An Overview Of Some Of The Features Found On The Samsung Chromebook

No longer is the name Google only associated with internet search engines as the company has taken great strides in several areas of the home technology market in the last couple of years.  Millions of people are currently using a mobile phone that runs on the Google Android operating system whilst the popularity of the Google Chrome web browsers has been huge over the last two years with there now being over 60 million wordwide users.  Google have now turned their attention to the netbook sector of the market by introducing the Chromebook, a device which unlike a laptop relies upon cloud based services rather than internal storage.  So what does this exciting new product offer the user?The Chromebook is a device that is optimised for web usage.  Statistics show that this is where the majority of the computer users time is spent so this device basically simplifies and speeds up this side of affairs.  The first major difference between this device and your traditional laptiop is the speed that the machine boots up.  Samsung state that the Chromebook will be usable just 8 seconds after it is switched on.  Many older machines running operating systems such as Windows Vista take around one minute and even some of the super fast iMacs can take around double the time of the Chromebook.  The obvious advantage of this is you need not waste time waiting for you computer, it is on hand as and when you require it.  If the system is just in sleep mode then the resume time is instant.  Just like many modern mobile phones the device not only boasts WiFi connectivity but also a 3G connection so even if you are away from a local network you can still use a cellular data network to achieve a fast connection to the web.Perhaps the biggest difference between traditional computer systems and the Samsung Chromebook is the use of the cloud system rather than internal storage.  This means that all of your documents, applications and settings are stored in the cloud.  The advantage of this is that you can gain access to all of your data even if you lose your Chromebook or it if it ceases working.  It is also a great system if you wish to use multiple terminals as you will be faced with the same set up every time.   I mentioned applications earlier and that is a very big part of how Google and Samsung want you to use this device.  Rather than purchasing programs for various tasks you will now have the option of downloading applications similar to what you are offered on mobile phones.  This is often a much more simple way of achieving your desired results.  Applications are available for a multitude of uses from photo editing to spreadsheets and they all use the new HTML5 coding that enables them to continue working even at those rare moments when you are not connected to the net.The Samsung Chromebook looks destined to have the same dramatic effect on the home computer market that Tablet devices such as the iPad have had over the last two years.The Samsung Chromebook and the Blackberry Playbook are available soon.