Chromebooks in Indian markets by 2012

BANGALORE: The next edition of the Google Chromebooks would be available in the Indian markets by 2012, according to the Senior vice-president( Chrome and apps), Sundar Pichai.Interacting with media persons in the city, Pichai said that the Chromebook was only available in seven countries currently and were available only online. Dismissing claims that the product was badly received, he stated that product was ‘not a volume play’.Unwilling to announce a specific date for the launch, he said that a decision such as this would have t o b e taken in consideration. Contradicting claims of Google Plus, their social networking effort, did not make the impact the company had hoped for, he said that Plus had over 40 million subscribers.Admitting to the flaws existent in ‘Google Buzz,’ Pichai said, “We did not fully understand privacy issues and if we hadn’t made those mistakes in Buzz, then the same mistakes would have been repeated in Plus.”