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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Quick Chrome Update #5: Is that a Chrome Notebook?!

I've been asked a few times at probably the only place you could imagine being asked: A FIRST Robotics competition of course!

I even saw another person with one! Probably the last time that will EVER happen D:

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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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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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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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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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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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Shout out to GOOGLE: Why

Did you really accomplish much from sending these laptops with open arms?
More importantly:
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?

Send me a code, a sign, anything explaining the simple term: WHY

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