Move Over Google Phone, Here Comes the Google Netbook

HP, Acer, Dell, and...Google? That's right -- Google could soon join the ranks of those netbook manufacturers. The rumor mill now suggests that a Google-branded netbook will arrive next year, in addition to the Google phone.

TechCrunch's Michael Arrington cites "multiple sources" as saying Google is working directly with at least one computer manufacturer on hardware specs, in the same way that the search giant reportedly dictated hardware and design to HTC for the Nexus One smartphone. The netbook would be branded with Google and sold directly to consumers.

In terms of performance, what would make this netbook so much different than the rest? Arrington doesn't know at this point, but speculates that an ARM processor and Nvidia Tegra graphics chip would be used instead of the usual Intel Atom processor and integrated graphics.

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