At Google I/O this year last week, they announced Chromebook.
Chromebook is basically a netbook with nothing but the web. Its like windows with only internet explorer (okay, chrome is better than IE) but the point is same.
What I think is Chromebook cannot be the PC replacement device, not at least in India
The Chromebook has only the web; this means you cannot do anything in addition to what you can do on a netbook with internet. To do anything, you need to be connected all the time. Not everyone here has wi-fi at home and 3G is still in nascent stages as the data costs are quite high and the service also is not good. I used Vodafone 3G for a week, lost substantial amount of credit from my balance and returned to good old 2G, unsatisfied. See, my point is, you cannot completely rely on 3G connections to do all your internet related work and let me tell you, browsing the web on a netbook will be much more costly than on a mobile as the Chromebook will offer the complete desktop versions of websites while mobile phones use the less data hungry mobile optimized versions. So get ready for your data bill to run into thousands, if you are going to stream that HD video on the Chromebook because it will not allow you to store it on the device itself. Every time you'll have to listen to that favourite song of yours, you'll have to stream it online and add to your data charges.
