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Google Introduces the Chromebook Pixel to Compete With the MacBook Air
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I really just cannot get my head around this product at all. I own the £200 Acer C7 Chromebook... And it does the job of WEB-SURFING, and web-surfing alone. That is what Chrome-OS is, and that is what the Chromebook's were set out to do & be. I just cannot see the appeal in having a £1000 oversized netbook. It's just totally fried my head. I do not understand it, at all.
Either Google has something incredible lined up to coincide with this laptop or they just smoked too much of the green stuff in the office that day.
Either Google has something incredible lined up to coincide with this laptop or they just smoked too much of the green stuff in the office that day.
I keep reading the opposite. I wonder if Android devices are counted as sold when shipped to the reseller or when actually sold to a client.
Also, some countries with low income population may just be able to afford the low price Android devices. And considering than most Android phones are given away for pennies, it's possible...
But this doesn't mean that iOS devices are going down the drain.
Each device has developed its own market.
This is a horrible computer. It does nothing other than be a glorified browser. Only use for it is for bloggers who does everything online, and for trips to China. Maybe it'll be useful for corporate employees who have limited IT use, who don't want employees to install software, but even then it's probably better to just get an Android tablet, iPad with a keyboard attachment, or Surface RT.
No - you're wrong. iAds was Apple's way of breaking into the advertising market. Not for the benefit of developers. Seriously? Is that what you think?
The whole mobile ads being ugly, etc are all smoke and mirrors. It's Apple marketing.
And Apple didn't take it seriously? They spend a good amount of money and "air time" that state otherwise.
Again - just because it wasn't/isn't successful doesn't mean they weren't gunning for the same success. They just (to date) have failed at it.
I repeat, you have read wrong because your readiong a partial quote:
Google doesn't own any data and they CAN't sell it.
Your private data feels safer when it is physically in your own room. You feel as if you have direct control of who is accessing it. Whether this is or is not actually the case is a different matter.
Yap, because when Jobs presented it and said that they will have 50% of the ads sahre in less than a year was because it was a hobby
It almost looks like they gave up during the CNC process...Jony Ive: "We started with a solid block of aluminium"... Google" And we will keep it at that"
A little further and it's a complete Unibody knockoff! It looks like a cheap version of anodised aluminium though
They even copied the info page of the baclkit keyboard and completley stole the "glass trackpad"!
To think, people will actually buy this and still say Mac's are expensive for specs
A little further and it's a complete Unibody knockoff! It looks like a cheap version of anodised aluminium though
They even copied the info page of the baclkit keyboard and completley stole the "glass trackpad"!
To think, people will actually buy this and still say Mac's are expensive for specs
That's an absolutely sickening Apple mockup presentation. Bit like the Sony PS4 show last night, everything has gone Jobs circa 2005ish presentation, down to the hyperbole, camera bias, lighting, word weight, delivery.. come on guys, if you want to beat Apple, find your own way, this looks way weak.
I am not a zealot at all, I'm all ears but when you rip something off this blatantly, you are not doing yourself any favors.
I am not a zealot at all, I'm all ears but when you rip something off this blatantly, you are not doing yourself any favors.
$299.95
Great at $299...not at brick and mortor stores probably so you buy without trying first? POOR MARKETING AT BEST...overpriced at best.
Great at $299...not at brick and mortor stores probably so you buy without trying first? POOR MARKETING AT BEST...overpriced at best.
The only logical question about Pixel is "why would a successful company build a product that is entirely illogical and entirely unsellable"?
uhmmm no. SSD are getting cheaper everyday. Besides Apple made a good choice of removing physical drive, it's prone to mechanical breakdown and take up too much space. I'd rather have bigger battery. When was the last time you bought CD's or DVD's? Google chrome book has nothing and still get 5 hrs battery? POS
And this is a problem for Google because without an internet connection, people can't use search or Google Services. Meaning they make no money and basically gave away their OS for free as a charity.
This is the same problem they're having with Android
I've never seen any indication that Apple would love to be in the advertising business. Like most of their services, iAd was most likely meant to be a driver for hardware sales by attempting to increase the revenues for iOS developers that choose to use advertising. (The swipe at Google was probably also a factor.
) The also sought to increase the quality of iOS advertising.
