Google to Launch Chrome OS Tablet in Late November?
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rwilliams
macrumors 68040
and... the Nexus One is where now ?
What does that have to do with the quality of the phone? Sales numbers aren't equivalent to highest quality. Apple fans should know that better than anyone. OS X has been the best OS on the market for years, yet the sales of Windows dwarfs it.
i have to say that ipad is a great breakthrough, way ahead of competition. it has been almost 4 months since its release and all we are hearing is hot air of competition ready to release their counter punch.
even if google releases its tablet, it will be 6 to 7 months late, an equivalent of a decade in tech world.
even if google releases its tablet, it will be 6 to 7 months late, an equivalent of a decade in tech world.
Multi-touch is extremely overrated. How many times do you actually use two fingers? Most people just scroll and flick. The speed, slickness and overall great ease of use sold iPhone + iPad (and iPod as well). These things just work. The OS was especially designed for touch-based use and the small screen.
Android is a big bag of hurt!
Seriously though there is nothing about Android that impresses me as far as tablets go. Chrome OS doesn't impress me either but could lead to a very low cost device. Especially if it is more or less useless without an internet connection. A Chrome device could very well be a way to expensive contracts.
From what I'm seeing Apple will still have the best Tablet OS going for some time. Unfortunately their current hardware sucks and will leave them open to aggressive competition. This is why I think a short term rev to iPad will come in the fall. It will be enough of an improvement to look fresh against the competition during the holiday sales period. This to hold them over until they get the PA Semi / ARM A9 systems out the door.
I know people here don't like criticism of their iPads but they are very much a rev one Apple device. There is no other eay to classify them considering the dropped features and short comings with respect to things like RAM.
Dave
Seriously though there is nothing about Android that impresses me as far as tablets go. Chrome OS doesn't impress me either but could lead to a very low cost device. Especially if it is more or less useless without an internet connection. A Chrome device could very well be a way to expensive contracts.
From what I'm seeing Apple will still have the best Tablet OS going for some time. Unfortunately their current hardware sucks and will leave them open to aggressive competition. This is why I think a short term rev to iPad will come in the fall. It will be enough of an improvement to look fresh against the competition during the holiday sales period. This to hold them over until they get the PA Semi / ARM A9 systems out the door.
I know people here don't like criticism of their iPads but they are very much a rev one Apple device. There is no other eay to classify them considering the dropped features and short comings with respect to things like RAM.
Dave
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
I disable pinch to zoom on trackpads. It's far too sensitive.
HLdan
macrumors 603
I just find this kinda post very disturbing. It's not like Apple is the first to bring out a tablet. In fact they are the last , however it's the iPad that's the only one that's selling. If anything it's Apple engineering driving the competition to get up off their asses.
Yamcha
macrumors 68000
Yeah maybe true, but the fact of the matter is even the ipad isn't a device that anybody "Needs". When I say that I mean it's something you can go without, and I don't see it particularly useful for school, and Its no doubt that it cannot and will not replace a laptop or desktop.
I think it may be different for the Chrome OS Tablet, reason I say that is many students use netbooks, most of them use a Linux Distro, and from what I can tell its very similar to Chrome OS.
Not to mention the price tag of of the ipad $549(CAD) is far too expensive.. netbooks cost about $299(CAD), you could get a full blown Core i3 (Dual Core) Laptop for the same price of an ipad, and if your going with an AMD processor then you could get one for $399 right now!! http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/id/10146058.aspx
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I use two fingers on my iPad all the time. Especially in the photo app,maps etc.
notabadname
macrumors 68000
But Google's search revenue is being impacted by Apple's product line. You don't need Google, you instead use an App, to find your restaurant, movie show time or best price for a video game. Google has no choice but to offer their own platform and revenue stream via hand-held devices. I rarely ever use Google on my iPad or iPhone, where I use it regularly still on my desktop. They are very aware of the more than 40 million plus iphone and iPad users bypassing their search engine. That is the real reason for Android, and Chrome. You don't see Microsoft giving away their software, because it is their (primary) revenue stream, selling the actual software. Software for Google is merely a means to an end. And that end is having you get to anything you desire to see or learn about through one of their portals.
