Google today announced its long anticipated laptop which it named Chromebook.
“”A little less than two years ago we set out to make computers much better. Today, we’re announcing the first Chromebooks from our partners, Samsung and Acer.
“These are not typical notebooks. With a Chromebook you won’t wait minutes for your computer to boot and browser to start. You’ll be reading your email in seconds. Thanks to automatic updates the software on your Chromebook will get faster over time. Your apps, games, photos, music, movies and documents will be accessible wherever you are and you won’t need to worry about losing your computer or forgetting to back up files. Chromebooks will last a day of use on a single charge, so you don’t need to carry a power cord everywhere. And with optional 3G, just like your phone, you’ll have the web when you need it. ”
“At the core of each Chromebook is the Chrome web browser. ”
“Chromebooks will be available online June 15 in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy and Spain. ”
However what Google doesn’t own at the moment is the domain name ChromeBook.com
That domain was just registered in Janaury of this year and instead of having Google prominately displayed as the owner on a domain residing at MarkMonitor, the domain name GoogleChrome.com is registered with BigRock.com under prviacy:
Website: http://www.bigrock.com
Domain Name: CHROMEBOOK.COM
Registrant:
PrivacyProtect.org
Domain Admin (contact@privacyprotect.org)
ID#10760, PO Box 16
Note – All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org
Nobby Beach
null,QLD 4218
AU
Tel. +45.36946676
Creation Date: 18-Jan-2011
Expiration Date: 18-Jan-2012
Domain servers in listed order:
ns1.zoneedit.com
ns2.zoneedit.com
Status:ACTIVE
As for the domain name Chromebooks.com it doesn’t appear the Google owns that one either.
That domain is registered with Name.com also under privacy although the creation date was back in 2009 for the plural:
Domain Name: chromebooks.com
Registrar: Name.com LLC
Protected Domain Services Customer ID: NCR-1025517
Expiration Date: 2011-07-08 05:43:18
Creation Date: 2009-07-08 05:43:18
Name Servers:
ns2.zoneedit.com
NS1.ZONEEDIT.COM
REGISTRANT CONTACT INFO
Protected Domain Services – Customer ID: NCR-1025517
P.O. Box 6197
Denver
CO
80206
US
Phone: +1.7202492374
Email Address: chromebooks.com@protecteddomainservices.com
Interestingly neither name resolves so maybe Google is playing possum and really owns both domains.
Or does it?
very lucky guy 🙂
I watched the product videos at Google. Very cool. Microsoft should be scared.
I see that ChroneBook.com is free… but for how long?
But Not Chromebook.co that one was gone last month
How are laptop sales going?
I wonder how much time is reasonably left for laptops before they are replaced by something like the Tablets, Slates, or iPads of the world.
I dont know how much this will affect things over all.
Just my opinion.
Cheers
Chromepad.com has been registered since 2005
Domain name: chromepad.com
Registrant Contact:
One Find Network
Domain Admin ()
Fax:
24338 El Toro Rd, Ste E-142
Laguna Woods, CA 92637
US
Administrative Contact:
One Find Network
Domain Admin (onefindcom@yahoo.com)
+1.9493624892
Fax:
24338 El Toro Rd, Ste E-142
Laguna Woods, CA 92637
US
Technical Contact:
One Find Network
Domain Admin (onefindcom@yahoo.com)
+1.9493624892
Fax:
24338 El Toro Rd, Ste E-142
Laguna Woods, CA 92637
US
Status: Locked
Name Servers:
ns1.dsredirection.com
ns2.dsredirection.com
Creation date: 25 Oct 2005 08:04:05
Expiration date: 25 Oct 2011 08:04:00
Whisper.Me got it right, bought the domain name, then the trademark.
Even if they own it – Google doesn’t need the domain(s) – its about as important as them owning search.com to lead the search business.
People will find what the google computer regardless.
Alan
Agreed
Google doesn’t need it, but for what amounts to probably a 1 second of revenue, they could have owned it.
Did Apple NEED to spend $4.5 million on iCloud.com after spending $M? for Me.com?
Alan is correct. Today, the type of users who will purchase a PC from Google are not the same type of users who type anything and everything in the Address Bar. The latter are still using Microsoft products, which still have control of the market comprising of the least sophisticated of the world’s computer users.
But MHB is also correct. There will inevitably be traffic to this domain. Google may run TV commercials (“The web is what you make of it”). Maybe Google might make an offer. No US trademark for CHROMEBOOK either.
These companies have so much cash maybe they really lose sight of the value of money. Honestly. Apple’s purchase of icloud is just insane. Apple may just be the world’s most serious domainer. Or they are victims of their own marketing influence, slaves to the power of their own “i” brand.
The founder of eBay, a pioneer in the web auction field (that now fuels domaining), and the world’s 156th weathiest person, wanted to name his site “echobay”. It wasn’t available. He chose an alternate. Did it matter in the end? No. (Did you think he whined about how his company was doomed because he couldn’t get the domain name he wanted?)
It probably does not matter what Google calls this PC. It’s low-priced hardware. Can low-priced hardware compete with high-priced hardware like Apple’s? We shall see. Certainly in terms of effectiveness it can; and maybe even in ease-of-use. The proof is Google itself, a company built on commodity hardware. But do users care about effectiveness? It’s incredible what annoyances users will endure if they don’t know about better alternatives.
Google is pulling a 90’s Microsoft, but going even further. They’re tying the search engine to the browser, the browser to the OS, and now, like MS and Apple, the OS the PC.
You have to wonder if a Google employee………perhaps someone who works in marketing
registered the name with the intent of selling it to them. If you know the name of a upcoming
product, you can give the name to a trusted friend or relative to register. Far fetched? Perhaps,
but you never know.
I am sure this will lead into the development of tablet coming soon aswell if it is sucessful on laptops…
The question is shall they continue to partner with Acer & Samsung or launch there own Google brand?
another mOOnopoly
latest news about Google vs. Facebook
thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-12/facebook-busted-in-clumsy-smear-attempt-on-google/2/
I have to admit that the idea of organising people into groups I find very compelling. Right at the moment I don’t share my facebook page with business contacts. I suspect many others have the same issues that a facebook page is about your social life and you quite possibly don’t want to mix that with your business life. I think there may be a cultural aspect to this as well. In the US I think there is less of a divide between private and business life, here in the UK I think we tend to have a firmer divide. Whether that’s a good or bad thing who’s to say but it does impact how we view applications like Facebook from a business standpoint.
I’m going to be signing up for a Google+ account because I think this is a bold experiment from Google and I’m fascinated to see how it turns out.
Best regards,
I’m going to be signing up for a Google+ account because I think this is a bold experiment from Google and I’m fascinated to see how it turns out.
Best regards,