Neowin News Feed for: Chromebook

Report claims just 500,000 Chromebooks sold in last two years

Andy Weir — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:37:24 +0000

A report claims that fewer than half a million Chromebooks have been sold in the 21 months since they first went on sale, with "compatibility and consumer usage habits" highlighted as factors. Read more...

Google announces Chromebook Pixel, a premium Chrome OS laptop shipping next week from $1,299

Max Slater-Robins — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:10:45 +0000

Google has unveiled the first premium Chromebook: the Pixel. It includes an Intel i5 CPU, Intel HD 4000 GPU and 4GB of RAM, as well as a 13-inch high-res display starting at $1,299. Read more...

Rumor: Touchscreen-based Chromebooks coming in 2013

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:18:01 +0000

A new report claims that Google is working with PC makers on new Chromebooks models that will have touchscreens for a launch sometime later in 2013, but specifics were not mentioned. Read more...

Rumor: HP to sell Android-based tablets?

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:11:09 +0000

A few days after announcing its first Chromebook, a new rumor claims HP could launch its own Android-based tablets, starting with one running NVIDIA's Tegra 4 processor. Read more...

Google's Chromebook Pixel: Is it or isn't it real?

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:32:17 +0000

Last week a leaked video was supposedly showing the Chromebook Pixel: a high res touch enabled Google notebook. It's not clear if the video is real but new information shows a more complicated story. Read more...

Leaked video seems to reveal high res touchscreen Google Chromebook

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:22:38 +0000

A video has been posted on the Internet that seems to reveal that Google is working on an in-house version of its Chromebook notebook that has a high resolution touchscreen. Read more...

HP gets out the polish, launches Chromebook

Brody McKee — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:44:41 +0000

It's now official, and you can buy it today. HP's new Pavilion 14 Chromebook is packed with enough features to shoot past competitors, but its price and battery life might leave it lagging behind. Read more...

HP revealed to be the latest to join Chromebook family

John Callaham — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:55:38 +0000

A newly revealed HP documents shows that the PC maker will be the latest to release a Chromebook notebook running on Google's Chrome OS, following the lead from Samsung, Acer and Lenovo. Read more...

Acer: Windows 8 "still not successful"; hypes "amazing" Chromebook sales

John Callaham — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:18:50 +0000

Acer president JT Wong said in a new interview that the launch of Windows 8 "is still not successful" while also hyping the sales success of its Chromebooks, based on Google's Chrome OS. Read more...

Lenovo announces a Chromebook that has a face only a mother could love

Brad Sams — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:50:44 +0000

Lenovo has announced a Chromebook that is targeted at the education market and is built to withstand the trials and tribulations of the education sector but it's hard to ignore that the device is ugly Read more...

Google employees getting free hardware for Christmas

John Callaham — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:47:17 +0000

Google employees are getting a nice Christmas present from their bosses, allowing them to choose between a free Chromebook, a Motorola RAZR M or a Nexus 7 tablet. Read more...

TechSpot: Acer's $199 Chromebook Review

Julio Franco — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:43:10 +0000

A $200 laptop is a difficult thing to assess. On one hand, the Acer C7 Chromebook has that shockingly low price tag, on the other, there is weak build quality and a netbook-grade processor. Read more...

Rumor: Google to launch touch-screen Chromebook?

John Callaham — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:19:31 +0000

A new rumor claims that Google is making plans to launch its own branded Chromebook notebook that will include a touch screen and could start shipments of the notebook by the end of 2012. Read more...

Google copies Microsoft with Times Square Chromebook promo

John Callaham — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:32:29 +0000

Google is promoting its new Chromebook notebooks with a campaign involving New York City's Times Square similar to what Microsoft did with the launch of Windows 8. Read more...

Google Chromebook from Acer coming for just $199

John Callaham — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:29:30 +0000

Google has announced that Acer will release a new Chrome OS-based notebook, the C7 Chromebook, beginning Tuesday, November 13th for just $199. Read more...

Google announces $249 Chromebook

Brad Sams — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:03:07 +0100

Google has announced a new ARM based Chromebook that will available on Monday. The new ARM based computer will be a fan-less machine and Google is hoping that it will be your next companion device. Read more...

Latest Chrome OS developer update (almost) bricks Chromebooks

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:06:21 +0100

Google have been forced to pull an update to their Chrome OS, and issue recovery instructions, after the latest developer update started to (almost) brick Chromebooks, rendering the devices useless. Read more...

Google hiring Chromebook specialists for retail sales

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:58:54 +0100

Google has confirmed that it has hired a number of people labeled "Chrome Specialists" that will try to sell Chrome-based notebooks in Best Buy's retail stores. Read more...

Google reveals new Chrome OS features and products

John Callaham — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:18:07 +0100

Google has announced a major new update to its Chrome OS, along with a new Chromebook notebook from Samsung as well as the small desktop-like Chromebox product. Read more...

Palo Alto Library loaning out Chromebooks

Tyler Holman — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:12:10 +0000

A Palo Alto library is going a step further than offering ebooks - Chromebooks are now up for grabs by lucky patrons for up to a week, and it could help save the library money and headaches. Read more...