The netbook market has, just like the PC market, been largely dominated by Microsoft since the concept was introduced. In spite of its failure with Windows Vista, Microsoft’s Windows XP and now Windows 7 have kept the software giant in the game. But aside from older competitors such as the Ubuntu distro, new operating systems focusing on the netbook market are emerging as well. Google’s Chrome OS has already gained important followers amongst computer manufacturers; the latest being Samsung which has now confirmed its own Chrome OS-based netbook.
During a press event in Australia Phil Newton, head of Samsung IT, told that the manufacturer will launch a Chrome OS-based netbook later this year. The netbook will have a 10.1″ LED display, 2GB of RAM, at a minimum 64GB of HDD space and 3G as well as WiFi support.
The battery time is said to be an incredible 12 hours but which ARM CPU will be used to enable this feat is still a bit unclear, but various speculations includes Qualcomm’s 1.5GHz model of the Snapdragon CPU.
