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[VanWinkle]

will chrome bet out on iOS...like, today?

I'm pretty sure they said later today, but I could be wrong.

 

[giga]

Now all we need is internet explorer for iOS and Android.

PLZ MICRO$OFT.

 

[Good Job Bob]

will chrome bet out on iOS...like, today?

Yes, they said it'll be available later today.

 

[Divvy]

Poor Wp7 users, they get nothing today.

 

[jokkir]

More ifone love

 

[clav]

These iOS presentations make it seem like they're abandoning Android.

"So fluid. Just like you expect."

 

[ThatObviousUser]

They should just call this WWDC1.5 - Google Apps for iOS.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Just noticed I got a new playstore which has the tvs and magazines section

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

Nice. Wonder if Apple will update the App Store later today with a Chrome banner at the top. Doubtful hah.

 

[celebi23]

Chrome & Drive for iOS? Finally!

They should just call this WWDC1.5 - Google Apps for iOS.

Pretty much

 

[VanWinkle]

Poor Wp7 users, they get nothing today.

I know, I was thinking the same thing. "We wanted to put it on every platform. So we put it on iOS." lol

 

[The Albatross]

Or if you had a good Android phone, you could get Chrome...

Eh, Droid Charge isn't bad, it's still one of Engadget's highest rated Android phones, despite getting overshadowed by the Nexus reveals 3 or 4 months later. I got it last summer back during the GS2 debacle on Verizon which many people have forgotten. The phone has been completely forgotten by Samsung & Verizon once the GS2 came out and the Nexus dropped.

And not only just me, but given that so few Android handsets have ICS (what is it, 7%?), it's insulting that they'd spend time developing Chrome for iPhone and not for the overwhelming majority of their 2.3.x phones.

 

[D4Danger]

Poor Wp7 users, they get nothing today.

Microsoft don't even care about WP7 users, why should anyone else?

 

[Carl]

Oh that image search is too cool

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Runs so fluid on iOS. Can't wait to DL it.

 

[jokkir]

MAGIC IMAGE SEARCH THING

 

[Phoenix]

Nice... man that is awesome. Dropbox... you better do something cool soon

 

[Deleted member 22576]

This is all well and good but I can't imagine it being as fast as vanilla safari.

 

[Vic]

THE FUTURE IS HERE!!!

 

[Utako]

Once users stop surfing with Safari, I'm pretty sure Apple will just drop Web support altogether.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Eh, Droid Charge isn't bad, it's still one of Engadget's highest rated Android phones, despite getting overshadowed by the Nexus reveals 3 or 4 months later. I got it last summer back during the GS2 debacle on Verizon which many people have forgotten. The phone has been completely forgotten by Samsung & Verizon once the GS2 came out and the Nexus dropped.

And not only just me, but given that so few Android handsets have ICS (what is it, 7%?), it's insulting that they'd spend time developing Chrome for iPhone and not for the overwhelming majority of their 2.3.x phones.

Only ICS has APIs that Chrome needed. If you're gonna go "herpderp im gonna get me a fone" you really don't have much ground to stand on when you complain about updates.

 

[SimleuqiR]

This is all well and good but I can't imagine it being as fast as vanilla safari.

 

[clav]

Looks cumbersome.

:lol cat

 

[jokkir]

He missed a "too"!

 

[pxleyes]

Once users stop surfing with Safari, I'm pretty sure Apple will just drop Web support altogether.

Chrome will end up being a niche on iOS devices, much like the GMail app.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Chrome will end up being a niche on iOS devices, much like the GMail app.

Gmail iOS app is niche because it's terrible and not native. Chrome should be much more popular, that is if iOS users have taste which I'm not convinced they do.

 

[clav]

Google Gears is back.

 

[Phoenix]

Okay, so they implemented HTML5 offline mode. That's not quite that impressive though.

 

[D4Danger]

offline editing

try doing that in Office

 

[Divvy]

Hahaha guy caught slouching

 

[clav]

Hahaha guy caught slouching

Maybe he was doing something else.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

offline editing

try doing that in Office

It's a long time coming though, so I'm really quite happy with this. They promised it what, like three years ago now? And it's finally here.

 

[Utako]

Google Gears is back.

Except now it's built into all modern browsers (it's called HTML5).

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Except now it's built into all modern browsers (it's called HTML5).

HTML5 Gears Working Draft?

 

[clav]

"This is a really deep statement here."

 

[Utako]

Gmail iOS app is niche because it's terrible and not native. Chrome should be much more popular, that is if iOS users have taste which I'm not convinced they do.

gmail.com is at least better than Mail.app. Except for the lack of IMAP support. -_-;

 

[The Albatross]

Only ICS has APIs that Chrome needed. If you're gonna go "herpderp im gonna get me a fone" you really don't have much ground to stand on when you complain about updates.

Only ICS has the Android APIs Chrome needs?


... and iOS apparently has the right Android APIs...?

You don't think it's odd that they'd develop an iOS API for Chrome instead of retrofitting +/- 93% of their other Android devices first? It doesn't make any sense.

 

[Kinitari]

THis is awesome shit for me, I am heavy into docs.

I wonder if there is going to be a third party IDE app!

 

[D4Danger]

Faxes? offline typing?

what decade is this?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Only ICS has the Android APIs Chrome needs?


... and iOS apparently has the right Android APIs...?

You don't think it's odd that they'd develop an iOS API for Chrome instead of retrofitting 93% of their other Android devices first? It doesn't make any sense.

Not really. Android innovates a lot version-to-version, iOS doesn't.

 

[clav]

Faxes? offline typing?

what decade is this?

Japan still uses fax machines.

 

[pxleyes]

Gmail iOS app is niche because it's terrible and not native. Chrome should be much more popular, that is if iOS users have taste which I'm not convinced they do.

iOS's inability to set default apps is the death knell of all these apps.

 

[clav]

"Got faster?" (Chrome OS)

:lol

More like slower. Poor CR-48.

 

[Kinitari]

Japan still uses fax machines.

And no-offline has been one of the main reasons for a company not to switch to GDOCs.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

"Going to be investing a lot more [in Chrome OS.]"



Chromebooks in Best Buy~ Which they already announced but it's still cool.

iOS's inability to set default apps is the death knell of all these apps.

Yup, even if they ported V8 instead of using Nitro it's still a worse experience than the Android version because of that.

 

[The Albatross]

Not really. Android innovates a lot version-to-version, iOS doesn't.

Oh I didn't know that iOS had them thar unportable Android 4.0 APIs for so many versions

 

[clav]

"Going to be investing a lot more [in Chrome OS.]"

I was hoping he said these would be cheaper and sold through the Google Play store.

 

[Phoenix]

"Going to be investing a lot more [in Chrome OS.]"

Google Stock is down 11 points.

 

[JonnyBrad]

iOS's inability to set default apps is the death knell of all these apps.

It doesn't matter too much with Safari, as most non apple apps open links in their own built browser. I'll be giving chrome a try.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

This font and space background is really Apple-like...

Oh I didn't know that iOS had them thar unportable Android 4.0 APIs for so many versions

Glad I could clear things up for you.