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Google is starting to feel like Microsoft. They're trying to compete everywhere instead of focusing on their core competencies.
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.
Google is starting to feel like Microsoft. They're trying to compete everywhere instead of focusing on their core competencies.
their core product is advertising; and all these other services exist to augment such. google's leadership is quite clearly on their A game.
If the future of computing is Apple's locked down iPad and iPhone platforms, Google will lose big time. Google therefore needs to prevent that future from happening.
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their core product is advertising; and all these other services exist to augment such. google's leadership is quite clearly on their A game.
You're right. If the future of computing is Apple's locked down iPad and iPhone platforms, Google will lose big time. Google therefore needs to prevent that future from happening.
Google is starting to feel like Microsoft. They're trying to compete everywhere instead of focusing on their core competencies.
I've been playing with Palm's WebOS. I think they've made some good trade offs in their development stack. I see no reason Palm or someone that acquires them couldn't upsize the Pre into a tablet.
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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 re…
Maybe that's partly why Apple is having so much more success with their tablet: they're not trying to sell a virtually unknown type of product as a commodity.
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You're right. If the future of computing is Apple's locked down iPad and iPhone platforms, Google will lose big time. Google therefore needs to prevent that future from happening.
This cannot be emphasized enough-- Google does not want a future where their entire business model can be effectively turned off by another company. This is why they fight for openness in platforms, and for net neutrality. For Google, playing nice in those ways isn't a moral decision, but a business decision that has served them very well.
I think they've demonstrated that they believe it is the moral thing to do as well.
It's interesting to see tablets being knighted as the Future of Computing by MSM and the tech industry when it's not at all clear that people actually want them. After controlling for the fanboy & factor, reviews for the iPad seem to be mixed. I don't think it's exaggerating to say that the form factor just might not be a good match for a lot of people.