Nexus One’s Faults Just Mean Better Strategy for Chrome OS
Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in Features
Lilliputing’s Brad Linder has a piece posted today talking about what happens for Google devices in the aftermath of the Nexus One. GigaOM’s Ostatic blog also had an article on this topic as well, so we’re going to write our take on the whole situation.
Suffice to say, the Nexus One did not exactly take off as planned but that doesn’t mean immediate failure for any impending Chrome OS devices.
Let’s face it: Google tried an experiment whereby another manufacturer built the phone, but it was up to Google to support it. In hindsight that may not seem like the best idea, but it was worth a shot. Now Google knows that they need to work with hardware partners and let those with the expertise design and build the devices under certain specifications.
There’s a whole list of companies that are working with Google on this, and this way of putting a Chrome OS product on the market will be successful: by letting Google provide the platform and the manufacturers developing great products based on the hardware requirements.
Bottom line: we will see Chrome OS tablets and laptops before the end of this year. It may take some time for the products to gain traction, but judging by people’s desire for something between a smartphone and a full-fledged computer, it will be successful.
2 Responses to “Nexus One’s Faults Just Mean Better Strategy for Chrome OS”
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egrep
23. Jul, 2010
I would not give up on ChromiumOS just yet…
Remember… GoogleTV will be an android product… I think you will see netbooks and desktops running ChromeOS and tablets running Android… I’m just sayin’… ;-]
Daniel Cawrey
25. Jul, 2010
I do see potential for the Chrome browser to be used in more than just computers. Remember, while Google TV will run Android as the OS, because television screens are so big it will use the Chrome browser for web functionality.