My attempt to get online by tethering my Motorola Droid to Cr-48 via a USB cable was futile, even though it works perfectly on my Windows laptop. You cannot: Share your phone's data connection with a USB tether. According to Google, this is "enough for hundreds of emails or occasional browsing." If you don't have a Wi-Fi connection, the Chrome OS netbooks come with 100MB of Verizon 3G connectivity per month, for free, with the option of purchasing more. You can: Connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi or Verizon 3G. In the meantime, the New York Times application from the Chrome Web Store does work offline. So far, it doesn't work, but Google tells me offline access will arrive early in 2011. Google has promised offline access to Google Docs, with changes being synced to the online version after one connects to the Internet. The Chrome OS prototype is also blazingly fast when it comes to exiting sleep mode. This is fast, compared to my Windows 7 ThinkPad, which takes over a minute just to get to the password screen. Type in your password, hit "enter," and you'll be in the Chrome browser after another 15 seconds, and the computer will automatically connect to a wireless network. Open up the notebook and within 12 or 13 seconds you'll get to the password screen. Google's Chrome OS is no Windows killer just yet, analyst says But after testing out one of the devices for the past day, I've come up with a list of ten things you can (and cannot) do with a Chrome OS computer. ![]() ![]() As the devices are built specifically to run one program - the Chrome browser - the functionality is a bit limited. Google's Chrome OS netbook will hit the market in mid-2011, but in the meantime Google is placing thousands of "Cr-48" prototype devices in the hands of testers to help iron out the bugs.
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