Keeping Google's Consumer OS Options Straight 97
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According to Engadget, among others, Google is expected to show off the state of the Chrome OS on Tuesday of this week, and perhaps even to show off a netbook running the cloud-centric system. Since many of the things that Chrome OS does are also within the scope of Google's other consumer OS, Android, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has written a guide to the differences, as he sees them, between Android and Chrome OS.
Re:Straight (Score:4, Insightful)
ChromeOS vs Android - same as OS X vs iOS - the same Unix OS with a different interface and GUI libraries.
Re:WARNING: Tech writer needs to learn tech! (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:WARNING: Tech writer needs to learn tech! (Score:4, Insightful)
Because Google understands the importance of a good UI that does what it's meant to do, easily. Android is designed around a touch screen concept. Chrome OS is designed around a standard mouse/touch pad and keyboard input combination. It's one of the reasons why Win Mobile failed all these years. They tried to force a desktop interface onto a device that most definitely could not be used as a desktop. It's also the reason why tablets didn't become popular when they were first introduced 5-6 years ago running Windows XP.