This could save the desktop market...if you could have a laptop that synchs to the cloud and have the desktop synch also...man the possibilities are endless.
@Nathan Obbards: Same here, any product that could end up in the same data-loss brickitude as the Sidekick (as slim as those chances may be) is definately not on my shopping list.
@Skunky: That's every product currently made. If you're using your laptop with any other OS, the harddrive could fail, making the exact same thing happen(but with a much greater chance of actually happening)
@MarcusMaximus: I'd say the likelihood of having network problems is far higher than your hard drive or other crucial component suddenly dropping dead. Even with a robust router and high speed internet, I often see some big glitches because of Optimum Online doing service on the lines, or having service interruptions.
@Kaiser-Machead: Agreed, if possible, I'll be compiling this and installing it tonight, though the mention of custom firmware makes me a bit iffy on whether that's possible. I'm not sure what the implication is supposed to be there but it sounds like it can only run on specific chrome os machines.
@Skunky: +5Up to that! (although I think the lesson has been learned on that one, there's still the possibility for a mass data outage, which would affect people who need their computers for work. And, *gasp* how can I watch Hulu in that situation?)
@MarcusMaximus: I'm curious as to whether or not this can be achieved in a VM. If so that'd be awesome since I have both Parallels and VMware Fusion to play with.
UPDATE: well according to the liveblog, I'd have to buy a Chrome OS machine...whatever the heck that is.
This better make said device significantly cheaper.
@MarcusMaximus: You are certainly correct, but at the same time, _I'M_ the one in control over how bad the dataloss will be. I should backup important (or nostalgic) data on other HDD's and/or optical media. But with the Sidekicks there was no "local backup" option for ones own personal data and so when the whole thing went kerblooie, all users were totally screwed.
The cloud thing isn't a bad idea, i'm not saying that, but I don't think it's the best solution for non-business users.
Now if it gets a WoW port, that might be different, but now I'm just being silly.
Apart from the overbearing colorization of the text, it did look like a very basic version of a Google-optimized Linux distro. I think the important thing to remember is that this OS is primarily about running Chrome and browser-based apps. What the dock looks like is not terribly important.
What a lame apology. If anything he should be beat with a large stick for his impudence. He sounds like a dog with is tail between his legs, not really sorry, just sheepish because he wasn't clever enough to actually pull it off.
@Lance eagles3strong: It's just a mockup of a white wallpaper with some text on it and a one-item dock. I think you're being a little harsh on the Beav, Ward. He didn't do anything terrible.
Another bug that I notice, though may not be a prevalent issue, is non-responsiveness of the playback window that pops up after double pressing the home button while on hold, or just navigating outside of the music app.
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''In Chrome OS, every application is a web application.''
''ALL data in Chrome OS is in the cloud.''
My biggest fear has been confirmed. No Chrome OS for me.
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yeah i mean, cloud computing kinda means that your OS is just a glorified web browser.
no chrome for me either.
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In any case, I'm going to have to give this a whirl to see how it functions.
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Or really, having it all sitting somewhere in Google's massive memory vaults.
I don't know which is scarier.
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UPDATE: well according to the liveblog, I'd have to buy a Chrome OS machine...whatever the heck that is.
This better make said device significantly cheaper.
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The cloud thing isn't a bad idea, i'm not saying that, but I don't think it's the best solution for non-business users.
Now if it gets a WoW port, that might be different, but now I'm just being silly.
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Respond when you want - if you don't have reception, the phone will send the message in the background once you do.
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