On Day 2, Will Google I/O Continue to Impress?
Day one of Google I/O was over as quickly as it started, and the show was profuse. It was a superfluity of statistics and exciting software updates for smartphones and tablets, on top of a new movie and music service release to stand on level pegging with the likes of Apple. And I certainly can’t hide my jealousy at the participants for getting a free tablet. That alone is a good reason why you should attend Google I/O.
Today marks the second day of the event, and we can only wonder if it’s going to stun us the way it did during the commencement. According to Google’s itinerary, day two will get back to the theme of the conference’s first year: the Web as a foundation for applications. Google’s main focus has always been programming on the web. Much of its effort revolves around catering people to use web applications and spend more time on its search engine. In fact, the Chrome web browser was intended for web programmers to have a better platform for their application, thus, gather speed in advancing browser development.
Expect day two to be about Chrome browser developments; Chrome OS, its browser-based operating system; Chrome Webstore buying and finding applications; and finally, web programming tools including Google App Engine, Native Client, or Google Web Toolkit. We can presume Chrome OS to be the most challenging product for users to embrace. It was first unveiled last year but only prototypes to selected developers were ever rolled out as the software remained in development stage. It just can’t compete with Android in running native apps, and I suppose it’s not even close to being as intuitive as its prominent competitors.
Chrome-supported devices, however, are expected to be a central discussion at Google I/O today. Google’s pushing its own initiative on this one, similar to its tactics used to promote Android OS for smartphones nearly three years ago. The company’s to announce $20/mo. student laptops for Chrome OS today, business users have to cough up $50 per month. Devices are really the missing link for a major roll out from Google, so it will be interesting to see how Chrome will do once it has a full-circle platform in which to operate its apps.
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