designed to run Google’s Chrome operating system. I wasn’t able attend, but fortunately my colleagues at Engadget, Gizmodo, TechCrunch and This is my next were all on-hand and they’ve posted some details and a whole lot of […]
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Would you rent a Chromebook for $20 per month?
Google unveiled an interesting new model for distributing computers and software today with the announcement of Chromebooks for Business and Education. The idea is that you pay $20 per month (student price) or $28 per month per user (business price) and get a laptop for no up-front cost, and the latest software updates for the […]
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Acer and Samsung Chromebooks already showing up on Amazon
You can’t actually order them yet, but the Acer and and Samsung Chromebooks introduced by Google earlier today are already showing up on Amazon.com. You can sign up to receive an email when the Chrome OS laptops are available. The Acer Chromebook features a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N570 dual core processor, 11.6 inch, 1366 […]
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Samsung introduces Series 5 Chromebook
Google already introduced the first Chromebook from Samsung at the Google I/O developer conference this morning. But now Samsung is sharing additional details about the laptop the company is calling the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook. The laptop will feature a 12.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display which Samsung calls a SuperBright display, claiming it’s […]
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Google unveils subscription-based Chromebooks for business, education
Starting on June 15th, Google will begin offering subscription-based packages for students and for businesses. For a monthly fee you’ll get a Chromebook laptop running Google Chrome OS, as well as ongoing software support, a warranty, and even replacements for obsolete hardware. The business package will run $28 per month per user, while the education […]
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Google unveils Samsung, Acer Chromebooks
Samsung and Acer will be the first companies to offer Chromebooks, which are notebooks running Google’s Chrome operating system. The Samsung Chromebook will have a 12.1 inch display, 8 hour battery, and 8 second boot time. A WiFi-only version of the laptop will run $429, while you’ll be able to get a 3G model for […]
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Google introduces Chromebook platform
Google has announced a new class of product it’s calling a Chromebook. In case you haven’t guessed, a Chromebook is a notebook computer running Google’s Chrome operating system — which is to say, you turn the device on and you’re almost instantly greeted by a web browser. The company says most users spend most of […]