With all we know about the upcoming Chromebook ‘Kevin’, there are a few puzzles left to solve. While there’s a chance that some of those pieces will remain a mystery until we hear an official announcement and/or see a product shipping, we are still searching like crazy for any nugget of info we can find. […]
Continue ReadingUpcoming Devices
One of the primary focuses here at Chrome Unboxed is future hardware. After all, our early days were all about new devices! What is coming feels just as important as what is here now, so we will continue looking for the latest and greatest developments in the Chrome OS ecosystem.
New Chromebook Coming Soon: ‘Gru’ Is More Than Just a Board
If you’ve been around Chrome Unboxed, you are quite familiar with the names ‘Gru’ and ‘Kevin’ as they relate to an upcoming device with a hi-res screen, stylus support, and a folding 360-degree hinge. You’d also know that the main board that shows up with ‘Kevin’ is constantly been shown as codename ‘Gru’. You’d know […]
Continue ReadingUpcoming Chromebooks To Have Fingerprint Scanners
Just a few years ago, the idea of a usable fingerprint scanner on a piece of personal tech like a laptop or phone seemed either Sci-Fi or completely gimmicky. The few phones that tried it never got it right, and the laptops I had that utilized this security feature did so with mixed results. Fast […]
Continue ReadingAcer Chromebook R13 With Up To 64GB SSD Made Official Ahead of IFA
This morning, at the bright and early time of 4am, I fired up the Chromebook to live-stream Acer’s pre-IFA Berlin 2016 press event. It was crazy-early, but I had high hopes that Acer’s newest unofficial Chromebook would make an appearance. After waiting through IoT devices, Windows laptops, gaming laptops, and some cool VR, my hopes […]
Continue ReadingCTL To Release 2 New Rugged Touchscreen Chromebooks
Designed for the Education Sector, CTL’s newest Chromebooks are set to launch in mid-September and come packed with great features for a reasonable $269 price tag. CTL’s portfolio of Chrome OS devices continues to grow, and the addition of the NL61T and NL61TX continue CTL’s momentum in the Education Sector.
Continue Reading‘Kevin’ Officially Outed As 360-Degree Convertible
We’ve posted quite a bit about ‘Kevin’ and made a few assumptions based on the commits in the past. One of those assumptions was the fact that it looked apparent that ‘Kevin’ will be a 360-degree, convertible device. While we hadn’t seen any hard evidence for this, it seemed likely.
Continue ReadingUpcoming Chromebook ‘Kevin’ To Use a Bright 12.3-Inch Display
So, here we are again! 3 days, 3 new tidbits of information circling the upcoming release of the Chromebook known only as ‘Kevin.’ Though we still have no details on release dates, more and more info keeps surfacing about the specific specs ‘Kevin’ will be toting on the day it gets released to the public. […]
Continue ReadingUpcoming Chromebook ‘Kevin’ To Feature Wacom Active Stylus/Digitizer
Another day, another tidbit about our favorite mystery Chromebook. While what we know thus far about ‘Kevin’ can be found in this prior post, each new detail brings us a bit closer to knowing what this Chromebook will be.
Continue ReadingNew Chromebook ‘Kevin’ Will Use A High-DPI 3:2 Screen
It’s been a few weeks since we’ve seen anything new or eye-catching in regards to the device only known as ‘Kevin’. What we know up to this point is that ‘Kevin’ will: be a convertible device have stylus support (likely stow-able) be outfitted with the newly-released Rockchip RK3399 SoC have GPS support We can now […]
Continue Reading‘Elm’ Looks To Be the Acer Chromebook R13: Coming Soon
It looks as if our reports of the device codenamed ‘Elm’ have come to fruition. It has been outed by Roland Quandt (via Liliputing) that the Chromebook R13 by Acer is coming soon.
Continue ReadingNew Chromebook ‘Elm’ Nearing Production
As we previously reported, a new MediaTek-powered device is coming. And it looks like it is coming very soon. According to this recent commit, we can see that ‘Elm’ has made it to the PVT (Production Validation Test) phase. This phase is the final step before production can begin, answering the question:
Continue ReadingCould This Be ‘Kevin’? New Convertible 360 Hinge Chromebook Coming ‘Very Very Soon’
Speculate a bit more with us, will you? The image above is from a mystery Chromebook that a fellow Google+ user claims to have in his possession. (the post has since been taken down) Just this morning, a slightly shrouded Google+ post surfaced with some very, very interesting claims. And they match up quite well with […]
Continue ReadingNew Convertible Chromebook ‘Kevin’ In Early Production: What We Know So Far
If you haven’t already, take a look at the other three posts this week regarding the new Rockchip 3399 processor and pen input coming to Chrome OS (and it’s follow-up). They will give you some insight before reading this post. All of those Chromium commits referenced above were centered around a testing baseboard codenamed ‘Gru’ […]
Continue ReadingNew Chromebooks With The New Rockchip 3399 Processor In The Works
Thanks to our own +Gabriel Brangers and +Brandon Lall, we’ve uncovered some very interesting info in the Chromium commits that point to definite movement surrounding the latest Rockchip 3399 SoC. As a newer entrant into the Chromebook game last year, Rockchip provided the SoC (System on Chip) for a few fantastic devices last year, including […]
Continue ReadingCould This Be The ASUS Chromebook Flip 2 With Skylake?
Thanks to some eagle-eyed digging in the Chromium commits, +Brandon Lall has uncovered a very interesting nugget involving a device likely made by ASUS, touting a touch display, Skylake processor and back-lit display. Here’s the breakdown. In this first commit, we see the device is code-named “Cave” and we get a pretty good indication of […]
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