Analysis says high hardware prices will ruin Google Chrome OS

IDC Vice President Bob · Bob O'Donnell said that mobile products running Google Chrome OS are more expensive than composing Intel chips and running Windows, which will be a rapid growth of Chrome. One reason why there are multiple winners in the mobile market that cannot be successful.

Google requires Chrome mobile products to have relatively high graphics performance, accelerators and other sensors. Odenner said at the Directions 2010 conference, "PC vendors said that Google's hardware requirements will make Chrome products more expensive than Windows products, and application support is far less than the latter. ”

In addition, Chrome is only available for online applications. Wintel netbooks (referring to the configuration of Intel chips, netbooks running Windows) users said that the proportion of offline use of netbooks is as high as 40%. Odenner said that Chrome runs all applications in the browser, and many vendors have tried similarly, but they are all stunned, "Chrome is facing difficulties, I think people will not like it".

Odenard is also skeptical about the possibility of ARM architecture entering mainstream mobile products such as netbooks and notebooks, "Mobile systems require Windows or Mac OS, because if a product looks like a notebook, the user will I hope it has the function of a notebook. I think the ARM architecture faces many opportunities in the field of dedicated devices, and multi-purpose devices will still be the site of the x86 architecture.

IDC predicts that notebooks and smartphones will remain the most successful mobile products, with shipments exceeding 240 million units in 2011; tablets will be the most successful middle (between notebooks and Between smartphones, products will reach 16 million units in 2011, and e-reader shipments will rank second in 6 million units. Compared with one, ARM architecture smartbook shipments will not exceed 2 million units, mobile Internet devices have begun to decline, shipments will be much lower than 1 million units.

Last year, the number of tablets shipped to business users was only 1.1 million units. A new generation of tablets such as the Apple iPad has a better user experience and is aimed at consumers. Odenner believes that the new generation of tablets will be a dark horse, and the iPad alone will reach 4 million units.

Although the iPad has an e-reader function, many people still prefer a dedicated e-reader with an E-Ink display instead of a tablet with an LCD display. IDC believes that mobile Internet devices will be the biggest losers because they only have a 4" to 7" display and are relatively expensive. Netbooks are clearly winners. Netbook shipments reached 34 million units last year, and IDC predicts that it will grow further to more than 45 million units next year.

Odenner pointed out that excellent synchronization technology will be a factor in determining the success of mobile devices. He called for the development of a universal ID technology that allows users to easily access their content on any device. And services, & ldquo; If it's just an island, no mobile device can succeed, and the ability to synchronize between multiple devices is critical.

Another important factor for mobile devices is allowing users to use data service plans on a variety of mobile devices. Odenner said telecom operators eager to increase revenue will not provide such services in the short term, but users need such services.