Monday, June 28, 2010

Dell Looking at Google's Chrome OS

PC Mag

Dell is looking toward the future - and that future includes Google's Chrome OS.

This revelation comes from a recent interview with Dell's president for greater China and South Asia, who told Reuters, "We have to have a point of view on the industry and technology direction two years, three years down the road, so we continuously work with Google on this."

Amit Midha also said that he expects Chrome and Android to be part of a "new form of computing" that will be part of innovations in the Dell laptop computer market over the next two to three years. As Reuters points out, the comments seem to align with Dell's plans to release a new smartphone in China in the next few months--perhaps just in time for the Chrome OS's expected fall release.

The exec added that he expects the Dell Streak to launch in China by the end of the year.