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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

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Post by sandipc »

kqueue wrote: post #12

First, they copied Apple iPhone and created Android. Now they are going iPad and creating this tablet. Very innovative Google. very.

Android has improved upon iOS in certain aspects... I would expect the same of an Android/Chrome OS tablet

Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26

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Post by dannyr »

kqueue wrote: post #12

First, they copied Apple iPhone and created Android. Now they are going iPad and creating this tablet. Very innovative Google. very.

Google bought Android in August 2005.

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc200...

The IPhone was launched January 2007.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09iphone.html

Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26

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Post by commandar »

konad wrote: post #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.

Biggest problem with the G1 is that it was RAM constrained to begin with, and that's only gotten worse with 2.x.

FWIW, CyanogenMod has bee solid on mine. CM6 RC3 (Froyo) runs pretty nicely on my G1.

Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26

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Post by tiles »

dannyr wrote: post #15
kqueue wrote: post #12

First, they copied Apple iPhone and created Android. Now they are going iPad and creating this tablet. Very innovative Google. very.

Google bought Android in August 2005. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc200... The IPhone was launched January 2007. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09iphone.html

It's also worth noting, though, that early Android phones were much more like Blackberry competitors:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/ip-telephony/two-photos-here-of-a-... http://gizmodo.com/334909/google-android-prototype-in-the-wi...

And once the iPhone was released, the target form factor changed. There's a fair share of Apple inspiration in the industry.

Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26

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Post by Tichy »

tiles wrote: post #7

So 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 hav…

Why is every tablet assumed to be inspired by the iPad? All sorts of companies have been creating tablets for a long time.

Sure Apple apparently made a nice one. But it is not only Apple's genius, it is also the the progress of technology that made it possible (faster, more power efficient CPUs, better batteries, better displays...).

One big thing hindering other companies' tablets was probably Windows, which presumably just sucked too much. There were attempts with Linux tablets, but again, the sleekness wasn't there yet (in the meantime, as with the hardware, things have improved).

So now Google has their own OS, so they can make a new attempt at creating a nice tablet without Windows suckage. They are not just copying Apple.

Re: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26

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Post by konad »

commandar wrote: post #17
konad wrote: post #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.

Biggest problem with the G1 is that it was RAM constrained to begin with, and that's only gotten worse with 2.x. FWIW, CyanogenMod has bee solid on mine. CM6 RC3 (Froyo) runs pretty nicely on my G1.

I recently wiped CyanogenMod as it wouldn't run the example scripts supplied with the Android Scripting Environment.
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