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When will we see a Chrome OS tablet?

19 pointsby evanwover 13 years ago

6 comments

mrschwabeover 13 years ago
Chrome OS is Google's baby so a Chrome Tablet is very likely. Android is the result of a more aggressive gambit from Google; as part of a short term strategy to aggressively compete against Apple &#38; Microsoft; to maximize momentum and leverage the 'open source' buzzword.<p>Long term, it won't be surprising to see Google transition it's efforts to Chrome exclusively. Eventually dropping Android support entirely (but they'll do it with nice PR so it looks like they just "gave" it to the open source community).
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mongolover 13 years ago
I am not sure we will. On a question in a video I once saw, it was asked from Eric Schmidt how Google sees the difference between Android and Chrome OS. And his answer was that they see Android for the kind of tasks that don't need a keyboard, and Chrome OS more for devices that have keybord ("traditional" computing tasks). I don't remember the actual wording, but something to that effect.
johnbenderover 13 years ago
This seems unlikely given that Google Apps, and the web in general, isn't built with touch in mind. They could make that change to the properties that they own but when the whole platform rests on web content, the lack of interfaces built for touch hurts the user experience.
ch0wnover 13 years ago
I'd rather like to see Chrome and its features getting more tightly integrated with Android. If one could use the Chrome Web Store from an Android tablet, there wouldn't be much left that Chrome OS does better.
notatoadover 13 years ago
step one: merge chrome and the android browser.
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wavephormover 13 years ago
Is there any indication that anyone wants such a tablet?
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