Comments on: Why Google needs the Motorola deal for tablets http://gigaom.com/2012/05/17/why-google-needs-the-motorola-deal-for-tablets/ Wed, 22 May 2013 20:38:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jack C http://gigaom.com/2012/05/17/why-google-needs-the-motorola-deal-for-tablets/#comment-841914 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:05:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=522526#comment-841914 This has always been about Google hedging their bets, while improving their IP portfolio; multiple birds with one (pricey) stone. Manufacturers have been taking the same stance with WP7 and in-house mobile OS ventures. It would be foolish for either side not to hedge their bets.

Branching out with the Nexus program is an obvious means to bolster the confidence of 3rd party manufacturing partners in order to take better advantage of Mobility manufacturing assets and strengthen Google’s control over Android devices; again, multiple birds with one stone and all of it can be dubbed as an effort to provide more freedom and a better experience for the customer (which is yet another bird nailed by the same stone).

This is all part of the plan.

]]> By: ronald http://gigaom.com/2012/05/17/why-google-needs-the-motorola-deal-for-tablets/#comment-841880 Thu, 17 May 2012 15:20:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=522526#comment-841880 Could be to little to late. People have phones which behave differently than the “new” tablets. Even with Google aps from Docs to voice search(even in 3.2 to 4.2) to browser (nobody in their right mind will not run chrome on ICS), to where the heck are the controls in this mail app now to what is that ugly icon suppose to do? It’s not a unified experience like on some other systems.
One of the site effects of VZW shared data plan might be that we will get more interchangeable device usage, I don’t believe Google is ready for that.

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