http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/11/23/how-googles-chrome-os-is-pushing-us-to-the-clouds/ News from Pingdom Uptime Monitoring Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/11/23/how-googles-chrome-os-is-pushing-us-to-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-385482 Devindra Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:25:07 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=4745#comment-385482 AC, Chrome OS will probably let you save files to external storage. As for the mail client, I wouldn't be on it given that it's a web-focused OS. Gmail already has the ability to get mail from other accounts via POP3, so a standard client doesn't seem as necessary. IMAP access is an issue, but you'd be hard pressed to find an email provider today that doesn't offer some sort of web access. AC, Chrome OS will probably let you save files to external storage. As for the mail client, I wouldn’t be on it given that it’s a web-focused OS. Gmail already has the ability to get mail from other accounts via POP3, so a standard client doesn’t seem as necessary. IMAP access is an issue, but you’d be hard pressed to find an email provider today that doesn’t offer some sort of web access.

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/11/23/how-googles-chrome-os-is-pushing-us-to-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-385262 AC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:54:13 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=4745#comment-385262 Will Chrome OS have an email client for POP3/Imap, and can it save downloaded files to a USB memory stick? If not, it's DOA. Will Chrome OS have an email client for POP3/Imap, and can it save downloaded files to a USB memory stick? If not, it’s DOA.

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/11/23/how-googles-chrome-os-is-pushing-us-to-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-385196 Links 23/11/2009: Sheela Adopts GNU/Linux, Pegatron Smartbook Debuts | Boycott Novell Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:51:46 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=4745#comment-385196 [...] How Google’s Chrome OS is pushing us to the clouds Last week Google finally unveiled their much-talked-about Chrome OS, and subsequently worked the tech community into a frenzy. The operating system certainly lived up to Google’s initial promises of being browser-centric – it is basically just the Chrome web browser atop a custom Linux kernel. [...] [...] How Google’s Chrome OS is pushing us to the clouds Last week Google finally unveiled their much-talked-about Chrome OS, and subsequently worked the tech community into a frenzy. The operating system certainly lived up to Google’s initial promises of being browser-centric – it is basically just the Chrome web browser atop a custom Linux kernel. [...]

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/11/23/how-googles-chrome-os-is-pushing-us-to-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-385107 Varun Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:35:25 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=4745#comment-385107 It will be like Chrome Browser. 5% OS share and thats it. This is the best case scenario. It will be like Chrome Browser. 5% OS share and thats it.
This is the best case scenario.

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