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crunchgear消息:观察家质疑Chrome OS登陆平板电脑传言

发布时间:2010-09-21 16:37:11 Tags:,,

日前,英国《星期日泰晤士报》报道,三星大肆宣扬的产品Galaxy Tab平板电脑将把原来的Android 2.2“更换为Chrome系统,但菜鸟用户必须在专业技术人员的协助下才能更新系统”。三星方面似乎也承认了这一消息,尽管在此之前,他们一直否认Galaxy Tab将更换操作系统的说法。这究竟是三星在敷衍了事呢,还是另有蹊跷?

Rumor has Chrome OS on Tablet Devices

Rumor has Chrome OS on Tablet Devices

这则消息很可能出自显而易见的判断,也可能是挖掘内幕而得,还可能是有待推敲的假想,笔者个人倾向于最后一种情况。

说它是显而易见的判断,是因为所有的平板电脑硬件都有可能支持运行Chrome系统,三星Galaxy Tab当然也不例外。如果这种解释成立的话,那就说明撰写该报道的记者并不了解内情,只是凭推断而下结论。但笔者相信《星期日泰晤士报》作为一家老牌媒体,断不会有如此草率之举,因此这个消息见报一定另有根据。

如果是第二种可能,那就说明该记者已经掌握了Chrome操作系统的有关情况,而且还说明了一点,即Chrome操作系统同样适用于大部分运行Android 2.2的硬件平台,但这似乎也不太可能。另外,该报道并未澄清关于Android 3.0将成为平板电脑操作系统的传闻,Android 3.0如果真是平板电脑操作系统(谷歌已承认Andriod 2.2及其以下版本都不可能成为平板电脑操作系统)的话,那么Chrome操作系统又要往哪搁?这岂不枉费谷歌在Chrome网络商店、平板电脑/浏览器平台所倾注的心血?

鉴于以上思考,笔者揣测该记者仅仅是需要组织一些语言来强化自己的观点,所以才有了这么一出传言。那么三星对这一消息的确认又要作何解释?回想当初,三星在Galaxy Tab市场战略上陷于无序状态,不但在发货数量上口径不一,甚至连产品价格都屡遭泄漏。由此看来,即使三星认可这一消息,那也不足为信。

不过,Android 3.X和Chrome操作系统即将登场的消息倒是确有其事。有人认为这两个系统会在10月份现身,另外,宏碁与HTC将与这两个系统合作的消息也已经流传了数月之久。但这些都还不是可靠消息,目前我们唯一掌握的情况就是,Android和Chrome操作系统合并一事暂时还没排上谷歌的日程表——即使排上了,这种可能性也非常之小,因为这两个系统的不可兼容性实在很明显。另外声明一点,因为我们无从得知谷歌在Chrome系统上将有何计划,因此以上推论纯属猜测。

传说中的Android 3.X和Chrome系统面世的日子马上就要到了,大家都知道谷歌就喜欢故弄玄虚,然后再让人大吃一惊。让我们耐心等待,看看谷歌究竟何时才肯将真相大白于天下。

Rumor Has Chrome OS Succeeding Android On Tablet Devices

The Sunday Times reported yesterday that Samsung’s much-hyped Galaxy Tab would be able to have its Android 2.2 OS “replaced with Chrome, when that arrives, though owners who aren’t tech savvy should have this upgrade carried out by a professional.” This information was supposedly confirmed by Samsung, which has since said that they have no plans to replace the OS on the Galaxy Tab.

Typical corporate prevarication, or something more?

This information could be obvious, revealing, or questionable. I’m leaning towards questionable.

The way it might be obvious is simply that any piece of hardware, with the proper amount of fiddling, will likely be able to run Chrome OS, and the Galaxy Tab is no exception. This is the interpretation that must be implied if the writer doesn’t actually have any inside information. There’s no reason to suppose one way or another, but the Sunday Times isn’t just some rag, so I’d like to think this statement was made purposefully.

If, on the other hand, the reporter is in possession of new information regarding Chrome OS, then the statement brings up all kinds of mysteries, hence the secret interpretation. It implies that Chrome OS would be installable on most devices capable of running Android 2.2, and that seems unlikely. It also makes unclear the status of Android 3.0, which has been rumored to be the OS’s“tablet edition,” supporting higher resolutions and other concessions to larger hardware with different requirements in many ways. If Android 3.0 is a true tablet OS (2.2 and below are not, as Google has admitted somewhat unnecessarily), where does that leave Chrome OS, the web store, all the work they’ve done on the tablet/browser platform?

I’m tempted to go with the obvious interpretation considering how many questions the secret one leaves open, and also because it’s just unlikely that such a revelation would occur via a single statement, in a single article, about a single device, about which Google isn’t particularly enthused. So I’m guessing the reporter’s phrasing simply wanted a few words to make it clear what he meant. What about Samsung’s confirmation? They don’t appear to have a unified strategy with the Galaxy Tab, considering how many launches it had and how many times the price was officially leaked. Their endorsement of this information should be taken with a grain of salt.

It’s even possible that this whole particular rumor is a non-rumor, considering the reporter did say “software” and “Chrome,” not “operating system” and “Chrome OS.” Damn your ambivalent wording, David Phelan.

But the fact remains that Android 3.x and Chrome OS are coming. Some say as soon as October; rumors about hardware have been making the rounds for months, with Acer and HTC reported to be getting sweetheart deals. But that’s all unconfirmed, and right now all we can report with confidence is that there is no clear plan for the unification of the Android and Chrome operating systems — if that was ever the plan, since to all appearances they appear incompatible and even incompossible. And considering we don’t really even know the extent of Google’s ambitions with Chrome OS, any speculation on my part will be sheer guesswork.

With the rumored launch dates approaching quickly (well, no more quickly than any other dates, but still), we’ll be on the lookout for any clarifying information from Google. They do like their surprises.(source:crunchgear)

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