Google just released their new phone the “Nexus One”. Seems like it is compatible or will be shortly with all major networks except AT&T. Verizon will be coming soon and it is unclear if it will work with Sprint or not. Actually if you just want to use the phone for voice calls and maybe use EDGE it will work fine but NO 3G data on AT&T. Who wants that?
Well then again who would want AT&T if you could get the phone on Verizon’s network anyway.
Well got the Google Chrome OS up and running in a virtual machine. Not much to see just a browser and several online options / applications. I may try a USB thumb drive just to see if I can get a better resolution for the screen. Granted this is only the beginning and they can make a lot of changes during the development. It might be of some use on Netbooks which I am thinking is the market they want to place it in anyway.
Will this be competition for Microsoft? Only time will tell. However, Google has enough money to throw behind Chrome if they really want to. But then again Big Blue had enough money to throw behind OS/2 Wrap and look where that went.
Well I will tell you. It brings all (well not all yet but a lot) of your Google Apps and Service together in one spot. It is nice to have a launching pad and information all on one page.
How do you get there. Well the easiest way is to simply add /dashboard in the address field right after Google.com for example. https://www.google.com/dashboard/ you will be asked to login even if you are already logged in to something like Gmail.
It gives you a lot of information about your account. Here is a quote from their help page. “We focused on Google Account data, because that’s the data that is personally associated with you. Therefore, we want you to have as much access to and control over it as possible.”
You can also see a video about the ins and outs of Google Dashboard.
