Why Google Should Stay Out of the Tablet Game
Google's hardware expansion plans into tablet world, like its social expansion plans into Facebook world, will probably fail.
With Microsoft putting $300,000,000 into Barnes and Noble's Nook business, the Windows 8 maker just bought itself something that could come in handy with that whole iPad killer strategy it's got going on.
Google's hardware expansion plans into tablet world, like its social expansion plans into Facebook world, will probably fail.
Considering the release of cheaper tablet competitors, among other factors (Foxconn?), this year's iPad 3 craziness makes less sense than ever, yet demand and expectations remain high for the device that Apple may reveal tomorrow.
After a successful developer preview debut last fall, Microsoft has unveiled the consumer preview of its newest operating system.
With more competitors than ever, Apple's tablet supremacy has started slipping, making soon the perfect time to release a hyped-up new offering.
Today Fox News is reporting that Eric Schmidt promised an iPad killer in six months, based on a comment the Google CEO said last week to Italian paper Corriere della Sera.
With the supposed iPad killer making its debut tomorrow, techies have gotten a day-early hands on look at the product, deciding that Amazon's tablet probably won't do too much damage to Apple after all.
Pretty late to the tablet party, Barnes & Noble officially released its Nook tablet today.
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Or is it so brilliant? Maybe people just love cheap things
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