Friday 15 May 2015

Google launches affordable Chromebooks With Xolo and Nexian at Rs 12,999..!!

As already seen with Android one devices , Google had partnershipped with Indian companies like  Micromax , Spice and Karbonn to make budget Google phones popularly known as "Android One " Phones. This time its Google Chromebooks and it has partnershipped with Xolo and Nexian . These Chromebooks are priced at Rs 12,999 and would be available online on Snapdeal and Amazon India respectively.
Google has also informed that the latest Chromebook units from Asus including the Chromebook Flip and C201 , and will be available from local retailers in the coming months.


The Xolo Chromebook sports an 11.6 inch TFT Display (1366 x768p) . It is powered by a 1.8GHz Cortex A17 Rockchip quadcore processor and 2 GB DDR3 RAM. Talking about the storage , its 16 GB internal out of which 9.6 GB would be available to the user and also contains a memory card slot for expansion. It has 2 USB 2.0 ports , 1 HDMI port , 1MP web Camera and Bluetooth 4.0. The Laptop has a 4200 mAh Battery and oofers a back up of 8-10 hs.


The Nexian Air Chromebook also supports the same configuration.It has  11.6 inch TFT Display (1366 x768p) . It is powered by a 1.8GHz Cortex A17 Rockchip quadcore processor and 2 GB DDR3 RAM. Talking about the storage , its 16 GB internal out of which 9.6 GB would be available to the user and also contains a memory card slot for expansion. It has 2 USB 2.0 ports , 1 HDMI port , 1MP web Camera and Bluetooth 4.0. The Laptop has a 4200 mAh Battery and oofers a back up of 8-10 hs. Apart from that it is splash proof and comes with a handle.

It seems Google is also very keen in occupying Indian market as the Chinese Companies are doing. Google has also announced the availability of Chromebooks for Indian Schools and Educational institutions nationally. These Chromebooks contains Google Apps for education  which according to Google makes it easy to create , learn and collaborate. Google also offers Management consoles through which administrators can manage and set up thousands of Chromebooks through  a computer or Phone for students.
Google is also interested in spread its Chromebook use in Business class. It also announced Chromebooks for Business and meetings. Google Chromebox for meetings  bring together Hangouts , Google Apps and Chromebox  making it simple and affordable for any company to have high definition video meetings , as per the company. Chromebox has been priced at Rs 90,000.
Thus ,  it seems Google is trying different stuffs with affordability to compete the fast rising Chinese companies.

Saturday 9 May 2015

Windows 10 is " The last version of Windows , " says Microsoft...!!

Windows has been the most popular and most used Computer Operating System since 1990's .Microsoft already  has created a great buzz about Windows 10 , latest version of Windows to be released this summer. Now Microsoft announces that Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows .
Microsoft 's developer Jerry Nixon at the ignite Tech Conference said , " Right now we are releasing Windows 10 , and Windows 10 is the latest version of Windows , we are all still working on Windows 10 ,".
It seems Microsoft would be following Apple's approach  , instead of releasing entirely new and different versions of its desktop OS  every few years It would be standardizing Windows 10 and deliver regular improvements to Windows through software updates.



"Windows will be delivered as a service bringing new innovations and updates in an ongoing manner , with continuous values for our consumers and business customers ,"explained Microsoft in its full statement to Verge. " We aren't speaking to the future branding at this time , but customers can be confident Windows 10 will remain up-to date and power a variety of devices from PC;s to phones to Surface Hubs to HoloLens  and X-Box. We look forward to long future of Windows innovations.

Extract the marketing speak and what the future appears to is "Windows "- no version , just "Windows".
This will be a single , homogeneous entity powering all hardware Microsoft has and delivering and on going stream of updates. These updates may technically carry code numbers or names , but they won't be heavily flagged and most users will simply see themselves as running "Windows"- a platform which is always the latest software Microsoft has to offer . This means no more XP  , 7, 8 ,8.1 or 10 and maybe the software which runs IOS and Android Apps.
We could just wait and see what Microsoft really does after Windows 10 but it seems they would be following Apple's approach.