Plowing through bug reports is a competent approach to dig up juicy morsels of information, and due to that timeless tactic we’ve got some specs on a couple of unannounced Chrome OS devices. First up is a netbook from Acer codenamed ZGB which, in accordance with a recently filed report, can have a 1366 x 768 panel, presumably inside the 10 to twelve inch range. We also know that you could hook up an external display to it via an HDMI port powered by an encoder chip from Chrontel. Since AMD’s Fusion netbook platform supports HDMI natively, we will be able to also safely assume that the ZGB will likely be running the net-only OS on an Atom processor. That’s where the main points end for now but, hey, it’s better than nothing.
The opposite device, Seaboard, has been floating across the Chrome OS flaw depot for a while, but reports are finally beginning to reveal some tantalizing details. We now know that it’s powered by a Tegra 2 and sports a touchscreen — the ideal place to check out those finger-friendly tweaks we’ve heard much about. There also are mentions of a “lid switch” and a physical keyboard, indicating it can be a convertible or something within the vein of the Eee Pad Slider in preference to a pure slate. The hybrid form factor would make perfect sense because it will house a couple of USB ports and an HDMI jack, which can make for a slightly chunky tablet. Obviously, neither of those devices are confirmed yet (and Seaboard is quite often getting used for internal testing only) but a minimum of we’ve got a neater idea of what to anticipate when the browser-based OS involves consumers later this year.
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