Process early on

Going Google will be a process early on. I've been cleaning up my email, for instance, and copying all archive folders to Gmail. I put aside iPhone 4 and returned to Samsung-manufactured, Google-branded Nexus S. Damn, I had forgotten how much better l like Android than iOS on a phone. Nevertheless my main number is on AT&T, and I'm forwarding calls to my old number on T-Mobile. In the meantime, I'm moving files to the cloud from local storage. It's all a process, and will take a week or so to complete. I'll make a 30-day Google commitment that could last longer.

Personal endeavor

Going Google will be a personal endeavor. I for all that need to test and write about other companies' products for Betanews, so there won't be complete abandon. For instance, Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" is expected to release as early as then and there week. I'll want to use and write about that. At that time there are iOS or Windows apps to use and write about, too. Nevertheless, when working on Mac OS or Windows, I'll if not use Chrome and keep to the Web apps or services used on Chrome OS.

I'll specifically delay other switches, nevertheless. When I started going Google-free in April, I swapped out Apple TV for Google TV. Apple TV will go in the closet today, however Google TV won't suddenly come out. I'm about to start an unrelated experiment -- cutting off AT&T U-verse and going over-the-air broadcasts and online streaming. I got TiVo Premiere previously this week and Clearstream Micron XG antenna today. I want to get a full taste of that experience previously adding Google TV to it. I'll blog separately about the OTA/streaming switch within a couple of days.

The Google transition throughout the experiment

I will write about the Google transition throughout the experiment and expect to substantially increase the amount of Google reporting done as the immersion in the company's products, services and lifestyle increases. Writing about cloud computing in general will increase, too. All things considered, I'll be using the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook near all the time. If you're a vendor with a cloud service, Google Apps product or Chrome web app, particularly for businesses, now would be a actually good time to come a calling.

Tablet: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 running Android 3.1; from iPad 2 running iOS 4.3.3. Afterwards using Tab 10.1 much more, I've started to see many benefits over iPad 2, which I'll write about fully sometime in the nearly future.

Email: Standard Gmail and Google Apps; from Gmail, Google Apps and Apple mail. Gmail would have been a pain, otherwise for the new "Preview" theme.

Contacts and Calendars: Gmail Calendar and Contacts; from Apple Address Book and iCal. I primarily use these from the smartphone.

Social Network: Google+; from Facebook and some Google+. But, I will continue using Twitter as there is no real Google replacement for it.

Music: Google Music and MOG Chrome web app; from iTunes and AmazonMP3. I'll save a bundle. For the cost of one album from iTunes, I get one month's access to millions of songs streamed and ability to download and play them from my Android phone. I'll upload songs and albums in my collection not available from MOG to Google Music.

My birthday is coming up before long, and to get in the spirit of the experiment, last night I ordered a couple Android Mini Collectible figures, Android cap and several Google-branded services T-Shirts. I typically don't buy branded anything, nevertheless made an exception and used my birthday buying as excuse for the splurges.

The software giant is dipping dough from two barrels -- licensing fees collected for Windows Phone and patent licensing fees extracted for Android, all from the same handset makers. Revenue potential is a staggering $6.4 billion a year in 2015, by one estimate.

Artist Kyle McDonald captured shoppers' photos from Macs inside New York Apple stores. Secret Service confiscated his own computers today. Should his work be protected as free speech, or did he go to far? You tell us.

Plethora of new or updated web browsers from Mozilla

This week has seen a plethora of new or updated web browsers from Mozilla and Opera. Other goodies include a Firefox memory manager and app for making Windows 7 look like Windows 8.

Larry Seltzer wonders if the cloud productivity suite and Google's ability to support it properly meet business needs, based on personal experience with a renewal problem.

Leading ISPs and the movie studios and record labels announced a voluntary deal to begin monitoring ISP accounts for possible piracy, sending a series of alerts to those suspected earlier taking action on their Internet access.