The offline mode is expected to become available for Android devices within a few weeks.
It works in offline mode, without data connection, and with better and richer map data.
For offline mode to work, people have to install the Gmail Offline app in the Chrome web store.
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In offline mode, I was downright shocked at just how fast everything operated.
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Last but not least our customers can save on roaming costs since they can use iGuidU in offline mode as well.
Google previously had offline mode for some of its services with Google Gears, but it retired that service a while back.
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If for any reason the Internet connection is lost, Synapse will automatically shift into offline mode, and peripheral use is uninterrupted.
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With offline mode, Chromebooks will be a more viable option for everyday use, particularly with businesses, which are a big target for Google.
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In a blogpost, Ms Bradshaw said Maxis could have built a "subset offline mode" for the game that did away with the need to be constantly connected.
Maxis chief Lucy Bradshaw comes right out and says it: SimCity could have had an offline mode but it conflicted with the vision the developer had for the game.
What I found interesting, however, is a statement that Steve made during his presentation where he claimed that the new VMware View 4.5 Offline mode can take a VM in offline mode and synchronize the changes back to the Master image, including application installs and registry changes.
Lucy Bradshaw, head of SimCity creator Maxis, said an offline, single-player mode did not fit with its "vision" for the urban-planning game.
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