World’s biggest PC vendor [Lenovo] takes first step that could establish Android as Windows biggest rival ever — and eliminate Google ChromeOS at the same time
World’s biggest PC vendor [Lenovo] takes first step that could establish Android as Windows biggest rival ever — and eliminate Google ChromeOS at the same time
Lenovo will soon begin to distribute devices powered by the Esper Foundation OS
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I tried to read deep into this awhile back and why we don't see many Android tablets. I think even Google (Alphabet) doesn't like Android that much and is trying to get away from it. And instead use ChromeOS for laptops, tablets, and dual use devices.
What's looking better all the time is just Linux. Really they should just put out a Linux laptop.
why we don't see many Android tablets
My personal guess is that the reason is twofold:
- The dominance of iPad
- The (unfortunately not unearned) association of Android tablets with poor quality. There are a lot of knockoffs out there.
I think even Google (Alphabet) doesn't like Android that much and is trying to get away from it.
In the large format world, maybe. But they're putting a lot of development work into the Pixel line, and it's finally paying off. I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see a resurrection of the Pixel C form factor someday.
Google tablets being filled with magnets has always been interesting to me, and I really like how they create interesting use cases (like sticking your tablet to the fridge)
I think a large part of it is that they have little control over Android. Manufacturers put all their stuff and overlay on it. Imo it doesn't work well and would be even worse with dual use and laptops. They have control of ChromeOS and make demands of anyone that wants to use it. I think they made a big mistake getting rid of Moto. They could have at least made their own devices free of other stuff.
ChromeOS is as open source as Android in the form of ChromiumOS. It just seems like there's less desire to fork ChromiumOS and skin it since Linux already exists, and I assume most people would prefer to go to the source.
I agree that they should've kept Moto, but they do make (well, design, which is probably all Motorola did) their own handsets in the Pixel line. Pretty much everyone who puts their own badge on a phone these days designs it but has Foxconn assemble it using components sourced from other companies. The only company I'm aware of making their own silicon is Samsung.
It's not even knockoffs, my last two android tablets were trash. Asus; poor physicsl quality, bad audio driver, screen connector fails with slight flexing, silver detailing full of chips. Samsung; full of bloatware, super slow, drops inputs regularly, sometimes takes seconds to react. Both cost more than twice as much as my first tablet from 2013, both ran worse out-of-the-box than my first tablet still does today.