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In a quick chat with Eric Schmidt recently at the Atmosphere Cloud Computing Summit, the Google CEO revealed that more about Chrome OS’s hardware, including the fact that the hardware will be “completely disposable”. Users can simply toss their device down the trash once they are tired with it, although we couldn’t imagine why. Schmidt also revealed that most devices running the Google operating system will be priced similar to what a netbook is now – roughly $300 to $400, which is something most companies can pay for disposable. Schmidt also discussed the potential of subsidized devices, saying “sure” but then stating that although Google itself won’t sell any Chrome OS devices on contract, but others are free to do so. Click past the break for the full 41 minute discussion with Schmidt, questions begin at 13 minutes into the talk.

Source: Events@Google

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It seems as if Google is keeping it’s promise of rolling out Chrome OS later this year. CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit that the operating system is on schedule for being rolled out later this year. Keeping in mind that although no official release date has been announced, it is likely that you can probably snag up a Chrome OS netbook by the holidays. Until then, you can keep on worrying about your iPad, Chatroulette, and internet memes, as we can expect the Google OS to slip under the radar for a while now.

Source: t-break

If the Chrome OS tablet had not been canceled, we might have been expecting this tablet, which is an official concept by Google. It seems innovative, and even though is just a web browser, it could jab a hole in iPad’s momentum from rumors after rumors before it’s launch.

The pictures have been posted on the official Chromium site, and even though Chromium is not part of Google, they were designed by Chrome’s UI designer. Also worthwhile to know: there will be more than one Chrome tablet since Chromium OS is open source. Video and gallery below. Read the rest of this entry →