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Web app tracks Google Cr-48 Chrome OS netbooks as they're shipped, prolongs hope for masses
There's no shortage of people wondering if they'll soon be receiving one of Google's much-anticipated Cr-48 netbooks, so it's no surprise that something like this would pop up. The Cr-48 Shipping Tracker is a rather aptly-named and extremely spartan web app that does exactly what it sounds like -- it tracks the shipments of experimental Chrome OS laptops as they're shipped out.
Once you enter your city and state, the tracker returns a list of shipments, the date shipped, an ETA or date delivered, and whether it was shipped ground or overnight. All shipments thus far seem to be using UPS, and the tracking information given by the tracker corresponds to a list of tracking numbers from the most recent shipment (believed to be the third of many) that was linked to in a tweet by a known Android developer. If there is tracking information available in the UPS system, which this tracker seems to be using for its queries, then each shipment has a Zip Code attached to it, and is linked to its own UPS tracking page. Technically, one could call UPS with the tracking number found on that page and ask to verify the name waiting for the package, but some may prefer to keep the mystery alive and just wait for the delivery day to come.
Like me! At the moment, there are 69 shipments that have either already been delivered, or are still in transit to the greater Seattle area, with only one headed for my very small section of the city. Come next Thursday, I'll probably be posted up in front of the building, waiting for a big brown truck that will probably drive past me on its way to deliver a Cr-48 to somebody else.
Via Hacker News.
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Subscribe to commentsCougar AbogadoDec 12th 2010 8:13AM
Thanks for the link, Matthew. Here's another excuse for me to sell my soul to Google and drool at the screen 24/7, wondering if I will ever be chosen by the clouds of fate.
I take solace in seeing that a mere 10.37% of the purported 60,000 devices slated have shipped. On the other hand, when I saw there are two Cr-48's headed to a zip code _one_ number over from mine, I almost fell out of my skin. I might decide to dawn some black apparel, soon, drive around, like a shark, looking for UPS trucks, and then proceed to hide behind bushes, once I've spotted them . . .
Thanks again, I am really impressed with the link and hope the big brown trucks make their way to _our_ respective domiciles, rather than on to woeful, alternate existences.
Matthew RogersDec 12th 2010 3:50PM
@Cougar Abogado You're welcome, and best of luck to you!
kojo87Dec 12th 2010 1:39PM
a good half dozen have been delivered to my zip code so far. i really don't have high hopes but in the back of my mind i can't stop thinking how awesome it would be to get one.
Matthew RogersDec 12th 2010 3:51PM
@kojo87 It's really tough to stay pessimistic about it when you start to see them shipped so close to home. I was the same way :)
Lonnie McClureDec 12th 2010 4:51PM
Only two were listed for my city (192K population), both delivery on Friday, December 10. They were actually shipped the same day, thanks to originating from the UPS warehouse in Hebron, KY.
djangelicDec 12th 2010 6:28PM
When this all came out, me and bunch of others created a facebook group for this, but now we are moving to google groups. join us at this address: http://groups.google.com/group/those-anxiously-awaiting-the-arrival-of-their-cr-48-notebook
MxxConDec 12th 2010 6:37PM
omgomgomgomg!
i think i'm getting cr48! only 1 listed for my zipcode!
SpeedGunDec 12th 2010 8:06PM
I live in a city that has about 50k people, I saw that one had been shipped to my city and I jumped for joy.
Then I noticed that it had already been delivered...
RickDec 13th 2010 1:02AM
@SpeedGun same here :(
Cougar AbogadoDec 17th 2010 8:06AM
@SpeedGun. I have a buddy I would describe as more of a turtleneck (Apple) fanboy, and he lives just _one_ zip code over from me (as in the zip is different by one number). He and his wife both applied and they received a Cr-48, addressed . . . to his wife!
At a minimum, I view their shipment as anecdotal evidence the tracker works because it forecasted his zip code and the actual delivery date. What I'm struggling to wrap my brain around is why Google shipped it to his wife, when the pilot program is supposed to be for those "Not [] faint of heart." http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20024897-1.html
Ah, well. Supposedly there's still about 83% left to ship!