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What Can Google's Tablet Deliver?Posted at 7:20AM Friday 14 May 2010 Even with a reasonably strong hand of services and Android, which has a lot going for it, Google doesn't have what it takes to create a compelling consumer gadget. Android is a deservedly popular development environment, the cost is attractive (ie zero), it's reasonably capable, and the pace of improvements to Android gives everyone involved a lot of confidence. No, I mean the bigger problem facing anyone not in control of the design. When it comes to internet appliances, owning one (or even several) components is not going to give you any kind of advantage.Let's have a quick reality check, and see what Apple's advantages are with the iPad. They're really quite frightening.
Andrew Orlowski in The Register
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