{"id":1735,"date":"2017-08-29T07:30:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T07:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-iv.com\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2024-09-13T14:41:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T14:41:12","slug":"chromebook-eve-likely-to-be-uncovered-at-pixel-event-oct-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/media-iv.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/29\/chromebook-eve-likely-to-be-uncovered-at-pixel-event-oct-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Chromebook \u2018Eve\u2019 likely to be uncovered at Pixel Event, Oct 5."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chromebook<\/p>\n

OK, those of us at Coolsmartphone towers have an unreasonable level of fascination with Chromebooks. Yes, they\u2019re a browser wrapped around a Linux based OS. But paradoxically, they\u2019re also so much more than they should be, to the level where both <\/span>Garry<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Leigh<\/span><\/a> use them as daily drivers. Not all of the team are on board with the idea of a Chromebook, and that\u2019s as it should be. Not everyone wants an iPhone. Not everyone wants the 12 MacBook. That\u2019s the beauty of choice. Having said that, I\u2019ve been tracking this new Chromebook for a while (if you\u2019ve ever listened to the <\/span>Coolsmartcast<\/span><\/a>, produced and hosted by our <\/span>Matteo<\/span><\/a> (who also has a Chromebook, dontchaknow), you\u2019ll have noticed me wittering on more than once over these recent months over a new Chromebook that\u2019s yet to be announced. The current codename given is Eve, and it is supposedly due to bare all in Google\u2019s next hardware unveiling on the 5th of October.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before I get any more into Eve, it will be the same event that we\u2019re likely to see the obvious \u2013 updated versions of the <\/span>Pixel 2<\/span><\/a> and the Pixel 2 XL \u2013 as well as the not-so obvious \u2013 a smaller (and possibly mobile) Google Home. The surprises \u2013 if there can be any in the age of a master-leaker like <\/span>@evleaks<\/span><\/a>, is that Eve \u2013 the #madebygoogle successor to the Chromebook Pixel and Chromebook Pixel 2 may also be announced. When the project first started development and the news broke in September of last year, it was apparently known as <\/span>Project Bison<\/span><\/a> for reasons that I won\u2019t even try to bother understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thing is, that isn\u2019t too much of a crazy suggestion. The original Chromebook Pixel was released in 2013, and the second iteration came out in 2015, so one flagship Chromebook every two years for a fledgeling OS isn\u2019t bad going.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the hardware for Eve is anything but fledgeling. For starters, the spec sheet is impressive, Chromebook or not.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Chromebook<\/p>\n

Specs<\/span><\/h2>\n