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Google Developing Tablet to Take on iPad

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Re: Google Developing Tablet to Take on iPad

#11

Post by enjo »

cwilson wrote: post #9

Am I the only one starting to see a pattern here? Why is Google suddenly following in Apple's footsteps after every new product?

I can confirm that Google has been working on this for quite awhile. At least 2 years in one way or another. They anticipated the move into tablets and a lot of the work of maturing the Android platform has gone towards that.

In this case, they're not following by any stretch.

Oh, and while we're at it: It's not like Apple is the first touch enabled Tablet to ever come to market. I would argue that the iPhone is an incremental improvement on the Palm products (the first non-stylus gesture based app I used was SnapperMail way back on the second gen Palm devices).

Re: Google Developing Tablet to Take on iPad

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Post by terryjsmith »

Is there a business reason behind playing catch up in big companies? I understand there's a market opporunity, but so many of these "copy cat" products fail to live up to their potential simply because they are side projects (especially something like this to Google). It seems this is quite a trend for Palm, MS, Google and other megacorps and it rarely turns out well.

Re: Google Developing Tablet to Take on iPad

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Post by orangecat »

swombat wrote: post #12

The whole Android vs Chrome OS thing smacks of a badly planned platform strategy. Seems like both OSes are suitable for tablets, and both are being developed (by different departments, no doubt) for that purpose.

Yeah, I don't get the point of Chrome. If all you need is a browser, then just run a browser under Android.

That said, if Google can produce a tablet that is to the iPad what the Nexus One is to the iPhone, I'm in.

Re: Google Developing Tablet to Take on iPad

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Post by dustingetz »

enjo wrote: post #11
cwilson wrote: post #9

Am I the only one starting to see a pattern here? Why is Google suddenly following in Apple's footsteps after every new product?

I can confirm that Google has been working on this for quite awhile. At least 2 years in one way or another. They anticipated the move into tablets and a lot of the work of maturing the Android platform has gone towards that. In this case, they're not following by any stretch. Oh, and while we're at it: It's not like Apple is the first touch enabled Tablet to ever come to market. I would argue that the iPhone is an i…

the iphone might have been an incremental idea, but that's pretty much irrelevant.

Re: Google Developing Tablet to Take on iPad

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Post by blhack »

terryjsmith wrote: post #14

Is there a business reason behind playing catch up in big companies? I understand there's a market opporunity, but so many of these "copy cat" products fail to live up to their potential simply because they are side projects (especially something like this to Google). It seems this is quite a trend for Palm, MS, Google and other megacorps and it rarely turns out well.

>Is there a business reason behind playing catch up in big companies?

Yes, it's called "letting other companies subsidize your market research". I don't know that the copy cats are really failing to live up to anything. I'd say that android is a glowing success.

Not only that, but if google builds and android-based tablet, it might force apple to de-suckify the iPad. Competition is good for everybody including the companies that are competing; it incubates innovation.

Re: Google Developing Tablet to Take on iPad

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Post by buster »

richcollins wrote: post #13

Google is starting to feel like Microsoft. They're trying to compete everywhere instead of focusing on their core competencies.

With the big difference that googles products usually dont lock you in and give users choice, also googles software is usually free. Sounds like good competition.

Re: Google Developing Tablet to Take on iPad

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Post by gojomo »

cwilson wrote: post #9

Am I the only one starting to see a pattern here? Why is Google suddenly following in Apple's footsteps after every new product?

Even if that were true, aren't you glad that they are entering the same markets?

Otherwise, Apple's competition might only be the likes of Palm, HP, and JooJoo.

Re: Google Developing Tablet to Take on iPad

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Post by cwilson »

enjo wrote: post #11
cwilson wrote: post #9

Am I the only one starting to see a pattern here? Why is Google suddenly following in Apple's footsteps after every new product?

I can confirm that Google has been working on this for quite awhile. At least 2 years in one way or another. They anticipated the move into tablets and a lot of the work of maturing the Android platform has gone towards that. In this case, they're not following by any stretch. Oh, and while we're at it: It's not like Apple is the first touch enabled Tablet to ever come to market. I would argue that the iPhone is an i…

Could you really name a touch enabled Tablet to me without searching? I know I couldn't name one. There is also that nifty little stat about Apple being the worlds largest Tablet seller after their first day, so when it really comes down to it, they are the first.

Even if you don't count the above it's still the first Tablet worth a damn.

As for Google not following Apple... perception is everything. Consumers and really anyone following this epic battle will gloss over when someone tells them "well Google has been working on this for 2 years!" and simply remember that Apple did it first, Google was second, just like the iPhone and Android (I believe the same argument can be made there too but no one really remembers or cares about that).

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