ChrisGonzales90
macrumors 6502a
Eric needs to go.
Its pretty obvious by now that Android is essentially a holding action against Apple. It was radically changed to ape iOS in '07 once iPhone came out, and the haphazard approach to app development by Google makes it pretty clear that their heart is really in Web Apps (where they can continue to leverage their primary business... advertising.)
Chrome is where they want to go. Android just buys them time to get there.
chris200x9
macrumors 6502a
please go back to your fanboy cave, when your mind wouldn't be so manipulated, you would see that competition push apple to make an even better product and I think google is the only company who has the potential to be a good competitor.
Yeah, I really wonder what the market for this is. It will be the most limited tablet going. I mean every tablet will come with a web browser. In this case that is all it is.
It seems like a sucker play to me. Cheap entry price and data contract for life to make any use of it.
I guess the one upside will be that it won't be Subject to the Oracle lawsuit.
WebOs and MS WinEC7 seem more viable.
"Retail" smartphone prices are BS to begin with. last gen iphone 3gs and ipod touch are exactly the same except for the touch is missing the phone parts. There's no way those missing parts are $300.
To put things in perspective, the retail price of a 32 GB 3GS was $600. The retail price of a 32 GB ipod touch is $300. You can get 2 ipod touch for the price of one iphone. Does that seem right to you?
Well analyzed.
Again... Google is only giving lip service to apps. Their direction is Chrome and web apps.
Developers need to get wise to that fast.
darkplanets
macrumors 6502a
Sounds pretty cool to me, but am I the only one who thinks that this is going to be expensive?
That is, provided that those "leaked" specs are indeed true.
That is, provided that those "leaked" specs are indeed true.
And for what else?
Zoom... and?
Read again, I didn't say it's a useless/bad thing. I just said it's hugely overrated. It doesn't come as a surprise that SJ keeps talking about it since they hold the important patents. Doesn't change the fact that people don't zoom that much. In fact, iOS is great BECAUSE you don't have to use multi-touch all the time.
Also, WinMobile or a tablet running a desktop OS would still be fine specimens of rubbish even with multi-touch.
iOS and Android has client side apps. Over time, your client machine will (generally) be heavier, heavier and demand more cpu/storage over time as you have richer more full functioned apps. The advantage is that the user usually gets a more robust experience.
Chrome OS (browser) promotes web service or server side apps. This is the 'promise' of the cloud computing. The servers does alot of the work and can scale & manage more easily. Enterprises like this.
It's basically the same argument that Sun used when trying to promote their Net stations.
P.
RalfTheDog
macrumors 68020
I would like to see Google do some real competing. Apple releases a phone. Google releases a phone. Apple releases a tablet. Google releases a tablet.
Please Google, come up with a new innovative idea that Apple can copy.
I appreciate the original idea behind Chrome OS, but the world has outlived that vision... People complain that Apple is too restrictive with apps. Now imagine the iPad without nay apps at all... That's this device.
Besides, what do you need Tegra 3D graphics, 2GB and a webcam for, if a browser is all the software you're getting? Chat Roulette? That's about as yesterday's news as Chrome OS.
And 32GB storage? It doesn't even come with a media player outside the cloud. I'm sorry, I just can't picture this.
It's not like Google has no alternative. They should just through this out in favor of Android. (Maybe they have an ace up their sleeve, though, and Chrome OS has been significantly modified or merged with Android. Who knows.)
Besides, what do you need Tegra 3D graphics, 2GB and a webcam for, if a browser is all the software you're getting? Chat Roulette? That's about as yesterday's news as Chrome OS.
And 32GB storage? It doesn't even come with a media player outside the cloud. I'm sorry, I just can't picture this.
It's not like Google has no alternative. They should just through this out in favor of Android. (Maybe they have an ace up their sleeve, though, and Chrome OS has been significantly modified or merged with Android. Who knows.)