yep its going to suck really, you'll have a net book you can't do anything with!
On Jul 11, 2:58 am, String <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 9, 9:14 pm, JohnJYates <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The real question Android developers should be asking is: "Will > > Android Market Apps work on the new Chrome OS?" > > Um, NO. > > The Chrome OS was well-described in this thread as a "a hardware > browser". It runs web apps. I really think a lot of folks here are > missing that crucial point. Re-read the Google blog post. You boot the > machine into the browser. > > The browser is the shell. The browser is the OS. Applications running > in the OS are *web* applications running in the browser. There'll be > some extra hooks to access hardware functionality - again, think of it > as WebOS for netbooks - but the apps it runs are JavaScript and HTML5. > > Forget that it's got some Linux bits under the hood. Without some > serious hackery, it won't run any Linux apps other than the Chrome > browser. It won't have a filesystem as we know it, it's have Gears or > HTML5 local storage. > > > It's as if Google is pretending Android Market isn't even there. > > > The announcement didn't make a single reference to it. > > Funny, that. The announcement didn't mention the iPhone App Store > either. That's because IT'S NOT RELEVANT. > > If you've been developing Android apps with PhoneGap (or something > similar), then you'll be able to port them to ChromeOS pretty easily. > Otherwise, fuggedaboutit. The fact that Android and ChromeOS both run > on a Linux core is no more relevant than them both running on an ARM > chip. > > String --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
