Google Pixel in Canada?
May 18, 2013 6:24 PM Subscribe
What's involved in running a Google Pixel or other 3G Chromebook in Toronto, Canada? Do they just take a normal carrier's sim card and run as if they're phones without phone numbers? Will they run on Wind/Mobilicity/Public or only one Bell/Rogers/Telus, etc? Over all, what issues does one need to be aware of? Thanks.
Google is weirdly cagely about the exact frequency band the LTE modem works on, but it's certified to work with Verizon in the US so it should work with one of Rogers or Bell. It will only work on LTE and I don't think Wind, et al have LTE coverage yet. But if they do, well, maybe. But probably Bell, maybe Rogers.
I think you can plug in hard drives - here's a list of supported USB peripherals in chrome os. I think you can do hard drives and CDs but I don't think there's DVD playback software in any chrome os device. Certainly not blu-ray.
posted by GuyZero at 6:48 PM on May 18, 2013
I think you can plug in hard drives - here's a list of supported USB peripherals in chrome os. I think you can do hard drives and CDs but I don't think there's DVD playback software in any chrome os device. Certainly not blu-ray.
posted by GuyZero at 6:48 PM on May 18, 2013
And ripping CDs - nope. You could enable developer mode and install Ubuntu on it, then you can do all the normal Ubuntu things. But through Chrome OS, nope.
posted by GuyZero at 6:49 PM on May 18, 2013
posted by GuyZero at 6:49 PM on May 18, 2013
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