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I think this article is very fair and probably on the money. The Pixel C is a tablet I really, really want to like but the fact that Android is very ill suited

I think this article is very fair and probably on the money. The Pixel C is a tablet I really, really want to like but the fact that Android is very ill suited to being a tablet OS plus the fact that the keyboard connects via bluetooth (and, as they always do, suffers from input issues as most reviewers have pointed out) is just a bad idea. One thing to point out however is this article and many others continue to say how odd it is for the Pixel team to develop Android hardware but I think many forget that Google positions Pixel hardware as hardware designed and manufactured in-house versus Nexus which has hardware designed and manufactured through partners. The Pixel C did a reddit AMA just two days ago and one of the answers made this distinction https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3w3x7p/hi_im_andrew_here_at_google_and_im_with_the_team/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3w3x7p/hi_im_andrew_h... Though I'll admit that distinction isn't always black and white considering things like the Nexus Player.

owenwil 11y ago
It's a damn shame, as I have the Pixel C for review purposes and really want to like it. Android does feel well suited to run on the device, but the software support for heavy lifting (again, proper split-windowing) just isn't there. It's disappointing, though Google claims that it's actually working on it.
- on_and_off 11y ago
  It is not just a claim, you can already see a lot of work on that in AOSP. Obviously it was not ready for M, but I would not be surprised to see it announced with N. If Google starts mandating better adaptative layouting for its own applications, we could have a really nice tablet experience relatively soon.
username223 11y ago
I'm curious what the top-voted and now "deleted/removed" thread used to be in that Reddit discussion, and who nuked it.
- deleted 11y ago
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- pja 11y ago
  https://web.archive.org/web/20151210170144/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3w3x7p/hi_im_andrew_here_at_google_and_im_with_the_team/ https://web.archive.org/web/20151210170144/https://www.reddi... Deleted for not being a question I guess.

owenwil 11y ago

It's a damn shame, as I have the Pixel C for review purposes and really want to like it. Android does feel well suited to run on the device, but the software support for heavy lifting (again, proper split-windowing) just isn't there. It's disappointing, though Google claims that it's actually working on it.

on_and_off 11y ago
It is not just a claim, you can already see a lot of work on that in AOSP. Obviously it was not ready for M, but I would not be surprised to see it announced with N. If Google starts mandating better adaptative layouting for its own applications, we could have a really nice tablet experience relatively soon.

username223 11y ago

I'm curious what the top-voted and now "deleted/removed" thread used to be in that Reddit discussion, and who nuked it.

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pja 11y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20151210170144/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3w3x7p/hi_im_andrew_here_at_google_and_im_with_the_team/ https://web.archive.org/web/20151210170144/https://www.reddi... Deleted for not being a question I guess.