I might be liberal but I am not Robin Hood. I am a consumer and as such I do not care for Google or Apple profits. I am pretty sure republican consumer think the same way Although, looking at the health care reform, minimum wage and labor union battles, I am not sure most of them (who are poor) really understand how things work.
Don't get me wrong here. Not getting political. I happen to own and run 2 business and can say that you are in business to make money not charity. Sometimes on the big stage though, there are business plays that aren't meant to play in the game or open a new can, but simply to disrupt, annoy, or present something else. This tablet is simply that. Just like the nexus phone. They need a theater for jellybean, and to drop a biatch slap on Amazon. No idea of the latter will play or not. By contrast apple has a real and genuine business in the iPad. Amazon sells at loss or break even but it's in order to sell backend services. Google is simply saying me too, F you Amazon, and look at JB.
As a consumer there is nothing to get behind here. When I buy an iPad, I can feel comfortable that I'm investing in a solid product that has a future. This google tab? Who knows. Google has used many different vendors. You never know what you're gonna get from one year to the next. There is no design philosophy. It's just, this is our latest piece of plastic running our latest OS that most ppl can't see for 12 months.