In the last couple of years Google has become a gigantic company involved in numerous projects, between their success stories are: Android and Chrome OS. If Android is an operating system used primarily for smartphones, Chrome is Google's operating system for netbooks. I am sure that by now most of you have heard or have a smartphone with Android and are anxious to know how the Chrome netbook will be like.
Chrome OS is primarily one "in a box". This means that there is no piece of software, locally installed Chrome OS mainly relay on the cloud and Web applications. To make some light in this matter: the cloud is a virtual space where all your information is stored safely without the need to save on the hard drive. The plus is that your laptop/netbook becomes lighter, while the disadvantage is that without an Internet connection you can not access to your information (documents, pieces of software, etc.).
The main advantage of Chrome OS is space: there is no need to install a piece of software on your laptop, you can access immediately on the Internet. The biggest constraint is that without an Internet connection, Chrome OS really cannot be of any help.
In terms of UI, Chrome OS is trying to occupy space of minimum screen, by combining the traditional application with Web pages in a tab. When it comes to security, things are not so simple. Chrome OS benefits of automatic update and sandboxes that should keep malware away. Also said that Chrome netbooks will arrive with "Trusted Platform Module", you will have a "trusted bootpath" and a "programmer that can be activated by a real switch mode". Also, open source, Chrome OS will benefit from constant security updates.
On the other hand, Android is the main competitor of the iPhone OS and one of the most popular operating systems for mobile devices: smartphones and Tablet PCs. The latest version of Android 3.0 integrates numerous features, becoming a multi-purpose platform that seeks the smartphone and the table market. Further, comes with a framework for user interface cool compatible with various devices (largest screens and USB keyboards) and brings in multicore and graphics 2D & 3D accelerated processors.
With a large community of developers who write applications (more than 200,000), Android succeeds extends features of devices and add additional features. Of course, all the devices running Android in need to be certified by Google and follow the "compatibility definition document" (DDC).
Android versions published so far are in chronological order: Pepito, Froyo, gingerbread, honeycomb (a tablet OS) and Ice Cream Sandwich (a combination of gingerbread and honeycomb) which will be launched in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Although Google was accused by Microsoft, more precisely by Steve Ballmer "not be able to do on its own" have two OS, Google responded to change the two operating systems (Android and Chrome OS) serve different markets: mobile and personal computing. Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, Android and Chrome added "it is likely that they will converge over time", but at the moment this is not objective of Google. Even that combination the two markets why not offer consumers the best of two worlds?
Brad Larson promotes quality standards in programming services. It works with http://www.sbp-romania.com to maintain a high level of code writing.
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