“Chrome Lite” Called Most Impressive Feature of Android

With all the reviews and reports about T Mobile’s G1 Android controlled phone hitting the web, one thing is clear, the “Chrome Lite” browser included with Android is mentioned repeatedly with in glowing terms. 

In the Financial Times (FT.com),  New York based Paul Taylor says that the Chrome Lite browser and it’s sleek integration are the “most impressive features” of the new Android based G1 phone from T Mobile. 

The Financial Times is not alone. 

Eric Zeman of Information Week writes that the Chrome Lite browser does a “phenomenal job browsing the web” and that web pages “loaded in a snap and looked fantastic”. 

Could it be that the future of computing on the desktop is staring back at us from the Android cell phone? 

 

See Paul Taylor’s Financial Times article here.

See Eric Zeman’s Information Week article here.

See “Chrome Lite” In Action

Claudine Beaumont and Matt Warman at Telegraph.co.uk do a great report on Android and the G1. They’ve put up a great video of it working, including a quick view of “Chrome Lite”. 

Check out their story here.

“Chrome Lite” On T Mobile’s Android Phone

T Mobile and Google unveiled their G1 phone, the first to use the Android operating system, a version of Chrome and apps.

During the press conference, the question came up about whether the G1 would use Chrome and the answer came back, “Yes, call it Chrome Lite”. 

There are numerous stories about the press conference which took place in NYC at 10:30am eastern time. 

Engadget.com seems to have one of the better sets of coverage with multiple reports and great pictures.