More indications of phenominal web apps. Take a look at tinkercad:

http://tinkercad.com/

Very impressive. It's simple, but extremely useful for 3D printer modeling. Optimized for webGL for fast operation.

No install, starts in a second.

The only way I would improve on this is to use oauth or openID to avoid the additional account creation. Still, it's really impressive stuff.

Online comics? No problem.

Enjoy Graphic.ly comic viewer:

http://graphic.ly/

Very neat! Better than just viewing on a web-page, and it offers the option to buy content. The fullscreen view is the best, quite impressive.

So...what about Chrome OS on the N900?

Here's a suprisingly fun casual game. Bounceball!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...oobf?hl=en-US#

This was featured in the Keynote. An interactive 3D video. It's ****ing cool. Seriously. It's not available today, but the video has me all hot and bothered.

Check it out here when it comes online:
http://www.ro.me/

That would be interesting! Currently there's no ARM variant of Chrome, and the Javascript engine (at least) relies x86, so a port would be challenging.

Chrome OS is just a browser, so any HTML5 capable browser should have access to the same apps that chrome does.

Chrome just makes it a bit easier to discover apps by way of the chrome web store, and Chrome OS forces users to operate exclusively on the web as the only accessible userland app is -- Chrome.

The Samsung Chromebook gets the hands-on treatment!

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/11/s...at-google-i-o/

A very, very nice device.

If I can figure out how to access the GUI of a remote ubuntu installation reliably around the home, as well as a practical implementation for streaming media, I will very seriously consider one of these chromebooks.

This application, Cloud9, is an IDE for... software development :

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...mkcp?hl=en-US#

I haven't used it, but it's got high reviews. Pretty neat!

It integrates with github.. nom nom..

Here's a fun demo: Shadertoy
http://www.iquilezles.org/apps/shadertoy/

This lets you play around with existing webGL shaders, and even compile your own! This is fun and a useful learning tool.

Autocad WS lets you view and edit your CAD files online, as well as share and collaborate.

Quite powerful for engineers.

https://www.autocadws.com/
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzhclcSWtdQ
CHROME: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...namioojinoopln

I can't wait until online versions of Blender show up! Yummy.