[geeks] Test Drive a Google Chrome Netbook

[Joshua Boyd]

On 12/12/2010 7:43 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> On 12/12/10 14:09, Sven Aluoor wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Google Chrome is total crap. You completely loose control over your
>> data. Everything is stored in the cloud.
>> Does Google Chrome have a Terminal Emulator for connecting to UNIX
>> boxes? There are so many applications not available for Google Chrome.
>
> To me, the whole point of mobile devices is that they're mobile.  What
> on earth is the use of a mobile device on which losing your network
> connection means losing access to all of your data?

Presumably Gears and HTML5 local storage will both be present.  I 
believe that GMail and Google Calander currently will store your mail 
and calendar locally.  Beyond that, it is up to developers to support 
local storage, and users to choose applications that support local storage.