You didn't miss anything while I was gone! JK, they're shipping CR48's! -LIMITED

Well, yeah.... I said posting resumes tomorrow..... but...... Yeah, no.

Visit the old link here: http://jcoinster.blogspot.com/2010/12/track-to-see-if-you-will-recieve-cr-48.html
for continual updates! They're kinda shipping them, but don't get your hypes up TOO high, because you can't keep applying 100 times, or at all for that matter.

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Google Motion, FOR REAL!

Now to figure out how to get it on a webcam instead of Kinect....

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Google Hiring Autocompleters: I don't have a chance

Google finally explained how autocomplete works today, a mass of hundreds of people who try to guess what you're typing, for you. With searches on the rise, they need more! So apply today!

In other news: Google is developing a new way to navigate the web, called Google Motion!
Check it out!



APRIL FOOLS! But I wish both of these things were real....
A: It would provide many jobs to teens globally
B: It would make better use of the webcams we all have.
B1: Imagine Webcam Kinect?!

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Google's Secret: Its own internet speed

I find it pretty hard to believe, but regardless I sit here with barely 15 MB/S thinking of where I went wrong. I blame FIOS....

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Google. You Should Have Kept the CR48 Group Private!, Here's Why

Look at all the complainers!

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Sorry.... Google is Done Accepting CR48 Applications

"We are no longer accepting new applications for the Pilot program. If you want to be notified when Chrome notebooks go on sale and stay up to date on the latest Chrome notebook news, please fill out this form. "

This does not mean they won't send out more

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Chrome Notebook Update #2

Things I would like to be changed:

I decided to try dual screen functionality on my CR48

What happens? Both screens show the same thing, useful if you are using a projector.

I hope to see an update soon. 

Next I tried uploading photos from an SD card

The slideshow would not show a single picture from my camera and instead, it showed a black screen.

Other then that, I have not seen any other glitches. I have also found a case that fits the CR48 so well, it was if it was made for the laptop.

Surprisingly to many of you, and myself, I have not hit the ever so tempting switch. Mostly because I am still not allowed

The forum has been very lively and I am very proud to be a part of it.

I have posted some suggestions for features here:

Google Goggles for the CR48-https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/chrome-notebook-pilot/YzGEXu7BU2c

Facial Recognition as a login- https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/chrome-notebook-pilot/QTYUDWlX_X0

Dual Screen like above: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/chrome-notebook-pilot/kRC5AP-x3v0

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CR48 Google Group. It's gone.... for now

Because of everyone complaining, I would imagine they deleted it until 3AM again. Hopefully tomorrow we don't all find another 700 emails!

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Chrome Notebook Update #1

My first notices, Google's sarcasm and humor in every sheet of paper they include.

Click the images to see a better view and to read this well thought safety instructions. Hopefully though, you'll be lucky enough to read it in person.

Next off, I enjoyed reading through the beginner's guide to a CR48. The tech sarcasm continued in the "There is no CAPS lock button" page.

Moving on from there, it was quick to find the few annoyances of the laptop: 

A: The trackpad

B: The boot time (JK)

C: The lack of a delete key

However, I quickly figured out that there is no need for the trackpad buttons at all. To scroll, two finger slide. To click, tap. To right click, two finger tap. 

When I looked into the delete button, It was revealed that you could delete by hitting alt backspace, which is the only annoyance that has yet to be worked around.

I think that is a sufficient amount of debugging for now, so on with the pluses!

I think it's clear what the great features of this computer are so I won't discuss them very thoroughly. 

Highest rating- ✓++

Lowest rating-X

Battery: ✓++ -I can't even compare it to my 30 minute battery life old laptop...

Wifi: ✓++ -Reaches further then my old laptop

Speed: ✓++ Duhh

Bootup: ✓++

Offline mode: X

3G: ✓++

Device Name and Company Enjoyability & Sarcasm: ✓++

Difficulty for new users: ✓++ -None (With one exception.... The SD card slot was very difficult for me to figure out that you had to push in and it would come out)

I will continue to update from jcoinster.blogspot.com/cr48

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Caught: Google using a Mac at ThinkMobile

Wouldn't you think a presentation by Google would be run off a CR48?

Guess not. They used a Mac :O

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Google, the CR48 Hype is a curse...

Ok, Seemingly normal Dell Mini right? WRONG

Ever since I hopped aboard the Cr48 hype, my Dell Mini has basically fallen off a cliff.


What's wrong with it beginning after December 7th?





This:

• I am typing on that iPhone. It is my only keyboard now since the laptop's is ruined.
• My battery went from 3 and a half hours to a half hour
• I installed Heexeh's Chrome to get wifi and now since the keyboard is messed up, I can't log in
• I am forced to use an ubuntu live CD to get remote desktop set up.
• I lost my power cord and am forced to use a power adapter from an early 1990's laptop
• The power adapter doesn't quite fit, so I have to keep the cord across my laptop to keep it touching the connector.

Update:
My iPhone touch screen stopped working and my new headphones broke, at least my CR48 is doing A-OK!

