5 Ways Android

is Better Than Chrome OS

Google's Cr-48 Chrome laptop is a really stupid idea, based on Polyannaish concepts of how wireless networks and carriers function. It's a device made for perfect networks with unlimited data and uninterrupted connectivity, which don't exist in America today. Cementing Chrome's uselessness, Google has a much better mobile OS play: Android.

Wireless networks aren't reliable.

It's not just about dead zones

Android phone developers know this. That's why many Android apps have offline modes. Whether you're reading the New York Times, watching a video stored on an SD card, or playing Angry Birds, your Android phone doesn't freeze up or become a doorstop when the networks go dark.

"Living in the cloud" will bust your data cap.

Chrome OS users get 100MB per month from Verizon Wireless for free. But "living in the cloud" without the sort of server-side optimization used by Opera and BlackBerry is a horrendous data hog. With a laptop and a tethered smartphone, I typically use 100-250MB per work day - and that's with a local word processor and other local apps!

Chromebook owners

who want to travel away from their desks will have to either hunt high and low for Wi-Fi hotspots, or sign up for Verizon data plans

Android smartphone owners

also have the option to download alternative browsers like Opera and Skyfire, which sip rather than guzzle data, reducing data usage even further. Chromebooks won't have that ability.

Honeycomb will solve Android's screen size and input issues. Android-powered, laptop-form-factor devices have failed in the past in part because Android's apps and UI just aren't designed for full keyboards and big screens. Compared to Windows and Mac OS notebooks, Android "smartbooks" looked like toys.

Honeycomb will have a much bigger ecosystem

than Chrome, because Chrome only has the Web. Honeycomb has the Web and more..

Chrome is an app, not an OS.

Android could run Chrome

Reader comment:

chrome os notebook is for the people who live online. i do however believe there should be a sort of back up for when you really cant get online maybe everything is also saved to an internal hard drive which then syncs to googles server when a connection is established, i think this would remedy the no internet problem as the notebook could be used without connection

Plus security is key. People can share their Chromes OS Netbook without any fear of privacy getting lost. They can have as many separate accounts in Cloud.

source: pcmag.com

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Comment:

Energy efficiency

Android vs Chrome OS

photo source: phandroid.com

A simple way to meassure energy consumption via the Web is to listen to the Fan of your portable computer.

Flash ADs:

Webites or Newspapers play now tremendous Flash

Adverising ( "short film gifs" to upload).

The FAN starts immediately you connect such a site.

That means Power consumption of your computer is

high.

Android uses offline applications

Power consumption is low

Chrome OS uses only online applications

Power consumption is high

On top servers use a lot of power for

constant data shipping

Critical point Chrome OS

will Google limit the Use of "Movie like Advertising"

in Chrome OS to bring power and data server consumption down ? What about Sites like Youtube

with Ads flashing around ? To stop "Movie Ads"

may simplify the OS machine, get the power consumption

down, but living in the cloud, should get a benchmark test how green is this solution ?

Chrome will have a very hard time catching on.

Not only that, but without an active Internet connection, netbooks running Chrome are practically useless. All the ‘apps’ are Internet based and thus without Wi-Fi nearby, you can’t even word process.

source: blog.wirelessground.com