![]() Some Web apps, including new ones using HTML5, should work offline, but this is still an emerging standard. ![]() Chrome runs only Web apps, meaning that they are really interactive Web sites and not applications that you download and run locally. Some major apps such as Skype and Evernote are not available, but the selection will surely increase over time. You can install additional apps and extensions from the Chrome Web Store ( /webstore). The Cr-48 comes with a handful of pre-loaded applications including Get Started, Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Talk and two games. For example, you can't view basic system specs (processor type or amount of memory), change the power settings or check how much free storage space is remaining. But Chrome is missing many of the settings you'd find in the Control Panel or other parts of Windows. You can also change the look and feel of Chrome by downloading and installing new themes. The System Settings menu has a series of tabs for modifying basic options such as the date and time, language, home page and default search provider. (TechCrunch, covering its bases, called it "both insanely awesome and shockingly awful.") The browser-based OS is very different from Windows 7 or Mac OS X, and the Cr-48 has raised as many questions as it has answered. (With the Nexus S, which is available starting tomorrow, Google is doing it once again.) Chrome is a different beast, though. The Nexus One wasn't a commercial success, but it did push handset makers and carriers to launch more powerful smartphones at a faster pace. It is a move that has worked well with Android. In the meantime Google has released a prototype netbook, the Cr-48, to get Chrome into the hands of application developers and reviewers. But building an operating system is no easy task, and with lots of bugs left to stamp out, the first Chrome netbooks from the likes of Acer and Samsung won't appear until mid-2011. ![]() When Google announced it a year ago, the company promised the first netbooks would be available in time for the holidays. To make matters worse, Chrome is running late.
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