The Rumor of Google Chrome 6 Beta to hit Market in Nearer Future

Written by GdroiD Friday, 27 August 2010 23:54

Gaining astounding success over its Android operating system, Google develops other project which is the rumored Chrome OS tablet. This rumor could be arousing after Google launched the newest beta of Chrome 6 that has been updated with inclusive ability for touch screen display including copying, pasting, and the zooming in ability.

The rumor delivers information stated the Google Chrome OS tablet to join the tablet lineup on the mainstream market this November. According to some sources, the tablet is supposed to be carrying a 1280-by-720 multitouch display, a 22 GB solid state drive that is supported with 2 GB of memory, and also completed with other high-tech-standard features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, GPS, and a Webcam.

Apart from the details of specifications above, the predictions give the sign of improved capability of this Google Chrome. This Chrome OS is equipped  with “location sharing” that enables the function to detect your current location through HTML5’s geolocation feature. Also, the feature entitled WeatherNear.Me will show you the weather wherever you are, as long as your IP address or GPS location is detected.

Speaking of HTML5 geolocation, this feature is also made use by other websites like Twitter and Yelp to give you information of nearby restaurants and show it through their websites. Afterward, it tweets the details even without a separate app for Android OS or iPhone.

Moreover, other improved features this Google Chrome brings enable you to have your browser preferences from the work machine displayed on the tablet. More interestingly, the capabilities presented by Chrome 6 beta are various including the synchronization with your themes, bookmarks, and autofill data via other devices you have by using the browser through the Google Account.

Furthermore, Google Chrome is also improved to be able to support developer-created notifications for extensions. The notifications are the small transparent popup windows that almost the same with the ones you see from Growl. The notifications are displayed with more pixels’ worth so this will become more attractive popup windows when there is incoming message in Gmail, a new chat invitation, or the notification of complete download.

Learning the various features and capabilities Google tries to present through its Chrome tablet, it can be concluded that Google is trying to be the leading company that holds the power over tablet market for browsers. However, the truth about the Chrome OS-based tablet is still unclear, but the predicted availability of multitouch support, preference syncing, geolocation, and notifications indicate that Google struggles to design a browser especially dedicated for tablet.