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Why is Internet Explorer so slow? It may be because of Bing

Quote from the official Google Blog:
"As we see it, this experiment confirms our suspicion that Bing is using some combination of:

• Internet Explorer 8, which can send data to Microsoft via its Suggested Sites feature
• the Bing Toolbar, which can send data via Microsoft’s Customer Experience Improvement Program"

Now think about it. How could Internet Explorer be so slow unless it is sending tons of information back to Microsoft to add as search results to Bing. 

My suggestion: Chrome

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Imagine the world without Bing Search. Wait, NOTHING would change

You know why? Because Bing is stealing Google's search results and denying it! If Bing was shut down, NO ONE would care other then the Microsoft employees who created it. NO ONE would go: "where's bing?" with a frown on their face. That's because Bing search is an emulated Google! And those would-be sad people would go right to google.com.

Face it Microsoft, GIVE UP. Not just on Bing, eventually, Chrome OS will replace computers in workplaces, Microsoft will be lower then linux one day.

Don't believe me? Look:

Because everyone searches juegosdeben1ogrande every night....









For the full story. visit: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/microsofts-bing-uses-google-search.html

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CR48's resume shipping, track the story as it unwinds!

http://jcoinster.blogspot.com/2010/12/track-to-see-if-you-will-recieve-cr-48.html

This is the only link you will need!

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Adblock Plus Finally Arrives On Chrome!

I don't care if it is in beta, if I had a CR48 laptop, it would now be complete!




Download it here:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb

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Great Idea! Lets walk to Target alongside a highway!

1. Why would someone go to a store and not bring anything to carry here items in it? (Ex: Car, motorcycle, etc)
2. Why would that person need Google Maps to go to the local Target
3. Who does that?


A woman actually listened to Google Maps to walk along a highway.
Now, she's suing both Google and the person who hit her while she was, get ready for this, WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

"I can't wait until Ms. Rosenberg tries to travel overseas ("The plaintiff was unaware that attempting to kayak 5,100 miles is an unreasonable endeavor")."

-PC World

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I wanted to do something unique for my CR48 application. So I wrote a letter

Here is what I came up with:

To whom it may concern,

On behalf of the recent events Google Inc....
Just Kidding. I can tell this company has a good sense of humor and that it is not necessary to write in such a formal way. I am writing this letter because I have taken much interest in the Google Notebook since day one and I would like to submit an application in more personal way. I'm writing this letter on a computer that has already restarted at random occurrences twice, and I have only just begun. Luckily for me, I am writing this using Google Docs.
By submitting this application, I would like to admit who I am. I am the blogger from the website jcoinster.blogspot.com. My website has gained over 10,000 views from my CR48 post, more then my new small-town site has ever seen. I even earned a whole 10 cents in adsense money and cannot wait until I cash those cents for a new gumball. Oh wait. Gumballs cost 5X that much. Anyway, I have followed the drama, all 200 pages on slickdeals, the Chrome facebook page, all 120 comments on my website, all the @cr48 tweets and to be honest, I have enjoyed myself for, it was as if I was watching a reality game show.

I have a few questions that I think you or your coworkers may be able to answer.
Why you did not send emails as a verification?
Why you kept a non first come first serve form basis?
Did you really accomplish much from sending these laptops with open arms?
How many of the 15,000 individuals that received them actually give you feedback?
How many were just sold on eBay to people who really would have shown dedication?
How many people who got the laptop used the basic form, giving little to no useful information?
How many people did you track online with intentions of banning or blacklisting if that even exists in your standards?

Hmm, this letter seems awfully similar to a certain post on a blog I once saw. Now that I have shoved a few questions down your throat, I would like to reveal my most important question: why don't I have one! As much as that question is absolutely true, my actual question is: how come most of the people who spent most of their time devoted toward getting one of these laptops, such as Addicted-Gamer, the one behind the tracker, have not gotten one?
The least I would like to get from this application is the fact of knowing you have posted this letter on your cork board, gotten a giggle out of reading it, or simply the thought of knowing that this was read.

Now that you have read this application, just imagine what my reaction would be if I open a CR48 and see a personalized letter right inside. Hey, people can dream right?
Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
[My real name here]

To continue following this post, please refer to this link:
http://jcoinster.blogspot.com/2010/12/track-to-see-if-you-will-recieve-cr-48.html

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Looks like Italians don't use Google for translating

Otherwise, their translations would be correct. This image was taken on my trip to Italy:

Notice the Contorni di Giornata: Side Dish of the Day

The menu reads: Side Dice of the Day

Notice Patate Fritte: French Fries

The menu reads: Fried Ships


I understand one mistake, but as I was typing this post, I noticed a second error on the same menu!

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You still have a chance of getting the famed CR48 Google Notebook, for free!

Sundar Pichai has tweeted that Google will resume their shipments of CR48s, this month!

http://twitter.com/sundarpichai

"@bryantdunivan Yes we will have another batch that will ship out this month. Should be an exciting few months ahead."

To follow this story, keep your eye on this site:
http://jcoinster.blogspot.com/2010/12/track-to-see-if-you-will-recieve-cr-48.html

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Who needs Limewire? How to get music free using Google and Mediafire

Go to a google search and type the song name and artist. Then type the word mediafire.
BAM. Guide finished. Now tell me what is easier: Limewire or Mediafire!

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