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Why is this running Android instead of Chrome OS? Internal politics are clearly at work. Moreover, why isn't there a stylus. I really, really, appreciate 1:sqrt(2), but without an accurate, ultra low-latency stylus you can't treat it like a pad to express ideas on. The build looks fantastic, though. Arrrrgh, so much promise...
Perhaps not such a great choice of name as years of web browsing have me instinctively associating the "pixel.*" domain with a tracking pixel - and that's what I initially thought this would be about.
The rumors expected this to run ChromeOS because its codename is apparently Ryu. If that's true, there are still changes being pushed to the ChromeOS codebase regarding this device: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/ec/+/1... which tells me there's still more to know about this device. I'm curious what it is. Even though I'm typing this on my first generation Pixel, is there really enough of a dif…
Devtools and Crouton would make this a pretty interesting device
Perhaps not such a great choice of name as years of web browsing have me instinctively associating the "pixel.*" domain with a tracking pixel - and that's what I initially thought this would be about.
Pixels have been shipping since February, 2013, so your comment is a few years too late. :)
Why is this running Android instead of Chrome OS? Internal politics are clearly at work. Moreover, why isn't there a stylus. I really, really, appreciate 1:sqrt(2), but without an accurate, ultra low-latency stylus you can't treat it like a pad to express ideas on. The build looks fantastic, though. Arrrrgh, so much promise...
Android, on the other hand, is not.
This might be the first convertible to lack a trackpad...
Why is this running Android instead of Chrome OS? Internal politics are clearly at work. Moreover, why isn't there a stylus. I really, really, appreciate 1:sqrt(2), but without an accurate, ultra low-latency stylus you can't treat it like a pad to express ideas on. The build looks fantastic, though. Arrrrgh, so much promise...
An important one to denote that "Pixel" does not mean Chrome - it means Google.
The previous Pixel, even the first was the "Chromebook Pixel"
This is the "Pixel C"
One might fathom we could see a "Nexus Pixel" in the future.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Devtools and Crouton would make this a pretty interesting device
Key problem is it's ARM and not Intel processor. How much of a real developer experience a crouton style solution enables on ARM, I'm not sure. But I'm guessing it's a lot more limited.
I was recently whining about the lack of a modern Sony VAIO P replacement. If this has a built-in 4G/LTE modem, I may want one, especially if it is possible to run Linux on it (maybe via Deploy Linux?). That's something else I recently whined about: why there is no 4G/LTE modem in any ultrabook (except for one or two unaffordable chromebooks not available in my country anyway)? It seems to be only in tablets and high…
Shortly after I got the laptop, Optus rolled out LTE in my city on a non-standard frequency (LTE-A on 2600mHz). This is one of the reasons I prefer a USB dongle or Wifi "hotspot".