Google Chromebook to hit by July

San Francisco: In the second day of the I/O conference held in Sanfrancisco, the lime light was stolen by Google's Chromebooks. It announced that Chrome OS notebooks, called Chromebooks will be available in the market by July 15 in U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy and Spain. This announcement comes as a big blow to Microsoft. The Chrome OS is an operating system developed by Google and the premise of Chrome OS is to deliver a completely Web-centric experience free from security issues that encounters traditional PCs, especially Windows PCs. Google is trying to take its Web-based tools and experience to deliver them in a more PC-like format. Acer and Samsung will offer Chromebook laptops through Best Buy and Amazon starting July 15. Both Acer and Samsung will host an event displaying the details of new Chromebook laptops. Acer's Wi-Fi only Chromebook will cost $349(15705) and Samsung Chromebook will cost $429(19305) for the Wi-Fi only version and $499(22455) for the 3G version. Microsoft which has displayed booming revenue may feel the biggest setback with Chromebooks. Google could easily take $1 billion a year in software revenue from Microsoft. Microsoft will be integrating Internet Explorer 9 into Windows 7 extending the desktop to include the Web in order to grab their lost internet explorer market. Google displayed an entertaining video clip relating to Chromebook in the I/O conference. It gave a broad explanation why Google Chromebook is not a laptop, but itself is a web. You simply do everything you need to do on the Web, using a portable netbook-like device that boots. Chromebooks have the advantage of having all-day battery life and built-in Net connectivity. With Verizon Wireless, the Chromebooks will offer pay-as-you-go pricing, with monthly or daily passes for 3G connectivity. Moreover, it will get updates every few weeks, just like Chrome and users do not have to worry about installing patches. The new devices have dual-core processors from Intel.