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is their an Android tablet that hasn't been dead on arrival There have been millions of Android tablets sold. In most product spaces that is an incredible succ

is their an Android tablet that hasn't been dead on arrival There have been millions of Android tablets sold. In most product spaces that is an incredible success, and it's only relative to the astonishing success of the iPad could that be called "dead on arrival". And that was the rather terrible phase one. The incomplete Honeycomb, the rather terrible Tegra 2, and toothing pain hardware. I've noticed my online electronic store absolutely pushing the next wave - the A700, 7" tablets of all sorts, etc. All of them finally featuring price advantages over the iPad.' Anyone who buys the Android failed on tablets thing has been misled. It has been an ugly adventure but they're actually doing okay, and have set a pretty good foundation for success going forward.

jan_g 14y ago
Correct. I can see here locally that many, many Android tablets are sold on regular basis. $100-$300 price range, manufacturers that I've never heard of (yarvik gotab, goclever, prestigio, archos, ...), marketed everywhere - even with flyers in mailboxes and so on. And many people buy them.
hackinthebochs 14y ago
This is true, only if you compare every android tablet across manufacturers. People who like to tout android vs apple love to do this. But the fact is, android tablets have not been a success for a single manufacturer. There's only so long companies will keep dumping money down this rabbit hole hoping to get lucky. Android tablets have been a success for Google. for everyone else, not so much.
- dredmorbius 14y ago
  They're also arguably a success for those who are interested in building off the platform. While Google certainly counts, I suspect this goes beyond them. As far as the hardware goes, I suspect it's going to be a very low-margin market. Razors to the blades. This doesn't make it unsuccessful. At all.

jan_g 14y ago

Correct. I can see here locally that many, many Android tablets are sold on regular basis. $100-$300 price range, manufacturers that I've never heard of (yarvik gotab, goclever, prestigio, archos, ...), marketed everywhere - even with flyers in mailboxes and so on. And many people buy them.

hackinthebochs 14y ago

This is true, only if you compare every android tablet across manufacturers. People who like to tout android vs apple love to do this. But the fact is, android tablets have not been a success for a single manufacturer. There's only so long companies will keep dumping money down this rabbit hole hoping to get lucky. Android tablets have been a success for Google. for everyone else, not so much.

dredmorbius 14y ago
They're also arguably a success for those who are interested in building off the platform. While Google certainly counts, I suspect this goes beyond them. As far as the hardware goes, I suspect it's going to be a very low-margin market. Razors to the blades. This doesn't make it unsuccessful. At all.