The “personal cloud” has become a major theme, where netbook manufacturers begin to let you store all your data on the cloud in special data plans that come as part of your package. All of these new devices are seeking ways to differentiate themselves - with manufacturers seeking to bundle in different sorts of software. That’s where we’ll discuss the emerging craze around netbooks and other devices (the Amazon Kindle, etc). But the new OS is going to be the elephant in the room regardless, so I’ll do my best to get Gundotra talking.Ĭhrome OS will also likely stir things up on other panels, specifically on the one entitled “New Devices,” which runs 11am to noon. To be sure, we just checked in with Google, and they’re saying that aside from their announcement blog post last night, they’re not saying too much more about the Chrome OS. That’s because a Web-based OS gives you direct access to the Web, and so it can be more dynamic and flexible, or so the argument goes. He recently declared the Web “has won,” in other words, it’s now more efficient to do your computing tasks from a Web-based operating system, such as Chrome OS, than one that rests of your desktop, such as Microsoft’s Windows. Gundotra has become perhaps the most articulate Google spokesman on the future of the operating system. At 8:45am, I’ll be opening with a fireside chat that includes Google Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra (pictured left).
Google’s Chrome OS is bound to spark significant debate at MobileBeat2009, our mobile industry conference next week (July 16) in San Francisco. In case you haven’t heard yet, Google has just surprised the business world by announcing a new operating system called Chrome OS, designed to kill what Google thinks is an outmoded but dominant operating system: Windows. Learn how your company can create applications to automate tasks and generate further efficiencies through low-code/no-code tools on November 9 at the virtual Low-Code/No-Code Summit.