As you may already know, Google, in the coming year -2010, will introduce the much anticipated Google Chrome OS. But before that the race between different netbook companies to win the market has already commenced.  A couple of days back Dell came out with a compatible version for mini netbooks. Though Dell is not included in the official partner list by Google, it still managed to get all the attention by introducing this compatible version.

Second in the row is Acer, which says it will be the first one to manufacture a netbook to support Google Chrome OS.  In fact Acer has already begun the manufacturing work (started sometime in mid 2009).If Acer will live up to its claim or not cannot be said now. Last time we all saw that Acer failed in making netbooks those were to support Android (users could not install anything on these Android netbooks. Only the battery lasted longer with Android running on the netbook). This time it may actually be the first one to launch netbooks for Chrome OS. But like I said earlier, nothing can be said with surety.

For those who still do not know much about the Chrome OS news, Google Chrome Operating system will play both like a web-browser and an operating system. With that one will not have to install different tools, softwares etc. Everything will be present on cloud; and one can just take it from there, use it and give it back to the cloud. Simple. Once out, the Chrome OS will make internet a lot different from what it is now. So now you know why the race is getting tougher.

All we can hope for is that users get a good, convenient to use netbook for Google Chrome Operating System. Until then let’s wait and watch who else joins this race. There are already two…

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In 2008, Motorola went through a steep decline in its global market share. However, early this year Motorola managed to pull it off by making a decent profit. And now it’s time for Motorola’s much hyped Android -powered Smartphone. (There is going to be around another twenty Android devices towards the end of 2009, one of them being a Samsung launch – Samsung i7500 and two other products by Motorola. G1 and Magic from HTC have already been introduced, while Acer and Sony Ericsson are expected to launch their Android gadgets by the end of this year- that is 2009.) So that will make a bunch of Android Smartphones in the market, but Motorola’s Sholes is {anticipated} to top all other Android devices, both in terms of looks and features.

A Quick Peek Into Motorola’s Sholes -

The first time when a little time back, in July, the pictures of Motorola Sholes leaked out, it turned out to be no different than people had thought of. With that I don’t mean the design and features of Sholes weren’t good – the appearance is worth a look. Also, Motorola may be the first Android manufacture to support a physical keyboard.

The Rumored Features of Motorola Sholes Are -

•    3.7 inch touch screen(capacitance based)
•    5 mega pixel autofocus camera
•    GPS(Global Positioning System)
•    Bluetooth 2.0
•    A slide out QUERTY keyboard
•    256 MB RAM and 512 ROM
•    A micro SDHC slot supposedly supporting card up to 16GB size
•    WiFi
•    3.5mm standard headphone jack

That actually sounds like a good deal of killer features.

Motorola Sholes’s Launch-

On September 10th, Motorola made brief announcement about Android in San Francisco.

Motorola’s Sholes is speculated to be introduced in public sometime in this month. Hopefully, the final Sholes that is brought to the market keep up with people’s expectations as the look of Motorola’s Sholes did.

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