Google Chrome OS promises web-based netbook platform by late 2010

[johnkzin]

For me, Chrome sounds interesting, but their lack of local/native apps bothers me some. If the Chrome OS has the ability to run something like Java applications (not web applets, but local applications, kinda like Dalvik), and/or just run actual Android-Dalvik applications, then I could be interested.

If it can be used like a splashtop OS (ie. just run Chrome OS for basics, and then hit a “boot my regular OS” to run beefier/regular applications), then I’d be interested in that.

Add in the touch screen UI, screen rotation abilities, and possibly 3G support, and I’d love to see this on a convertible tablet netbook (like the EeePC T91 or T101) that has built-in 3G. That would be AWESOME.

Though, at that point, it’s kind of “Android with a different browser, and a slightly different user interface”. That would be ok with me. But, without those things (Java and/or Dalvik, splashtop OS capabilities, touch screen UI, screen rotation, possibly 3G), I doubt I’d be very interested.