Google Announces the made by Google Chromebook Pixel for $1,299.00

[Rohiggidy]

Google intros Chrome photo app that features full-res G+ instant upload, intelligent photo selection

Google intros Chrome photo app that features full-res G+ instant upload, intelligent photo selection

With that glorious high-res display on the Chromebook Pixel, it only made sense that Google released a brand-new photo app to go along with it. In collaboration with the G+ Photos team, Chrome has worked on a new Photos app from the ground up so that it's super-easy to upload, view and share your photos. All you have to do is plug in your camera's SD card into the Chromebook and it'll automatically recognize your pics and immediately start uploading your full-resolution photos to your G+ account -- turns out there's a really good reason the Pixel comes with one terabyte of Drive storage for three years.

Of course, the app is designed with the touch interface in mind, and they've built in social elements like G+'s plusses and comments into the UI. What we find particularly intriguing is that the app also has intelligent photo selection. It will look through your snapshots and will try its best to figure out which is blurry or has bad exposure. When you're ready to create a G+ album of your photos, it'll automatically select what it deems to be your best shots so you can set it up instantly. We talked to a Google representative here, and she said that while the app will be available to Pixel users initially via the Chrome Web Store, it'll eventually roll out to all Chromebooks in the future.

 

[Savior]

1300? The hell is this? You can buy a laptop with 5x those specs for 1300 . My laptop shyts on that and it only cost 1000$. Clearly Im missing something major here

 

[Prodigital]

1300? The hell is this? You can buy a laptop with 5x those specs for 1300 . My laptop shyts on that and it only cost 1000$. Clearly Im missing something major here

The google experience

 

[daze23]

1300? The hell is this? You can buy a laptop with 5x those specs for 1300 . My laptop shyts on that and it only cost 1000$. Clearly Im missing something major here

you've never heard of Apple?

Configure - Apple Store (U.S.)

I don't care, but it's hard to completely throw google under the bus when they at least offer (much) cheaper alternatives

 

[newarkhiphop]

Let me do this thread and the chromebook pixel some justice:

I see all these articles and posts calling the $1,299 Chromebook Pixel a "pricey boondoggle" (+TechCrunch), pitching it squarely against the Surface Pro or MacBook Pro, speculating whether it can "upend" Windows (+ZDNet), suggesting it's competing against the MacBook Air (+MacRumors)... that it's too expensive, too early, or both. But they're all missing the point.

The Pixel is really just an experiment, but one that is crucial for Chrome OS. It may not sell well. Hey, it probably won't. And the Chrome team may not care how many it sells after all. What they will watch closely is what happens next, specifically, the Web Store. In a way, it reminds me of what the Nexus One did for Android.

Consider the 2 biggest complaints you've heard about Chromebooks over the past few years:

1- it uses cheap hardware, and
2- it lacks powerful apps.

Hence, critics have called it just a glorified browser. To them, the Pixel probably doesn't make sense either. I bet most reviews will conclude it's too expensive or the hardware is premature. But as we've seen repeated in the blog post and video, the Pixel is really "for what's next".

What today's announcement shows is that Google has chosen to address hardware first; doing so on its own (not relying on Samsung, Acer, HP or Lenovo) and doing so boldly. No longer are Chromebooks synonymous with budget hardware; they can be cutting edge; specs are no longer a sore point.

Now that hardware is out of the way, it's clear what the next battle is for Chrome OS: cutting-edge applications. The Chrome team has known this for a while; Sundar Pichai certainly knows this today. It's the missing piece they need. It's what consumers have said are keeping them from adopting Chrome OS or switching completely from Windows or Mac. Users need powerful productivity apps and games. The Web Store has to get better. The groundwork has been laid all these years, but Google needs its developers to make the rest happen. Developers also needed a Chromebook they could get excited about. That's the Pixel.

In the next few months, you'll see Google doing its best to get the Pixel in the hands - especially minds - of as many developers as possible. The Pixel will probably be given away at Google I/O next May. Meanwhile, the Chrome team will continue to push development until the web is all users really need - reducing hardware dependencies, bringing in more pieces of Android (notifications), and making Google Now a central part of the experience.

When apps become powerful enough, Chromebooks will finally be more than a glorified browser in the eye of the mainstream consumer. And that is the gamble Google made today.

