Thats one spin it...the other more likely and logical story goes that google were developing multiple prototypes. Poor old Chris De salvo was working on the 'Sooner' model which was dropped as in his own words 'looked so 90s' but they were also developing the 'dream' aka the G1. Not so much copying as all working with the same underlying technologies that were viable for a potential phone product at the same time. Hence the multiple other devices that were being developed around the same time..(.LG Prada )
Posts by Glenns
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Disney CEO: Dead Steve Jobs choc-blocked me!
Google ups ante to $5,000 for Chrome browser bug bounties
How much do security researchers...
..get paid ???
"recent paper published by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley found that over a three-year period, Google's bug bounty programs cost it less than it would likely have paid a single full-time employee."
Google have paid out $2Million+ are they really going to pay single security researcher $666,000 PA ???
ARM creators Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber
Apple Store staff outnumber queues as new iPad goes on sale
Seven lessons from the HP Touchpad fire sale
Sort of agree...
I'm in a lucky position to have had a few tablets, both iOS and Android based they all do what they are designed for (media consumption) very well, personally I prefer the Android system but iOS is good if somewhat overrated. the problem i have with tablets its their main attribute, size.
Too large to fit a pocket means I will normally use my phone unless the tablet is in arms reach, this is why so many have become coffee table devices, this is where I believe most will exist well into the future, and that's a good thing as its where most people feel comfortably (in their lounge watching tv) browsing the internet , playing the odd game , reading / writing emails etc.
this is where the price become so important, Apple pitch high, their customer base is happy to pay high but really a secondary or tertiary device (after computer or laptop & phone) should really be in the sub £200 bracket. I suspect this is what Amazon will go for at least with its budget device.
basically phone is with me everywhere, computer / laptop is for everything and tablet is for lazying on couch reading news and generally slobbery computing.
I have noticed that many of my clients who own iPhones or other smartphones with 3-3.5" screens seem to use them more than people who own newer phones with larger screens i.e. SGS2 etc
I think when limited to 3.5 inch or less on your phone the tablet is more necessary, when you have super amoled plus 4.5" gorgeousness :D tablets get less use.