News on the latest Chromebooks and other Chrome OS devices.
A touchscreen Chromebook is due for release before the end of the year according to reports from a Chinese industry publication. Citing Taiwanese manufacturers as its source, the 'Commercial Times' reports that a 12" touch-controlled Chromebook will 'start shipping [before] the end of 2012'.
A mere day after images of it leaked online the new Acer Chromebook has been formally announced. And boy is it cheap.
Images of Acer's second-generation Chromebook have reportedly been leaked online. Spanish tech blog Minimachines purports to show the device, dubbed the AC710 although doesn't provide any details beyond this.
Google have today (October 18th) announced the availability of a new $249 Chromebook. The device is powered by an ARM processor, one of the key enablers of the lower-than-usual price.
Thought Chromebooks were dead? Think again. Acer are reported to be prepping a second-generation Chromebook for release in mid-October, based on news given to Taiwanese hardware blog DigiTimes.
When the Chromebox was unveiled earlier this year the pretty promo pictures showed off the device with a mouse and custom-Chrome keyboard set. The custom Chrome keyboard took a while to materialise, but the mouse has taken even longer to wriggle out of its hiding place...
Chromebox owners waiting patiently for an official Chrome-orientated keyboard can relax: they've gone on sale. Albeit very, very quietly.
Chrome is pre-installed on Google's impressive new 7" Jelly Bean tablet and it does not disappoint. If you are wondering how well Chrome works with the recently released Nexus 7, we've got the low-down inside...
Is Samsung's ChromeOS keyboard and mouse set nothing more than vapourware? Recent communication between Samsung and one frustrated Chrome OS user seem to point that way...