Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26
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Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26
#2> Expect it to be every bit as geek-tastic as the Nexus One -- Google won't want to disappoint its early adopters.
I've got a G1 matey, so I'll be skipping this tablet after being lumbered with Android 1.6 until I get a new phone.
Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26
#3If this Chrome OS rumor and the iPhone + Verizon rumor both turn out to be true Verizon's going to be one busy network in 2011
Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26
#4Why bother, what does ChromeOS do that Android doesn't for a tablet?
Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26
#5Total evidence offered for YAGTR (Yet another Google tablet rumour): 0. Plus given that Google just got out of the phone handset to consumer business (because, frankly, they suck at any product that might require end user support), how likely are try to jump into another end user hardware sale/support setup?
Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26
#6Note the author of the article states in the comments:
> Hardware is pure speculation -- my source didn't have any details for me. Launch date and carrier he did have
So don't get too excited about the specs, they are plucked from the ether.
Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26
#7So an OS that was originally intended for netbooks, before it's even released, has switched targets to the newly formed iPad-like tablet market? Suspect, but not unbelievable.
On another note, It still impresses me just how quickly the market was anticipating, repulsed, and then rapidly copying the iPad. I genuinely wonder if Google had targeted the iPad form factor first (with Android or Chrome OS) if they would have a fraction of the same success in bringing tablets to the masses.
Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26
#8Total evidence offered for YAGTR (Yet another Google tablet rumour): 0. Plus given that Google just got out of the phone handset to consumer business (because, frankly, they suck at any product that might require end user support), how likely are try to jump into another end user hardware sale/support setup?
The article talks about a potential HTC-built device sold by Verizon. Where does it talk about an end-user sale?
Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26
#9Total evidence offered for YAGTR (Yet another Google tablet rumour): 0. Plus given that Google just got out of the phone handset to consumer business (because, frankly, they suck at any product that might require end user support), how likely are try to jump into another end user hardware sale/support setup?
The article talks about a potential HTC-built device sold by Verizon. Where does it talk about an end-user sale?
In the comments, from the author...
> Lee Mathews said 10:50AM on 8-18-2010
> No, my source tells me it's Google hardware -- like the N1.
I'm assuming handset support in the US is the same as the EU, where for smart phones, you normally deal with the manufacturer, not the carrier ( i.e. If my iPhone or iPad breaks, I call Apple - not O2).
Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26
#10Why bother, what does ChromeOS do that Android doesn't for a tablet?
Agreed. I have a high amount of interest in buying an Android tablet (2nd gen of course, let someone else beta test your bugs out), and next to zero interest in a ChromeOS tablet. Android is a known quantity.