12 May 2011 | Author: M Allbon SEO Account Executive
The big story at the IO conference in San Francisco yesterday was Google's announcement detailing the imminent arrival of its new laptop computer, Chromebook.
Set for release on 15 June, the Chromebook will be manufactured by Samsung and Acer, and available with a choice of either Wi-Fi or 3G functionality. Prices will start at around £200 for Wi-Fi and increase to around the £300 mark for 3G.
The big news here is that the Chromebook is built and optimised for the web according to Google. Essentially, all features of the device, including the operating system, programs and security options will be completely web-based. Google claims there's nothing to download and no updates to oversee - it's all in the cloud.
"Thanks to automatic updates, the software on your Chromebook will get faster over time. Your apps, games, photos, music, movies and documents will be accessible wherever you are and you won't need to worry about losing your computer or forgetting to back up files," a statement on Google's official blog said.
With the president of Google Enterprise, David Girouard, claiming "corporate computing has been broken for a long time" a further announcement on the Google blog on the Chromebooks for Business and Education programme looked to address the perceived needs of educational establishments, IT departments and businesses.
"This service includes Chromebooks and a cloud management console to remotely administer and manage users, devices, applications and policies. Also included is enterprise-level support, device warranties and replacements as well as regular hardware refreshes," Linus Upson and Sundar Pichai of Google said.
The programme will offer monthly subscriptions for businesses and educational establishments starting at about £17 per user for businesses and £12 per user for schools.
It would seem, then, Google has given the trendy tablet market a swerve and gone in search of potentially larger revenue streams in the forms of education and business.
While this might be a gamble, it could prove to be an inspired move - but the company will have to wait for the pick-up rate among individual users and businesses to see.
Google unveils future-proof laptop while eyeing big business
The big story at the IO conference in San Francisco yesterday was Google's announcement detailing the imminent arrival of its new laptop computer, Chromebook. Set for release on 15 June, the Chromebook will be manufactured by Samsung and Acer, and available with a choice of either Wi-Fi or 3G functionality. Prices will start at around £200 for Wi-Fi and increase to around the £300 mark for 3G.
The big news here is that the Chromebook is built and optimised for the web according to Google. Essentially, all features of the device, including the operating system, programs and security options will be completely web-based. Google claims there's nothing to download and no updates to oversee - it's all in the cloud.
"Thanks to automatic updates, the software on your Chromebook will get faster over time. Your apps, games, photos, music, movies and documents will be accessible wherever you are and you won't need to worry about losing your computer or forgetting to back up files," a statement on Google's official blog said.
With the president of Google Enterprise, David Girouard, claiming "corporate computing has been broken for a long time" a further announcement on the Google blog on the Chromebooks for Business and Education programme looked to address the perceived needs of educational establishments, IT departments and businesses.
"This service includes Chromebooks and a cloud management console to remotely administer and manage users, devices, applications and policies. Also included is enterprise-level support, device warranties and replacements as well as regular hardware refreshes," Linus Upson and Sundar Pichai of Google said.
The programme will offer monthly subscriptions for businesses and educational establishments starting at about £17 per user for businesses and £12 per user for schools.
It would seem, then, Google has given the trendy tablet market a swerve and gone in search of potentially larger revenue streams in the forms of education and business.
While this might be a gamble, it could prove to be an inspired move - but the company will have to wait for the pick-up rate among individual users and businesses to see.
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