- GOOG SET DROID GANG

 

[villain]

they buggin wit that price and that storage

but it looks nice, just get rid of the chiclet keys

 

[Rohiggidy]

im officially off windows until i need to root my device

A Simple Method to Upload Music to Google Play from a Chromebook

There is no direct way to upload your music from Chromebook to your Google Play Music account. But thanks to William Hart, we have an easy workaround. This is easy to set up, and does not require any extension. Once set up, there is nothing much you have to do to keep this working.



However, this is bit time consuming if your internet connection is slow or have limited bandwidth to share.

The set up easy as I said.

Setup:
1. Install Music Manager and the Google Drive app on that Windows machine you’re no longer using.
2. Create a folder in Google Drive; call it “Music to Upload.”
3. Point Music Manager to watch the Music to Upload folder.

Upload:
1. On your Chromebook, save any music you want to upload to your Music to Upload folder in Google Drive.
2. Wait. (At this point, the music will upload to Google Drive, sync to your Windows machine, then upload to Google Play Music!)
3. Once you see the music show up in Google Play Music, delete the music from your Music to Upload folder, so it doesn’t take up any of your precious Google Drive space!

 

[Rohiggidy]

Let me do this thread and the chromebook pixel some justice:





- GOOG SET DROID GANG

isnt that what I was saying all day yesterday??? I clearly said it was the nexus of chromebooks. google create hardware to excite their ecosystem

They want lots of apps in the chrome webstore before their store opens up

 

[Rohiggidy]

Googles entire mission over the past few years was to dethrone apple key features. First Siri now the Retina display officially got killed.

Best mobile smartphone screen= android

best lap top screen= pixel (pixel such a cocky name )

best tablet screen= Nexus 10

google play = more apps

 

[Rohiggidy]

Chromebook Pixel Reveals Google's Master Plan for QuickOffice

Now we know what Google's plan was for QuickOffice when it acquired the company last summer. The search giant is hard-wiring it into Chrome OS, and the new Chromebook Pixel will be the first Chromebook to run QuickOffice via the browser.

When Google swallowed up QuickOffice it said it was buying the software because of its interoperability features. QuickOffice — which has apps on iPhone, iPad and Android but no full browser version until today — can open and edit documents in many different formats, including those for Microsoft Office.

That ability, in addition to QuickOffice's enterprise-targeted security features, could make Chromebooks like the Pixel attractive to businesses who might otherwise shy away from the cloud-based Google Drive or the relatively expensive Office 365 subscription.


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Besides QuickOffice, the Chromebook's other killer feature is 1TB of cloud document storage that comes included in the price. That's more than enough to back up the drive as well as store any key documents for collaboration with a team. If other team members have Pixels, it gets even greater.

For any business whose employees are on the go, LTE is an option. There's also the ingenious inclusion of 12 free passes for Gogo inflight Wi-Fi service — a very nice perk for mobile warriors who travel frequently.

Instant uploading of photos from SD cards to Google+ and the 239ppi retina display itself are more consumer-targeting features, but the message to business and enterprise is clear: If you want a powerful, cloud-connected laptop that's made with real productivity — and security — in mind, the Chromebook Pixel has a lot going for it.

We've asked Google to confirm that the ability to run QuickOffice in the browser will spread to all Chromebooks, and we'll update the post with any new information.

 

[Rohiggidy]

Why I think Google made the CB Pixel

One main reason: because Google is tired of seeing the majority of their employees on MacBooks. Comparing the total price per seat between CB Pixels and Macs, CB Pixels win big time. Even bigger when you build the hardware yourself. The Pixel makes perfect sense for Google to issue to their employees worldwide. A dream machine for a cloud company. Great idea. This means better tools and apps are on the way for all of us.

Otherwise I see little chance of this machine every becoming anything more than a footnote, no matter how well designed and built it is at the current price of $1.3k. Make it ARM based and $.5k and you'll sell a million. And the price will come down fast (like every other bit of tech).

 

[Rohiggidy]

from the doctor again

I no longer have to worry about back-ups, viruses and updating multiple different programs. And everything my business needs to do, I can do with a Chromebook.

 

[Kemyran]

I understand why they're doing this but me and my $1300 aren't participating.

 

[STAN JONES]

Only 32 gigs on a gotdamn laptop

These nikkas must've lost their minds

 

[Rohiggidy]

Only 32 gigs on a gotdamn laptop

These nikkas must've lost their minds

1 TB of google drive storage which is located on board

I have 100GB of google drive storage to use on my chromebook