Google Tablet PC: What we know and what we want
After Apples much hyped about January 27th event, where the iPad was revealed – the whole tablet market, for which has not been properly established yet, has had alot of criticism about how the world simply does not need the tablet PC. People have complained about how a laptop is more functional, a smart phone more portable and how something in between seems, well, like a little bit of a misfit – a rebel, an outcast and how the whole concept of ever owning a tablet is pretty pointless.
Blogged to death the iPad has been, in fact, for me, it has been killed. Wow, another article about the iPad!. . Boring. We’ve seen it, we’ve read about it and for the lucky people that have done, we have used it. Meh. Tablets – they kind of are all the same. And so here I am > writing about another tablet. Contradictory? sure. But Google sure know what they are wanting out of their tablet.
What we know
The Google Tablet will have a 7 – 10 inch display, that display with be a full capacitive touch screen, with the ability for multi-touch, the Google Tablet could run Google Chrome OS> an OS project running alongside Android which will be available on netbooks later this year, and the Google Tablet could have a variation of the iPads book store – as to also jump at the book reading perk that tablets come with.
What we want
We want the quality to be there – we want the build quality to be reminescent of the iPad which is sturdy, solid and sleek. We want it to multi task > none of this single app at a time crap. It is all good for a phone, but not for a tablet. We want the price to be affordable – cheaper than Apple’s offering, we want the Google Tablet to have 3G connectivity standard, we want bluetooth, Wifi as standard and we most definately need an OS which is seamless, open source and open to customisation < which Google Chrome OS is destined to be. We want flash support too, and a good media player.
Do people expect too much? No. I think Apple have really set a standard with the iPad, just like they do with all products. And so Google will no doubt improve the already existing iPad, both as a product and a direct alternative. I personally can not wait for it, if not to buy one then just to use one.
So where is everybody else in the Tablet mix? And why, after Google started competing against Apple in the smart phone market have they now started to do so in the tablet market? Clearly, the business development team down at both Google and Apple have a hunch that tablets could be the next big thing. Perhaps they will be, I mean, it only takes one great product to completely revolutionise an already existing market like the iPod did.
Category: Android, Author Opinions, Tablets
I completely agree. Everything you said needs to be in, and I also agree that Google will up the ante! Your RSS is mine
Cheers
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