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Originally Posted by Kangal View Post
All other OS's provide that too, going from Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition all the way to Windows 7.
Have you not noticed "most people" also play music on their computers? Or even use it as a base to transport it through different media (like sync to phones and pmps).
If you say you have the option of streaming/downloading your music (or videos) from the cloud, I will just say that is going to consume a lot of data (sparse connections, expensive rates, toll on battery life = wifi/3G). Its just doing an easy task through a more complicated manner.
According to Google, Chrome OS doesn't do that, so for me one of my most basic needs is thrown out the window so I need to look elsewhere.
Besides the only "best" thing about Chrome OS is the browser and that is available on competitor OS's so the choice is even easier.

Remember, MeeGo + Chrome may be suitable for the layman too.
I've recently read that ChromeOS has a facility for accessing files on the FS, so its entirely possible for a music/movie player using an HTML5 application. Of course, these devices are likely not to have much storage as the emphasis is on cloud services, making portable media something of an issue (large bandwidth required).

I'm looking forward to projects that implement music and movie players in the browser that can stream from arbitrary sources (eg. a local server). It would be a good facility for around the house usage and a nice excuse for a central home server with local facilities and mass storage.

It seems like a lot of trouble, but becomes understandable as more and more devices are connected in the home. With a setup similar to this it would be easy to push media to your TV, laptops, tablets or phone, without needing to manually move around files.