For some reasons, Google thought that the tablet needs an OS other than the Android OS. Seriously, I am baffled. Why Google need to time, energy and money to massage the Chrome OS, now running on Chrome laptop, to run tablets as well. And it is not even a joke. It is really happening. Chrome OS tablet is happening, starting with Acer Chromebook Tab 10 – the first tablet to run on Chrome OS. I can understand you need Android Wear for smartwatch, but Chrome OS for tablets opposed to the norm of Android OS? What? I just don’t get it, really.
Is it because the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 is essentially a laptop in tablet form? Maybe. I don’t know. Oh, wait. According to Google, this Acer Chrome OS-powered tablet is designed to offer schools “easy management and shareability of Chromebook laptops” that has both touch and stylish functionality, plus Google Expeditions AR integration packed in a lightweight package. So, what’s wrong with the current Chromebook, again? No, seriously. We think it is a strange move and I have doubt of its longevity. Google has been known to give and cruelty take away and I won’t be surprise it will happen to this neither here-nor-there OS.
Expect this Acer’s first to sport a 9.7-inch 2,048 by 1,536 pixels display, a 6-core 3399 RockChip chipset that has 4 GB RAM and 32 GB onboard storage, USB Type-C connectivity, a 2MP HD webcam, a 5MP rear-facing camera, two speakers and a microphone, and a 9-hour battery to power them all. Each tablet will come with a low-cost Chromebook Wacom EMR stylus and the tab itself boasts advanced machine learning that will “predict student writing for a natural writing experience” and doing so with zero-latency. Acer Chromebook Tab 10 Chrome Tablet is expected to be available this month and carry with it a starting price of $329.
via Macrumors.
