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Our first five impressions of Googlebooks — exciting but underbaked
Source: The Verge · Published
We’re in the process of testing all the Googlebooks. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Googlebooks are here . The first models went on sale Sunday, October 4th, and we received review units of all five Googlebooks about 24 hours ago. Since then, we've been in a mad das
We’re in the process of testing all the Googlebooks. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Googlebooks are here .
The first models went on sale Sunday, October 4th, and we received review units of all five Googlebooks about 24 hours ago. Since then, we've been in a mad dash to put the devices through their paces and get a check on what it's like to use these Android laptops. At first glance, Googlebooks feel very Chromebook-ish, and at times a little janky.
But Google has some great new ideas afoot on how a laptop and phone interact. You can already link your phone to a Windows laptop to sync your notifications and mirror your whole iPhone on macOS. But Googlebooks allow you to take actions on your phone from your laptop in a way … Read the full story at The Verge.
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