Introducing Chrome for Android • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#31

Post by bad_user » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 6:12 PM UTC

"This item cannot be installed in your device's country"

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#32

Post by oflannabhra » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 6:13 PM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #20

With Android 4.0 at 1% market share, it'll be a long time before most people can even try this. http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-ve...

Yeah, while I'm generally excited about this, I won't be able to use it anytime soon, unfortunately.

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#33

Post by nickpresta » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 6:13 PM UTC

aderaynal wrote: post #22

voidfiles wrote: post #7

Wow, if they include extensions. This could be huge.

what makes you think they will ?

Firefox Mobile Nightly releases for Android already include "extensions". Here are some examples: http://people.mozilla.com/~mfinkle/addons/

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#34

Post by danielwarna » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 6:14 PM UTC

It doesn't seem to be available in Finland, found a apk at XDA tho: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485420

Too bad, it instacrashes om my ICS GalaxyS

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#35

Post by wavephorm » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 6:14 PM UTC

I think is the death knell for ChromeOS. Android browser has always sucked, it was the primary reason I haven't bought an Android device. Google had the resources to make Chrome on Android a long time ago, so I presume they were dragging their feet in a "wait and see" approach for whether ChromeOS had any chance on its own.

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#36

Post by starwed » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 6:16 PM UTC

benologist wrote: post #3

Douche move making it require Ice Cream Sandwich while they don't require telcos to ship any of us upgrades.

Yeah, lets just go ahead and assume there are no technical reasons here...

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#37

Post by enoughalready » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 6:16 PM UTC

This is exciting news. I just got the Galaxy Nexus, so the timing couldn't be any more perfect.

It doesn't look like they allow extensions yet. :(

Big win: You can remotely debug your web application via usb and adb. (Preferences -> Developer Tools -> Enable USB Web debugging.

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#38

Post by nuclear_eclipse » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 6:16 PM UTC

_ea1k wrote: post #11

steve-howard wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Samsung didn't lock down the bootloader so fucking tight on my $500 phone I wouldn't have to care what the telco does.

Which Samsung Android device has a locked bootloader?

Most of the non-Nexus phones technically have a locked bootloader, so that people can only run firmware signed by the carrier. In practice, there are ways of jailbreaking the vast majority of locked phones, but there are some people who don't want to void their warranty or don't want to use community ROMs.

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#39

Post by trotsky » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 6:16 PM UTC

Chrome is now available in Beta from Android Market, in select countries and languages for phones and tablets with Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

What tablets have official ICS on them? Is ICS even fully tabletized? I thought they had said they were putting that off until Jelly Bean.

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#40

Post by eco » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 6:18 PM UTC

Trying it now. It's very slick. Neat little animations and effects all over. Pulling up tabs from my Desktop Chrome works great. All of my bookmarks show up. No extension support (yet?).