Chromebooks to Ship with Offline Versions of Google Apps

One of the problems with the marketability of the Chromebook — that it only functions when connected to the Internet — is likewise a misunderstanding. Google's Chrome Bone doesn't have any topically installed apps like a word processor or spreadsheet manager, indeed many believe that Chromebooks are contingent and inutile without Wi-Fi or cellular data connectivity. But when Chromebooks ship on June 15, they'll come in packaged with offline versions of Gmail, Docs, and Google Calendar.

Sundar Pichai, V.P. of Chrome's product direction, announced at the Google I/O developer's conference that the company has been using offline versions of Gmail, Docs and Calendar for months, and that not only bequeath Chromebooks sport this feature, those three core services will comprise available offline to everyone this summer.

Google is positioning itself as the loss leader for online productiveness and our tech culture's prox in the cloud. However, it's neglecting to highlight its offline features — a marketing oversight that may hold many back from adopting Chrome OS.

But Google does mould offline in many shipway. Whol of its Chrome WWW Store games (including Furious Birds!) and many of its productiveness add-ons work without an Internet connecter. The just-launched Google Music Of import likewise seems like information technology only whole caboodle online, but closed at the small print reveals that user-chosen and recently played songs are automatically "cached" to romp, just just in case an Internet connection is lost. That's fundamentally localized storage — an ugly word for Google's stigmatisation and cloud ambitions, only applicable nonetheless.

Likewise remember that the Chromebooks' eyeglasses let in a 4-in-1 storage card slot and 16GB of internal flash computer memory — another mode to "cache" files. If you're inquisitive how you'd find locally stored files without a tralatitious desktop, Chrome OS has a file manager modeled after those found on Windows and Mac computers. And Pichai as wel essentially gave the go-ahead for users to hacker Chromebooks for those who are looking to add more flexibility to Chrome OS.

Many casual users might choose a comparably priced iPad over a Chromebook, and, after sharp-eared about the Chromebook's "dependence" on the Cyberspace, businesses may avoid these products for revere of bankruptcy. But Chromebooks aren't the World Wide Web-creeping hobby-horses many suspect. With Chromium-plate OS beingness nearly computer virus-proof, its impressive suite of role productiveness apps that are cognate to if non better than Microsoft's, and Google's innovative pricing structure that allows businesses to meet slaveless hardware upgrades every three years on constantly updated in operation systems for $28 per month, Chromebooks may just be the next best solvent for small to moderate-sized businesses looking to untether from Microsoft Office staff.