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Sundar Pichai

Sundar Pichai
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Clint Boulton
Clint Boulton
May 12, 2011
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Sundar Pichai

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Google VP Sundar Pichai touts Chrome OS during the keynote.


Chrome Browser Features

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Pichai lists the benefits of the Chrome browser here.


Samsung Series 5

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Here is Samsung’s Chromebook, offering users a 12.1-inch screen and 8.5 hours of continuous usage, supported by a dual-core Intel Atom processor.


Acer Chromebook

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Acer’s notebook is a tad smaller, sporting an 11.6-inch display, 6 hours of usage and the Intel chip.


Chromebook Retail Channel

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Here are the distribution channels for both devices.


Chrome for Businesses

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Chrome for Businesses will cost enterprise users $28 per month per user, with a three-year subscription for a Samsung or Acer Chromebook.


Chrome Goes to School

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Chrome for Education provides the same tools for $20 per month per user.


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Product Support

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Google is promising support, including hardware replacements for when the Chromebooks break down, degrade or are damaged.


Chromebox

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The Samsung Chromebox is a portable desktop option for Chrome OS business users.


Documents in Chrome OS

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Google shows off document file in Chrome OS.


Document in Full

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See the document rendered in the Chrome browser.


Chrome OS Media Player

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Google has added a media player to Chrome OS.


Playing Video, Music

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The player will run music and video.


Google Music Beta

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Google’s Music beta, running in Chrome.


Picasa

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Users may port their Picasa photos to Chrome and manage them there.


Offline App Support

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Chrome OS applications such as Gmail, Google Docs and apps from these partners will run offline.

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