Google Chromebook is up in the Cloud

  Google Chromebook seems to have some interesting features like, eight second start up time, long battery life, priced point of $349 to $499, Wi-Fi and 3G, and no applications….. wait a minute. Yeah that’s right no apps, no programs, and no folders. Because according to Google everything mid June can be done on the internet. Everything?
 
Now I am sure if I search, hunt, and peck long enough I can find something somewhere to create and edit videos, create my production excel sheet, and produce any pdf or word document for my next day at work or school online. But I don’t want to search and go to a web page to do 60% of the things I on my laptop and not have to depend on an internet connection to do it. And not all of my life is comprised of Blogspot, Twitter ( #thunderup ), Facebook, and internet surfing. Just 40%.
 
  I am not completely against the whole cloud concept honestly. I could use the extra memory and think it’s a great way to back-up my stuff. But if you are in an area or on the go with little to no connectivity, how much of the cloud can you hold in your hands?
 
  On the other hand my biggest question would be why a netbook? Between the iPad, other tablets, and a descent smart phone I thought the death of the personal Desktops, Laptops, and Netbooks was imminent. It seems pointless to me to come out the gate with this product as anything but a tablet. Was there an issue with the OS in a tablet form? It seems like a near waste of money on Google’s part, unless they are just trying to hit the low price point but even that doesn’t make since because you can get an iPad2 or another tablet for another $100 ish more. So why waist the money and time? I have no answer for that, but I do think that the idea of a internet only product is just a moment or two ahead of its time.
 

Google Music takes a bite out of Apple

   So Google wants to take a bite out of the Apple iTunes with Google Music. Some are heralding it as the time of change, Droid's turbo button, and Apple and Amazon's worst nightmare. But it is really?

   The Twitter feed on it is crazy and so far it seems to be mainly cloud based and the beta test for it, good luck getting on  that list, only allows up to 20,000-ish songs for upload. 20,000 songs??? I have around 500 plus songs and only listen to about 100 repetitively, if it wasn't for shuffle I may not even listen to that many. The main part of cloud based is that you don't have it with you, it's on the internet. Now for somethings like files, spreadsheets, pictures, and the like this is an okay system for me, but to stream my own music, even just 40 songs I own that I can think of right now I could kiss most of my data plan good bye in nearly one sitting. Combine that with so-so connectivity on the go, cloud based streaming music is not so appealing to me. I know the response is Wi-Fi connections but when driving, walking, or running around it's not going to happen.

   I also watched that the Google currently does not own any music or label rights at the starting line of the beta release. Which you can find out that is not what they wanted to do but are doing it anyway. Like asking for a diet drink at the drive thru but taking the regular version at the window. Now they know how my wife feels.

   Lastly on my list is the audience. Looks like Google is making an app for their product but so far only for droid based phones. I'm not one to lug my laptop around with me to listen to my playlist while running so that idea will be out the window and so will it for any non Droid owner. Which is a huge number of consumers. Especially when thinking that 66 percent of all digital music sales were from iTunes in 2010.

   So is Google Music going to last? I am sure it will due to the support of die hard Droid fanatics and that the service is free for now like most Google products. But should Apple worry at all? With the small bite that is already missing from the Apple logo I think they will survive.

And so it begins again...

First things first. I would like to thank my friend Johnny for turning me towards this idea and to @Techranter for pushing and pushing me to continue to write, and my best for last, my love Jana ( @myjanabanana ) for whom puts up with me the most in life, she is my support, backbone, and friend. I Love You.

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