It looks like Chrome OS may finally be polished enough to get its big public unveiling on a consumer device. Sure we had the Google CR-48 last year but we’re still waiting for a Chrome OS product from one of the big brands. Now Samsung has invited tech journalists to an event on Wednesday 11 May just after Google I/O comes to a close…
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Jump starting your week on this fine Tuesday morning, it’s your US Update. News on Google’s upcoming I/O event are breaking headlines — the big news is that Android Ice Cream could end Android fragmentation for good. We check out a video of Android Honeycomb running on an original Galaxy Tab and then drop details on Sony’s Android tablet. This and more on today’s US Update.
In five weeks Google is expected to restructure Android development, merging Google TV and Honeycomb into the Android Open Source Project, at Google I/O. The goal is simple, end Android fragmentation through a unified platform, Android Ice Cream. Whether you own a Android smartphone, tablet or Google TV, you’ll likely benefit from next month’s news.
Sure Google Music has been on the cards for a couple of years but new reports says Google has begun internal testing and is gunning to get the streaming service out to consumers before Apple can out any iTunes cloud service.
Earlier this month, a member of the XDA Developers forum claim to have discovered Google Music lurking within Android Honeycomb and it looks like they were telling the truth.