[aberkowitz]

If Google were smart, they'd come out with their own Android tablet. That way people would stop being enticed by this absolute crap.

[zmmmmm]

Google seems to have stalemated itself. They don't want to compete with ChromeOS or cannibalize it - so they are deliberately de-emphasizing tablet uses of Android. But at the same time they can't seem to deliver ChromeOS, so it's all just going nowhere.

In general I like Google's attitude of embracing multiple products and letting the best one win. However that seems to be getting lost here as their obsession with ChromeOS is significantly impairing Android's progress on the table front (or at least, that's the only way I can really explain what's happening).

[fogus]

Will Google also sell it at Walgreens? Because if not, the people who are enticed by low-end gadgets sold at Walgreens will not know about it.

[aberkowitz]

People will buy it because it says "Google", in the same way products are bought because they say "Apple".

[cheald]

There have been rumorings that Google is working on a tablet. I'm really hoping so - the Nexus One was an excellent reference phone, and really kickstarted the current generation of Android phones. If they could do similar with a tablet, I'd be really happy.

[dpcan]

Nexus One? It's a larger screen than most devices, but still not a "tablet" I guess. Maybe this was their test run.

[angusgr]

If it was their test run, evidence seems to be that they've gotten back out of the make-your-own hardware game.

[ZeroGravitas]

The Nexus One was made by HTC, basically a rebadge of their Desire handset. The Nexus S that Google have been showing off but not yer announced is basically the Samsung Galaxy S.

So either Google was never in that game, or they're still in it depending on definitions.

[angusgr]

I see! When Google stopped selling the Nexus One to end users there was speculation that they were done branding handsets. Guess it was just speculation.